VETERINARIAN I - ANIMAL HEALTH & WELFARE - OGLE CO.

Job Requisition ID: 50449
Closing Date: 10/14/2025
​Agency: Department of Agriculture
Class Title: VETERINARIAN I - 47901
Skill Option: None
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: $5928 - $8493 anticipated starting salary monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Ogle; Boone; Bureau; Carroll; Cook; DeKalb; DuPage; Jo Daviess; Kane; LaSalle; Lake; Lee; McHenry; Stephenson; Whiteside; Winnebago
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC063 Professional Employees, Educators,Juvenile Justice School Counselors and Special Education Resources Coordinators,and Physicians AFSCME
Merit Comp Code:

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

This position serves in a regional capacity. Persons serving in this role are required to assume residency in Ogle (Primary), Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Kane, Lee, McHenry, Kane, Jo Daviess, Cook, DuPage, Lake, Bureau, LaSalle, Stephenson, Winnebago or Whiteside County and will be required to work from their home location as a base of daily operational headquarters to service their designated worksites.

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

Why Work for Illinois?

Working with the State of Illinois is a testament to the values of compassion, equity, and dedication that define our state. Whether you’re helping to improve schools, protect our natural resources, or support families in need, you’re part of something bigger—something that touches the lives of every person who calls Illinois home.

No matter what state career you’re looking for, we offer jobs that fit your life and your schedule—flexible jobs that provide the gold standard of benefits. Our employees can take advantage of various avenues to advance their careers and realize their dreams. Our top-tier benefits and great retirement packages can help you build a rewarding career and lasting future with the State of Illinois.

Essential Functions

• Travels within an assigned territory to conduct disease investigations and performs sample collection for foreign animal, emerging, and program diseases.
• Assists in the maintenance of disease program and identification databases to advance animal disease traceability throughout Illinois.
• Travels within an assigned territory to perform inspections on auction markets, rendering plants and trucks, livestock dealers, and other animal health licensees.
• Travels within an assigned territory to conduct initial pullorum typhoid testing on flocks enrolling in the National Poultry Improvement Plan.
• Travels within an assigned territory to conduct limited livestock humane care investigations.
• Travels within an assigned territory to assist animal and animal product investigators on inspections or investigations when further veterinary evaluation is necessary.
• Contacts owners and veterinarians regarding reportable diseases as assigned.
• Works with partner agencies and stakeholders to facilitate emergency preparedness including but not limited to facilitating with maintenance of the premises database, assisting on the development of response plans and facilitating communications with local emergency managers and the state emergency operations center.
• Performs other duties as assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties outlined above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from a college of veterinary medicine.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires possession of a valid driver’s license and the ability to travel in performance of duties.
• Requires ability to travel overnight and long distances.
• Requires ability to work in adverse conditions including inclement weather and livestock settings.
• Requires ability to pass pre-employment physical, including a drug and alcohol screening.
• Requires ability to successfully pass a background check and self-disclosure of criminal history.
• Requires category II federally accredited Veterinarian.
• Requires license to practice veterinary medicine in Illinois.
• Requires residency in Ogle or the following contiguous counties: Carroll, Stephenson, Whiteside, Winnebago, Boone, Dekalb, Lee, McHenry, and Kane, Jo Daviess, Cook, DuPage, Lake, Bureau or Lasalle counties.
• Requires to be fit tested for a respirator as part of a pre-employment physical.

  Work Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday
Work Location: 801 E Sangamon Ave, Springfield, Illinois, 62702
Agency Contact: Bureau of Human Resources
Email: [email protected]
Phone #: 217-785-5099
Posting Group: Legal, Audit & Compliance

The Illinois Department of Agriculture administers an annual budget of approximately $200 million and employs more than 400 people statewide, with several hundred more seasonal employees hired during the summer to support the Illinois State Fair and Du Quoin State Fair. Separate bureaus administer programs and services directed at conserving the State's land and water resources; protecting the health and welfare of livestock and companion animals; overseeing state and county fairs; regulating seed, feed, and fertilizer products; ensuring the financial stability of grain dealers and warehouses; promoting Illinois food and agricultural products; and operating the State's horse racing programs.

AGR values employees with different backgrounds, life experiences, and talents.

AGR offers a robust benefit package including; 

• Monday-Friday work schedule
• Flexible work schedules in many program areas
• Health, life, vision, and dental insurance
• 12 Weeks paid maternity/paternity leave
• Pension Plan
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Deferred Compensation, and other pre-tax benefit programs
• Employees earn twelve (12) paid sick days annually
• Ten to twenty-five (10-25) paid vacation days based on years of service
• Employees earn three (3) paid personal days pro-rated based on start date
• Thirteen - Fourteen (13-14) paid state holidays annually

If this opportunity appeals to you, please apply today!

This position DOES NOT contain “Specialized Skills” (as that term is used in CBAs).

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Use the “Apply” button at the top right or bottom right of this posting to begin the application process.

If you are not already signed in, you will be prompted to do so. 

State employees should sign in to the career portal for State of Illinois employees – a link is available at the top left of the Illinois.jobs2web.com homepage in the blue ribbon.

Non-State employees should log in on the using the “View Profile” link in the top right of the Illinois.jobs2web.com homepage in the blue ribbon. If you have never before signed in, you will be prompted to create an account.

If you have questions about how to apply, please see the following resources:

State employees: Log in to the career portal for State employees and review the Internal Candidate Application Job Aid

Non-State employees: on Illinois.jobs2web.com – click “Application Procedures” in the footer of every page of the website.

The main form of communication will be through email. Please check your “junk mail”, “spam”, or “other” folder for communication(s) regarding any submitted application(s). You may receive emails from the following addresses:

• [email protected]
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