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Vacancy Announcement

Livestock Development Specialist
North Dakota Department of Agriculture

Location: Bismarck
Salary: $3282 - $3900/month + benefits including fully paid family health insurance
Closing Date: August 21, 2009
Position Number: 602-6311
Requisition Number: None
Status: Full-time, Regular
Type of Recruitment: Internal/External
Job Order Number: None
Date Posted to Web: August 7, 2009

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. Bachelor’s degree in marketing, agriculture, communications, or a closely related field.
  2. Four years work experience promoting or marketing agricultural products.
  3. Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Working knowledge of state and national livestock industry.
  • Knowledge of the principles of feeding livestock.
  • Work experience promoting or marketing livestock related products.
  • Work experience developing and implementing marketing plans and feasibility studies. 
  • Work experience developing and implementing strategies, programs, and/or projects to expand the livestock industry.
  • Experience working with livestock producers, producer and commodity groups, processors, community leaders, and economic development officials. 
  • Work experience researching, writing, and presenting livestock related information.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint).

Application Procedures:

Applicants must submit a completed State of North Dakota Application for Employment
(SFN #10950), resume, cover letter, and references to:

Wayne Carlson
North Dakota Department of Agriculture
600 East Boulevard - Dept. 602
Bismarck ND 58505

The cover letter must include a detailed summary of how the applicant meets the minimum and preferred qualifications.  All application materials must be received at the ND Department of Agriculture no later than the closing date. 

Application forms are available from any ND Job Service office, Human Resource Management Services or from the Web at http://www.nd.gov/hrms/.  Applicants who are residents of ND and eligible to claim veteran’s preference must include Form DD214. Claims for disabled veteran’s preference must also include a current statement of disabled status from the Veterans’ Affairs Office.

For more information about the position, or if you need accommodation or assistance in the application or interview process, contact Wayne Carlson at 701-328-4761 or 1-800–242-7535.

Summary of Work:

This position will assist North Dakota dairy and livestock producers to develop and sustain the state’s livestock industry by enhancing the production, processing and marketing of their products.  In addition, provide technical support, research, and contact information to commodity groups, individual producers, processors and producer cooperatives to enhance profitability of livestock industry in order to secure a stable livestock industry. Must have valid driver’s license; position requires statewide travel.  Must be willing to work weekends and evenings.

Equal Opportunity Employer
The state of North Dakota does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability in employment or the provision of services, and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.

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