Animal Care Supervisor

Animal Care Supervisor, 2027-270

The University of Connecticut Health Center is an affirmative action employer, in addition to an EEO and M/F/V/PWD/PV employer.

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Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation. These values define UConn Health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add an Animal Care Supervisor to our growing team. If you have a background in this field, we want to hear from you.

At UConn Health, Center for Comparative Medicine, this class is accountable for supervising a team engaged in the delivery of husbandry services.

AALAS CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION AS LAT MUST BE UPLOADED WITH YOUR APPLICATION TO QUALIFY.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Receives general direction from the Assistant Director of the Center for Comparative Medicine or other employee of higher grade.

SUPERVISON EXERCISED: Supervises Animal Care Technicians, laboratory personnel of lower grade and other staff as assigned.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work of staff.
• Provides staff training and assistance.
• Conducts performance evaluations.
• Determines priorities and plans laboratory workflow.
• Assists in the establishment, implementation and maintenance of laboratory procedures.
• Make recommendations on the development of laboratory policies and standards.
• Acts as a liaison with other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures.
• Ensures unit operations are in compliance with federal, state and regulatory agency guidelines and regulations.
• Oversee general care of laboratory animals and maintain compliance with animal care regulations.
• Maintain animal, supply and personnel records.
• Prepare reports and correspondence.
• Perform related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

Considerable knowledge of and ability to interpret industry requirements as specified in the federal, state and regulatory agency guidelines; laboratory animal science and research protocols regarding the use and care of animals.

Considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills.

Ability to interact and work cooperatively with various levels of staff and vendors; independently plan and complete laboratory animal husbandry and technical procedures; utilize computer software.

Supervisory ability.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Five (5) years of experience in animal care services in a laboratory animal care and/or academic setting.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

One (1) year of General Experience must be at the level of Animal Care Technician.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

College training in a related field may be substituted for General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equaling one half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a bachelor's degree.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Incumbents in this class must possess certification as a Laboratory Animal Technician by the Certification and Registry Board of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science.

Incumbents in this class must possess and retain registration as a Laboratory Animal Technician by the Certification and Registry Board of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Incumbents in this class must have adequate physical strength, stamina, physical agility and visual and auditory acuity, and must maintain such physical fitness as to be able to perform the duties.

A physical examination may be required.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Incumbents in this class may be required to lift moderate to heavy weights; may be exposed to communicable diseases, hazardous substances and to risk of injury from animals.

SCHEDULE: Full time, 75 hours every two weeks, 7.5-hour workday, Monday through Friday, 6:30 am to 2:30 pm, overtime as needed to accommodate departmental needs, 30-minute unpaid meal break.

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.