Veterinary Medical Officer

Veterinary Medical Officer

As a Veterinary Medical Officer, GS-0701-14, you will:

• Serve as a senior Veterinary Medical Officer providing technical direction and veterinary expertise for U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) animal care and use programs.
• Lead program activities across CDC laboratory animal campuses.
• Direct CDC animal care and use programs across three laboratory animal campuses, ensuring compliance with federal animal welfare laws, policies, and standards.
• Develop, coordinate, and implement laboratory animal care and use policies, procedures, and program requirements for intramural and extramural activities.
• Provide expert veterinary and regulatory guidance on laboratory animal welfare, zoonotic diseases, biosafety, occupational health, and biomedical research.
• Build partnerships with federal, state, local, international, academic, and private organizations to advance laboratory animal health, welfare, and program objectives.
• Design and oversee training for animal users, scientists, and institutional committee members on regulatory compliance and laboratory animal care and use.
• Review epidemiologic studies, surveillance projects, surveys, and investigations involving zoonotic diseases to assess animal welfare and program effectiveness.
• Lead team activities by assigning work, monitor progress, coach staff, resolve problems, and coordinate completion of program priorities and deliverables.