Rabies Coordinator

The Delaware Department of Agriculture is currently seeking to hire a Rabies Coordinator to work in the Poultry and Animal Health section. This position serves to manage quarantines associated with animal-on-animal rabies exposures. Responsibilities include educating constituents on Delaware’s rabies vaccination and quarantine laws; processing quarantine guidance documents to be sent to owners, animal shelters, and other agencies; and interacting regularly with the DHSS Office of Animal Welfare, DHSS Division of Public Health, general public, and veterinary medical and shelter staff. The Rabies Coordinator works closely with the State Veterinarians in enforcing Delaware’s rabies vaccination and quarantine laws by alerting them to concerning trends, cases, or inquiries observed or received.

Please attach a resume with your online application or use the resume tab in DEL to provide a detailed description of how your education, training and/or experience qualify you for the position, include employer, experience/responsibilities and dates (month/year) of employment/training.

This is a Casual/Seasonal position which is a non-pension eligible position without healthcare and/or other benefits.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The State of Delaware Executive Branch participates in the Federal E-Verify system where the State will provide the federal government with each new hires Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information refer to our job seeker resources.

All new hires are required to report to the Statewide New Employee Orientation (SNEO) on their first day of employment. Sessions are held at designated locations in Kent or New Castle County.

It is essential that you provide complete and accurate information on your resume to include dates of employment, job title and job duties.  For education and training, list name of educational provider, training course titles and summary of course content.   Information supplied in response to the position must be supported by the information supplied on the resume including your employment, education and training history as it relates to the position.

Once you have submitted your application on-line, all future correspondence related to your application will be sent via email.  Please keep your contact information current.  You may also view all correspondence sent to you by the State of Delaware in the “My Applications” tab at StateJobs.Delaware.gov.

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The State of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity employer and values a diverse workforce. We strongly encourage and seek out a workforce representative of Delaware including race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.