Thursday, February 11

PPQ Assistant Lab Director Position Announcement

The USDA-APHIS-Plant Protection and Quarantine, Science & Technology division is advertising a position announcement for an Assistant Laboratory Director at the Otis Laboratory located in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

The S&T Otis Laboratory is charged with carrying out scientific work critical to USDA's mission of safeguarding plant and animal resources from exotic pests and diseases, protecting ecosystems, enhancing trade through phytosanitary procedures, and managing plant pests. The staff is comprised of approximately 40 scientists, technicians and administrative and facility support personnel, that conduct research and methods development for exclusion, detection, eradication, and management of quarantine pests.

Further details and application instructions are available at the link below.

Supervisory Agriculturist (Assistant Laboratory Director)
(PPQ-Science & Technology, Otis ANG Base, MA)
All Source Number: 24PQ-APHIS-MC-2016-0479
GS-0401-13/14
Closing Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Full Time- Perm
1 vacancy – Otis ANG Base, MA

All Source Link:


Jennifer Nicholson, Ph.D.
Critical Issues Specialist
APHIS-Plant Protection and Quarantine
Science and Technology
1730 Varsity Dr., Suite 400
Raleigh, NC 27606