Behavior Analyst
About the role
withcontaining that paragraph(s). Might need to include multiple paragraphs. - Responsibilities: Many bullet-like sentences after that: "Develop and help manage the breeding strategies that meet species specific breeding behaviors; breeding seasonality, breeding group management (e.g. maintaining harem, juvenile or all-female groups once bred, etc.) Manage formation and maintenance of compatible breeding groups.Develop and manage weaning strategies for optimal weanling development.Manage and advise on social re-introductions of animals returning to their social groups.Recognize abnormal or stereotypic behaviors and work with the Enrichment Team to create tailored enrichment plans. Implement, track and document effective plans.Lead the management of colony alopecia cases.Perform temperament assessments as needed.Schedule and conduct routine behavioral observations for compatibility on social cohorts and breeding groups.Work closely with the veterinary and animal care staff to ensure proper animal care standards are maintained.Help identify foster/mentor dams and assist with placement of orphans back into the breeding colony (Infant Foster-Mentor Program).Advise on optimal enrichment and housing strategies to continually promote species-typical behavior.Develop and implement shaping plans to train nonhuman primates for various husbandry tasks (e.g. shift into a transfer cage or tunnel) or research related tasks (pole/collar) using positive reinforcement techniques. Maintain, evaluate and improve documentation as needed. General Assist in writing and providing AAALAC program description details.Revise relevant SOPs as needed.Participate in the training program for all existing staff and new hires.Participate in client communications, audits and meetings.Create and maintain client spreadsheets.Create and deliver presentations for clients.Evaluate and develop new approaches, ideas and concepts for existing tasks and/or improve/replace existing procedure or systems.Participate in IACUC." These are responsibilities. We'll put them in
- each.
- Qualifications: The section after "Qualifications" includes: "Bachelor’s degree in relevant field. A combination of education and experience may be considered.AALAS certification at the LATG level preferred.At least 8 years professional working experience with old-world primate species. Other lab animal experience may be considered.At least 2-3 years behavioral study of nonhuman primates required.Understanding of the Animal Welfare Act and how it pertains to the psychological well-being of nonhuman primates in laboratory animal management.Computer skills: proficient with Word, Excel and PowerPoint.Strong oral and written communication skills.Ability to work independently as well as in collaboration with a wide variety of personnel.Mandatory TB tests.Work in inclement and extreme temperatures.Holiday, weekend or “off hour” work may be required.This position could be offered at different levels for candidates who qualify with a combination of advanced levels of education and/or years of experience. The salary range will adjust along with the level of the role to match the person’s relevant experience and/or education level."
We need to separate Qualifications vs Skills vs Benefits etc.
Qualifications likely: education, experience, certifications. Skills: computer skills, communication, ability to work independently, etc. Benefits: health and dental coverage, short- and long-term disability, paid time off, paid parental leave, 401K, and more! Also maybe "Salary will be commensurate with experience and responsibilities." That's Pay but it's vague; we should not create Pay section unless posting actually states them. It says "Salary will be commensurate with experience and responsibilities." That's not a specific number or range; it's vague. According to instruction: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. So we should not create Pay section because it's just "commensurate with experience". Benefits: they list specific benefits: health and dental coverage, short- and long-term disability, paid time off, paid parental leave, 401K, and more! That's substantive. So we can include Benefits.
Schedule: They mention "Holiday, weekend or “off hour” work may be required." That's schedule info. It's specific enough? It's not a placeholder; it's a statement about schedule. So we can include Schedule section.
We also have "Mandatory TB tests." and "Work in inclement and extreme temperatures." Those could be under Requirements or maybe under Qualifications? Might be considered job requirements (physical). We'll put them under Requirements.
Now we need to decide sections:
- About the role: description paragraph(s)
- Responsibilities: list
- Requirements: list (including mandatory TB tests, work in inclement/extreme temps, holiday/weekend/off hour work maybe also schedule but we have separate schedule)
- Qualifications: list (education, experience, certifications, understanding of Animal Welfare Act)
- Skills: list (computer skills, communication, ability to work independently/collaborate)
- Benefits: list (health and dental coverage, short- and long-term disability, paid time off, paid parental leave, 401K, and more!)
