Training and Post Approval Monitoring Coordinator, Lab Animal Resources

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Title:

Instructional Support Technician (SL‑3)

Salary: $60,000 - $70,000

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) provides oversight for the animal care and use program which includes training and continued oversight of activities involving animals. This Instructional Support Technician position consists of two primary functions. As training coordinator, this individual works closely with new Principal Investigators (PIs), research personnel, and animal care personnel to relay general facility operations and teach rodent bio‑methodology, as needed.

In the post‑approval monitoring capacity, this individual ensures compliance with Federal, State, and Institutional regulations and policies by monitoring research personnel and Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR) staff to improve program compliance and research outcomes.

• Schedule and conduct mandatory in‑person training orientation sessions for new PIs and new research lab personnel. These sessions cover specific operations of Binghamton's lab animal program and facility workflows and are scheduled as needed.
• Hold rodent hands‑on trainings for individuals or small groups to support their research goals. These trainings include but are not limited to:
  • Animal handling and restraint techniques
  • Injection techniques
  • Blood withdrawals
  • Breeding colony management
  • Rodent surgery support and aseptic technique
  • Euthanasia with CO₂

• Establish a collaborative and educational partnership with PIs, the research teams, and the animal care staff to promote and ensure protocol and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) compliance. These opportunities are used to exchange information on updated lab animal program policies, guidelines and SOPs.
• Monitor activities on IACUC protocols.
• Assist in information gathering in response to findings of noncompliance; report and share information with the IACUC.
• Shadow LAR staff members to ensure husbandry tasks are carried out per SOPs.
• Conduct facility rounds to ensure proper procedures are performed in the interest of personnel safety and animal welfare.
• Partner with the veterinary staff and the IACUC to develop policies, guidelines, and SOPs for the animal care program.

• Bachelor's degree or LVT/RVT and ALAT Certification
• At least five years of work experience in a laboratory animal research facility
• At least three years of rodent bio‑methodology experience
• Working knowledge of animal research policies and regulations (i.e., The Guide, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, Animal…