Vivarium Core Manager - 992596

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Primary Purpose:

Manages an animal facility. Schedules animal procedures; coordinates and performs vet management and research support to include regulatory matters, surveillance, diagnostics and treatment of animals in the CCR.

Job Category: Exempt

Hiring Range:  63,000-70,000

Pay Basis:  Annually

Subject to Grant Funding? No  

Essential Job Functions: 

1. Plans, directs, supervises, and coordinates work activities of subordinates and staff, including hiring, coaching, evaluating, and terminating.
2. Coordinates all aspects of assigned laboratories.
3. Acts as a specialist on laboratory research methods and equipment functions.
4. Monitors and supports the activities of students and employees to ensure that standard policies and practices are followed; enforces all lab safety protocols.
5. Educates users on safety protocols and appropriate storage of substances; disposes of chemical or biologic waste to ensure proper removal.
6. Develops and implements policies, procedures, and standards for lab operations to ensure the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality control of the laboratory and compliance with federal, state, and university regulations and standards.
7. Cleans, maintains, and prepares supplies and work areas.
8. Sets up, adjusts, calibrates, cleans, maintains, and troubleshoots laboratory and field equipment. Maintains laboratory, equipment, procedural & surgical facilities.
9. Orders and inventories materials to maintain supplies.
10. Provides training and assistance in the use of equipment to ensure efficient usage.
11. Provides and maintains a safe work environment by participating in safety programs, committees, or teams and by conducting laboratory or facility safety audits.
12. Maintains compliance with Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) accreditation, USDA regulations and OLAW.
13. Monitors regulatory training requirements to ensure animal bio safety and IACUC protocols.
14. Works with Scientific Director of Research Facilities to prepare for all inspections & program audits.
15. Performs basic IACUC administrative duties & interface with NSU leadership to coordinate regulatory documentation & activities.
16. Develops, coordinates, and documents veterinary technical, procedural and research support including, but not limited to infectious agent inoculation, phlebotomy, minor and major surgery, implant maintenance, imaging, euthanasia, necropsy, tissue harvesting, IV, SC and oral treatments.
17. Documents & communicates observations made and tasks performed to ensure compliance with both internal and external regulations.
18. Provides accurate and detailed entries into medical records, husbandry logs, illness reports, post-procedural sheets, enrichment documents, etc. as indicated for each component service rendered.
19. Maintains laboratory, equipment, procedural and surgical facilities as directed by the Scientific Director Research Facilities.
20. Assists in monitoring all regulatory training requirements, ensuring compliance of all animal bio-safety and IACUC protocols.
21. Coordinates & performs vet management & research support to include care, surveillance, diagnostics & treatment of animals in CCR. Daily medical surveillance including detailed clinical health observation, behavioral & activity assessment.
22. Performs diagnostic evaluations under the direction of assigned facility veterinarian.
23. Provides data for grant applications, reports, strategy meetings and standard operating procedures (SOP). Assist the PI(s) with preparation of data reports necessary for new and continuing grant applications.
24. Develops Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), oversees and determines daily work flow of operations and technician's duties/scheduling.
25. Completes special projects as assigned.
26. Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Job Requirements: 

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Knowledge:
1. Biology - Working knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
2. Chemistry - Working knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
3. English Language - General knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
4. Mathematics - General knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, and/or statistics, and their applications.
5. Working knowledge of applicable policies, guidelines and regulations. Working knowledge of laws and regulations that govern the housing and management of laboratory animals.
6. General knowledge of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other database management systems.

Skills:
1. Reading Comprehension - Proficient understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
2. Active Listening - Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
3. Critical Thinking - Proficient skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
4. Science - Proficient skills using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
5. Complex Problem Solving - Proficient skills in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
6. Active Learning - Proficient skills in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
7. Judgment and Decision Making - Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
8. Speaking - Proficient skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
9. Systems Analysis - Proficient skills in determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Abilities:
1. Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
2. Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
3. Selective Attention - The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
4. Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
5. Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
6. Ability to maintain detailed and accurate daily record keeping.

Physical Requirements:
1. Static Strength - Must be able to exert maximum muscle force to lift, pull, or carry objects up to 50 lbs.
2. Dynamic Flexibility - Must be able to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with the body, arms, and/or legs.
3. Manual Dexterity - Must be able to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
4. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
5. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
6. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
7. May be required to work nights or weekends.
8. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
9. May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, and computer keyboards.
10. May be exposed to animal waste.
11. May require vaccinations with licensed vaccines.

Required Certifications/Licensures: Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT) certification.

Required Education: Bachelor's Degree

Major (if required: In related field

Required Experience: 1. Bachelor's degree and three (3) or more years of research laboratory experience in a vivarium.

--OR--

Master's degree and one (1) year of research laboratory experience in a vivarium.

2. Minimum two (2) years of animal supervisory experience.

3. Minimum one (1) year working in Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AALAC) accredited institution.

Preferred Qualifications: 

Master's degree and one (1) year of research laboratory experience in a vivarium.

Is this a safety sensitive position? Yes  

Background Screening Required?  No  

Pre-Employment Conditions: 

Sensitivity Disclaimer: Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.

NSU considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status.