Assistant Vivarium Supervisor Jobs

The University of Virginia’s Center for Comparative Medicine is seeking an Assistant Vivarium Supervisor. This position works closely with research animals and is responsible for maintaining and assessing their health, provides moderately complex support for research labs or facilities, assisting with routine research, writing, and administrative work, performs a variety of tests, and sets up equipment and materials for course instruction.

The mission of the Center for Comparative Medicine is to support biomedical research and teaching that utilizes laboratory animals. The Center does this in a manner which promotes the policies set by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) whose charge is to oversee compliance by personnel at the University of Virginia with federal regulations and guidelines.

Duties Include:

• When required, administer experimental treatments to animals via gavage or injection.
• Ensure that daily activities are conducted according to biosafety procedures and that other staff are aware of requirements.
• May provide functional supervision in the absence of Vivarium Supervisor.
• Oversee and monitor animal husbandry activities.
• Perform all tasks of Animal Caregiver 1 employees, including inspection and maintenance of animals, disposal of carcasses, tracking and recording data, and keeping detailed records.

Minimum Requirements:

• Licensure: ALAT level certification through American Association of Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS).
• Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: One year of laboratory experience; Preference will be given to applicants with lab or animal handling experience
• Vaccination: A pre-employment health screening is required. This position requires compliance with UVA Health Policy OCH-002 .

Anticipated hiring range : $22 - $26 per hour, dependent on qualifications and experience. This is a full-time position with UVA benefits .

Application Process:

Please apply through Workday , and search for R0050903 . Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile by searching ‘Find Jobs.’ Complete an application online with the following documents:

• Cover letter
• CV/Resume

Upload all materials into the resume submission field, multiple documents can be submitted into this one field. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission. Applications that do not contain all required documents will not receive full consideration.

References will be completed via UVA’s standardized process SkillSurvey. A total of five references will be requested via SkillSurvey during the final phase of the interview process. A minimum of three is required.

For information regarding the position or the application process, please contact Jessica Speth, [email protected].

The University of Virginia, i ncluding the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician’s Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.