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A career at USDA is not just a job, it’s a calling. Your work directly impacts our nation’s food supply, health, and environmental quality.
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Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences
Natural resource specialist study sensitive habitats, analyze current agricultural practices, and provide guidance on regulation, policy and climate change mitigation.
Grants Management and Loan Specialists
Grants and loans are important tools the government uses to fund projects that benefit the public. Grants Management and Loan Specialist play a variety of critical roles at the USDA.
Consumer Safety and Food Inspection
Safety Inspectors are crucial in ensuring our food supply is safe and following all regulatory requirements. You will advise other agency inspectors, perform verification testing, and assure all products are compliant.
Agricultural Marketing Specialist
Communication and marketing are critical in making agricultural policies and techniques accessible to all pertinent audiences. Agricultural marketing specialists will work across the USDA and in every mission area.
Veterinarian Medical Officer and Animal Health Tech
Animal health and wellbeing is at the fore-front of USDA;s agricultural mission.
As a Veterinarian Medical officer,
you will lead public health professionals to ensure compliance with sanitation methods and see the medical needs of agricultural livestock.
Biodiversity and research in the field of wildlife biology is crucial to America’s agricultural success. As a wildlife biology technician, you will be documenting trends and assisting in the protection of Wildlife across the U.S.
Human Resources are the backbone of all federal agencies. Here at the USDA employee experience and HR specialist are crucial in the everyday work across the department. Join today and be a part of making USDA a great place to work.
Information Technology Management
Serve as a technical expert and improve software life cycles while representing IT for stakeholder management. Making USDA a more technologically efficient agency.
Agricultural Commodity Grading and Aid
Agricultural Marketing Service's Specialty Crops Inspection Division is responsible for developing U.S. grade standards and providing inspection, grading, certification, and audit-based services nation-wide on a user-fee basis for fresh and processed fruits and vegetables and related products.