COORDINATOR, VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH
Because Coordinator, Veterinary Public Health is non-competitive, hiring leans on your background rather than a test score: meet the requirements and apply to the agency directly.
It expects a doctoral degree, 2 years of relevant experience, and a professional license. The published schedule for this title runs $65,195 to $91,272, but it is frozen at an older rate and these titles are typically paid off-schedule, so actual pay is often higher, and state payroll lists a single employee in the title, at Health and Senior Services.
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State payroll records show 1 person working under this title. The median actual salary is $143,728. The agencies employing the most are:
- Health and Senior Services (1)
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Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator.
Definition
Under the direction of a supervisory official in the Department of Health, carries out the activities of the Veterinary Public Health Project; provides consultation on zoonotic diseases, their diagnosis, prevention, and control to regional and local health departments, wildlife agencies, physicians and veterinarians, the Division of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health, and other staff members of the department; does related work as required.
Examples of work
- Develops, organizes, and coordinates veterinary public health activities with related programs within the unit of assignment and other inter-intradepartmental programs and local agencies.
- Assigns, instructs, and supervises the work of staff.
- Supervises the Veterinary Public Health Project which is aimed at preventing the spread of more than 80 animal diseases known to be transmissible to man.
- Coordinates disease surveillance projects and supervises the conduct of field studies; interprets ecological and epidemiological factors.
- Make recommendations and participates in decision making processes relating to veterinary public health activities.
- Provides advice and recommendations on veterinary public health questions.
- Administers the cooperative state-municipal rabies control activities, including supervision of state rabies control personnel and other staff.
- Recommends control measures for known transmissible diseases based on epidemiological and toxicological investigations.
- Directs and cooperates in field studies relating to surveillance of diseases transmitted by animals .
- Participates in epidemiological investigations of zoonosis in cooperation with the Division of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health.
- Prepares recommendations for new or revised public health laws, the State Sanitary Code, regulations, and department policies pertaining to veterinary public health and diseases transmissible from animals to man; advises local health departments regarding applicable laws and regulations.
- Assists in providing information used to prepare program budget.
- Takes or collects specimens for viral, bacterial, parasitic, or pathological examination.
- Establishes and maintains essential records and files.
- Supervises the work operations and/or functional programs and has responsibility for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting, and/or disciplining of employees.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Education
Graduation from an accredited school of Veterinary Medicine with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree supplemented by a Master's degree in Public Health from an accredited college or university.
Experience
Two (2) years of experience in the field of public health, with a federal, state, or local agency one year which shall have involved supervisory responsibilities in the field of epidemiology or in a veterinary public health program.
License
Appointee must possess or be eligible for a license as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine issued by or as determined by the New Jersey State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
Appointee will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of veterinary medical practices.
- Knowledge of the principles of public health and veterinary public health.
- Knowledge of the epidemiological and ecological factors in transmission of disease.
- Knowledge of the principles and techniques of veterinary public health.
- Knowledge of the methods used to control diseases of animal origin transmissible to man.
- Ability to analyze, interpret, and apply local, State, and federal laws concerned with veterinary public health.
- Knowledge of the methods of handling specimens of viruses, bacteria, and parasites.
- Ability to coordinate activities with specialists in agriculture, conservation, pesticides, and other related fields.
- Ability to organize assigned technical and supervisory work, analyze complex veterinary public health problems, and develop appropriate work methods.
- Ability to work effectively with subordinates, associates, and others interested in or concerned with the veterinary public health activities of State.
- Ability to conduct surveillance of animal and human diseases and to interpret results.
- Ability to provide consultation and advice to internal and external units.
- Ability to draft correspondence.
- Ability to supervise the establishment and maintenance of essential records and files.
- Ability to evaluate research and to apply scientific information.
- Ability to collect specimens for examination.
- Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.