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Job Description

The Research Animal Resource Center's Education and Quality Assurance department is looking for a talented Training and QA Specialist to join their team. We are looking for someone who can handle the responsibility of compliance inspections as well as overseeing implementation of the hazardous material program.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

• Serve as an independent and objective viewpoint to promote a culture of compliance in a manner consistent with institutional policies, goals, and objectives.
• Conduct regularly scheduled quality assurance reviews of the animal care program as well as laboratories where animals are utilized.
• Prepare reports to the IACUC on matters of non-compliance and work to resolutions.

• Investigative staff that plan to use hazardous agents in animals to reviews operational procedures prior to study initiation.

• Work with Environmental Health and Safety to review projects employing biological, radionuclides, human xenografts, and chemical hazards to ensure the appropriate safety precautions.
• Work in partnership with other RARC departments and the research teams to communicate policies and SOPs and provide education on best-in-class practices.
• Develop, schedule and implement investigator training and facility orientation sessions for all employees using animals.
• Assist in the development of RARC standard operating procedures pertaining to compliance and training.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree with 4-7 years of prior research, compliance, management, or training within the lab animal field.
• Veterinary Technician education and/or Certification at the AALAS Laboratory Animal Technologist (LAT) level.

• Experience in a research compliance or quality control.

• Experience with the safety requirements needed for hazard agents.
• High-level attention to detail, scheduling, and organization.
• Eager to collaborate, but comfortable working independently

CORE SKILLS:

• Experience with Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) administration.
• Basic knowledge of occupational health requirements.
• Worked with Learning Management Systems.

Work Hours - Full-Time: Monday to Friday 8AM - 4PM

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Pay Range $66,500.00-$103,100.00

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