- Schedule: list? Actually schedule is just statement; we can put
maybe. But instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. For schedule, it's not a list but a statement; we can use
. However they said "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". Schedule is not a list but we can still use
. We'll do
. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc. We need to remove boilerplate: EEO etc. Remove the equal opportunity employer paragraph. Also remove the generic company description about Inotiv? That's not boilerplate? It's about the company but might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The company description "At Inotiv, our work helps advance..." is not EEO but could be considered generic marketing; but it's not explicitly listed to remove. However it's not substantive job info; it's about the company. Might be considered boilerplate? The instruction only mentions those specific types; but we could keep it? It's not about the role. Usually we keep only job-related content. The company description may be considered filler but not prohibited. However to be safe, we could keep it as part of About the role? But it's not about the role. I'd lean to remove it because it's not specific to the position. The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. It doesn't say remove company overview. But we want to keep only substantive information about the position. The company overview is not about the position; it's generic. I'd remove it. Also remove "This position could be offered at different levels..." that's part of Qualifications? Actually it's about leveling and salary range adjusting. That's somewhat relevant to qualifications/experience. We'll keep it under Qualifications maybe. Now we need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Let's extract each piece. First, About the role: The first two sentences? Actually the first paragraph: "This position is responsible for implementing and improving the environmental enhancement plan for all nonhuman primates by working closely with the veterinary and behavioral management teams. Supports the management of the macaque breeding program by promoting the psychological well-being of the animals while ensuring effective reproduction. Work in partnership with the Breeding Coordinators and Veterinary Technicians to create successful, productive, long term breeding groups that meet client expectations." We'll combine into one
. Now Responsibilities: We need to split each responsibility into
- . The text is a long string with periods separating items. We'll need to parse manually. Let's list responsibilities from the text: - Develop and help manage the breeding strategies that meet species specific breeding behaviors; breeding seasonality, breeding group management (e.g. maintaining harem, juvenile or all-female groups once bred, etc.) - Manage formation and maintenance of compatible breeding groups. - Develop and manage weaning strategies for optimal weanling development. - Manage and advise on social re-introductions of animals returning to their social groups. - Recognize abnormal or stereotypic behaviors and work with the Enrichment Team to create tailored enrichment plans. - Implement, track and document effective plans. - Lead the management of colony alopecia cases. - Perform temperament assessments as needed. - Schedule and conduct routine behavioral observations for compatibility on social cohorts and breeding groups. - Work closely with the veterinary and animal care staff to ensure proper animal care standards are maintained. - Help identify foster/mentor dams and assist with placement of orphans back into the breeding colony (Infant Foster-Mentor Program). - Advise on optimal enrichment and housing strategies to continually promote species-typical behavior. - Develop and implement shaping plans to train nonhuman primates for various husbandry tasks (e.g. shift into a transfer cage or tunnel) or research related tasks (pole/collar) using positive reinforcement techniques. - Maintain, evaluate and improve documentation as needed. - General Assist in writing and providing AAALAC program description details. - Revise relevant SOPs as needed. - Participate in the training program for all existing staff and new hires. - Participate in client communications, audits and meetings. - Create and maintain client spreadsheets. - Create and deliver presentations for clients. - Evaluate and develop new approaches, ideas and concepts for existing tasks and/or improve/replace existing procedure or systems. - Participate in IACUC. We need to ensure each is a separate
- . Some sentences have multiple clauses but we keep as one. Now Requirements: Items that are mandatory conditions: "Mandatory TB tests.", "Work in inclement and extreme temperatures.", "Holiday, weekend or “off hour” work may be required." Also maybe "Ability to work independently as well as in collaboration with a wide variety of personnel." That's more skill. We'll keep that under Skills. Also "Strong oral and written communication skills." skill. Now Qualifications: Education/experience/certifications etc. List: - Bachelor’s degree in relevant field. - A combination of education and experience may be considered. - AALAS certification at the LATG level preferred. - At least 8 years professional working experience with old-world primate species. - Other lab animal experience may be considered. - At least 2-3 years behavioral study of nonhuman primates required. - Understanding of the Animal Welfare Act and how it pertains to the psychological well-being of nonhuman primates in laboratory animal management. - This position could be offered at different levels for candidates who qualify with a combination of advanced levels of education and/or years of experience. The salary range will adjust along with the level of the role to match the person’s relevant experience and/or education level. Note: The last sentence about salary range adjusting is somewhat about Pay but it's not a specific number; it's still vague. According to instruction, we should not create Pay section if it's just "commensurate with experience". This sentence is similar: "The salary range will adjust along with the level of the role to match the person’s relevant experience and/or education level." That's still vague; we should not create Pay section
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". Schedule is not a list but we can still use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and