Animal Health Emergency Preparedness and Planning Coordinator

The Animal Health Emergency Preparedness and Planning Coordinator protects Washington State’s natural resources, agriculture industry, and the public from selected animal pests and diseases through surveillance, control and disease eradication.

• Fulfill veterinarian duties such as surveillance, depopulation, disposal, necropsy and diagnostic sampling during an FAD or emerging disease outbreak.
• Design and exercise data driven, customized educational resources and training on animal disease response, preparedness and recovery for key regional/county partners with an emphasis on veterinarians, technicians, animal rescues, animal shelter facilities and industry groups.
• Serve as a liaison WSDA EM Program and Animal Health program to develop and update Animal Health Program SOPs.
• Maintain corrective action trackers, coordinates assignments and completes tasks to close planning/ preparedness identified by EM program or those identified in CA workplans.
• Coordinate any trainings/exercises in the Cooperative Agreement workplans.
• Coordinate large animal equipment training annually.
• Seek out, writes and oversees National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP) grants or similar grant opportunities.
• Oversee writing of grant proposals based on needs and priorities for the Office of the State Veterinarian.
• Serve as Administrative Contact and Program Contact with responsibility of all administrative activities associated with the NADPRP project.
• Write and oversee USDA emergency preparedness cooperative agreement as assigned and statement of work activities based on USDA priorities.
• Secure Food Supply Plans, Implements Permitting Processes for Business Continuity, write or oversee, review and exercise SFS plans
• Supervise interns, students, veterinarians or temp employees hired to execute plan writing and associated funding streams (i.e.: grants, emergency CA) with lead cattle health veterinarian.
• Develop, maintain and execute permitting Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
• Develop, maintain and execute a plan for auditing SFS plan during an FMD outbreak.
• Enter approved SFS plans into EMRS for streamlined permitting.
• Coordinate plan writing scheduling throughout the year for producers, farms, processors for all species upon request.
• Review existing SFS plans every 3 years.
• Deliver biosecurity training for key stakeholders including veterinarians, animal event facilities, racetracks, fairgrounds and livestock markets.
• Subject Matter Expert on EMRS, Subject matter expert as trained Disease Reporting Officer (DRO)

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from an accredited veterinary school.
• Ability to acquire prior to employment and maintain a valid Washington Driver’s License to operate a state agency vehicle.

• Health insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Tuition Waiver
• Deferred Compensation
• Dependent Care Assistance
• Paid Holidays and Vacation and Leave Accruals
• 12 paid Holidays & Vacation and Leave Accruals
• All Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required will be provided by the agency

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has been serving the state for more than 100 years. Through service, regulation, and advocacy, we keep agriculture viable and vital in Washington State, while protecting consumers, public health, and the environment.