Assistant Manager, Animal Care Operations
Core
Manage human resource assignments, daily operations, and staffing coverage for animal care and use activities at university animal facilities to support in-vivo research.
Role type
Senior IC animal care operations manager
Builds
Staffed animal research facilities and compliant operational workflows
Domain
Academic research / Laboratory animal science
Required skills
Animal husbandry and veterinary technical nursing knowledge, HR policy administration, team and conflict management, complex work schedule development, SOP development and implementation, biosecurity and quarantine protocol execution, regulatory compliance management, computer systems proficiency
Preferred skills
RLAT certification from CALAS, experience with bio-exclusion and bio-containment methods
Technologies
Windows, word processors, spreadsheets, e-calendars, databases, email, Internet
Responsibilities
Allocate and supervise daily tasks and staffing coverage across animal facilities, coordinate cage wash and species-specific husbandry care, liaise with research teams to schedule support staff, ensure compliance with Canadian Council on Animal Care and Animals for Research Act, implement sanitation and biosecurity protocols, develop and review Standard Operating Procedures, communicate facility issues to management
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC