Animal Care Technician - Part Time

About the role

The Laboratory Animal Care Technician I is responsible for maintaining the well-being of animals in accordance with all standard operating procedures (SOPs) and applicable state and federal regulations. This position focuses on overall animal care and welfare, facility upkeep, and accurate recordkeeping.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine husbandry (food, water, cleaning pens) for various animal species.
• Performs general room cleaning procedures, animal husbandry sanitization and water monitoring.
• Ensures animals have adequate space, safe and secure housing, and appropriate enrichment.
• Makes sure animals are monitored for temperature and humidity in animal rooms and reports HVAC issues.
• Completes daily animal welfare/mortality checks and animal husbandry records.
• Monitors and controls pest populations.
• Provides animal transportation for acquisition and disposal.
• Monitors inventory levels of related animal care supplies and notifies supervisor of items needing to be ordered.
• Assists with stocking supplies and helps with routine cleaning tasks.
• Reviews study protocol and notebook prior to study initiation.
• Participates in pre-study meetings as necessary.
• Assists with in-life study conduct procedures and raw data collection.
• Accurately and timely completes appropriate entries into the electronic data capture system or on paper records.
• Performs animal receiving procedures including preparation of cage cards, entry and study start physical exams, and completion of animal receipt records.
• Restrains a variety of animal species for treatments/procedures.
• Provides animal handling for euthanasia procedures.
• Completes daily data review of paperwork and computer entries to ensure completeness, legibility and accuracy.
• Learns to perform clinical observations of animals and their pens/cages to assure the well-being, health, and sanitation is adequate.
• Learns to collect body weights and body score condition.
• Assists with study acclimation (leash/collar training).
• Participates in training newly hired employees on proficient procedures.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Previous animal handling/care experience (e.g., dog daycare, pet sitting, domestic pet ownership, etc.).

Skills

• Quality assurance.
• Attention to detail.
• Collaboration and cooperation.
• Multi-tasking and prioritizing tasks.
• Adaptability.
• Reliability and trustworthiness.
• Safety regulations and procedures.
• Scientific protocols and reports.

Benefits

Not applicable for this role.

Pay

$18-$20/hr, adjusted based on experience and education level.

Schedule

Daytime hours only between 7am - 5pm, averaging 24 hours per week. Weekend availability required.