Animal Welfare Program Compliance Specialist

Job Summary

We are seeking an Animal Welfare Program Compliance Specialist to support our CRADL sites. This position is based in Cambridge, MA, and follows a hybrid work model, requiring a combination of on‑site and remote work.

This individual coordinates the execution of the Charles River animal welfare program at Insourcing Solutions CRADL sites, ensuring alignment across sites and liaising with animal welfare teams, IACUC, Operations, EHS, and Veterinary Services. The role supports correspondence with regulatory and accrediting agencies, internal and external auditors, and ensures timely follow‑up to findings or areas of programmatic improvement.

• Responsible for scheduling and organizing North America CRADL Animal Welfare Team meetings.
• Administer Animal Welfare Team meetings and record minutes, including reported animal welfare events, follow‑up, resolution, and other discussions pertaining to long‑term animal welfare initiatives.
• Attend IACUC meetings and present summaries of animal welfare events and updates, responding to and/or relaying committee questions and concerns as needed.
• Ensure that each vivarium has a designated and trained primary Animal Welfare Specialist at the technician level and a backup at the supervisor level.
• Ensure that clients and staff are trained and familiar with animal welfare event reporting processes and can identify their site's Animal Welfare Specialists.
• Conduct internal quality assurance procedures as part of the Post Approval Monitoring program.
• Maintain tracking documentation of Post‑Approval Monitoring activity and assign follow‑up actions as needed.
• With the operations team, assist in updating and implementing the Quality Improvement and Assurance program documentation across sites.
• Schedule and coordinate internal corporate program audits and visits, providing necessary documentation and organizing follow‑up correspondence with input from appropriate stakeholders.
• Assist in producing reports for the Institutional Official.
• Work with management to ensure site compliance with animal welfare event reporting processes, including updated signage.
• Ensure Annual Welfare Training is completed and maintain documentation of signed animal welfare pledges.
• Maintain consistency between sites by advising site Animal Welfare Teams on responding to animal welfare events in congruency with events or trends at other sites.
• Serve as a Resiliency Ambassador through the resiliency program in Global Animal Welfare & Training.
• Identify additional candidates for Resiliency Ambassador and provide support for broadening the presence of the Resiliency program.
• Assist in processing client requests for documents such as Inter‑Institutional Assurances, Memoranda of Understanding, etc., and ensure timely correspondence.
• Coordinate necessary correspondence with client funding agencies.
• Monitor research regulatory changes including federal, state, and local compliance.
• Participate in initiatives and strategic plans including programmatic changes based on updated regulations and/or site visit recommendations.
• Encourage innovations and process refinements that promote animal welfare by identifying potential nominees for programs such as PAWS awards.
• Coordinate the discussion, trial, and implementation of animal welfare initiatives to ensure alignment and consistency across sites.
• Identify trends in animal welfare events and concerns across sites and convey information to the Attending Veterinarian and relevant stakeholders, e.g., procurement and operation.
• Participate in the Animal Welfare Network by attending quarterly calls and staying apprised of trends across Charles River, applying lessons learned.
• Under the direction of the Attending Veterinarian or designee, propose, assign, and/or coordinate the implementation of policy and practice changes to promote animal welfare.
• Work to develop, cultivate, and maintain constructive working relationships with clients, IACUC members, and relevant teams to facilitate communication of animal welfare concerns and actions taken to address them.
• Assist leadership to organize and ensure timely correspondence with external…