Supervisory Microbiologist​/Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer

Duties

The duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Supervising subordinates more than 25% of the time including, but not limited to, recruitment, selecting, appraising, rewarding, addressing performance problems, and fostering an inclusive workplace.
• Acts as a scientific advisor to the NVSL Director regarding reagents and reagent production.
• Responsible for developing and documenting reagent production and providing technical expertise for the qualification of those reagents for use in National Programs.
• Responsible for resolving technical difficulties, interpreting test results on finished products and proficiency tests, and ensuring that the results are scientifically sound.
• Develops, reviews, and provides comments on new and revised rules, regulations and standard operating procedures affecting the section.
• Responsible for managing the reagent production, serum banking, and proficiency testing activities of the team in accordance with national program rules, regulations, and procedures.
• Serves as a consultant and advisor on the production of reagents for the testing for livestock diseases and on the proficiency tests used to approve other laboratories to conduct selected tests.
• Presents information on the reagents produced by the team and on the proficiency tests prepared by the team to approve other laboratories to conduct selected tests for livestock diseases.