Foreign Animal Disease Manager
Salary: $78,041.60 - $120,036.80 Annually
Location: Des Moines - 50319 - Polk County, IA
Job Type: Full-time
Closing Date: 5/4/2025 11:59 PM Central
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) seeks to fill the position of Foreign Animal Disease (FAD) Response Manager (Executive Officer 3)-Assistant to the State Veterinarian. The role of the FAD Response Manager-Assistant to the State Veterinarian is to plan, direct, and manage FAD preparedness and emergency management programs in the Animal Industry Bureau and assist the State Veterinarian in foreign animal disease preparedness. Applicant chosen will primarily work in the office working on FAD preparedness. Time will also be spent in the field working with internal and external stakeholders that would be affected by a foreign animal disease in Iowa. The applicant chosen will also need to be able to work in the office and in the field during a FAD outbreak. Applicants are not required to be a veterinarian. Preferred applicants would be veterinarians, individuals with animal agricultural production experience, or individuals with FAD emergency preparedness experience. Applicant must have a valid driver’s license for statewide travel.
Water Quality Initiative Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Intern
Temporary, Full-time, position from May 2025 to August 2025; potential for part-time employment following initial term.
Location: IDALS Central Office, Wallace/Hoover Building, Des Moines, IA
Hours: Temporary Appointment; Up to 40 hours per week (no overtime).
No more than 780 hours annually. Anticipated wage of $17.61 per hour.
Number of openings: (1) One
IDALS is seeking a temporary intern to provide technical support to assist in reviewing existing GIS data currently stored on a remote server to determine files to be preserved and migrated to an IDALS GIS platform and other files to be deleted. The candidate will work closely with the IDALS GIS Coordinator to develop a methodology for file review and sorting and will assist in creation of a geodatabase to host the surviving GIS data.