Lead, Animal Care Operations, Surgery Core

1 month ago

Ottawa, Canada University of Ottawa Full time

Job Type:
Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):
N/A

Job Family:
Laboratory Support

of Open Positions:
1

Faculty/Service - Department:
Animal Care and Veterinary Services

Campus:
Roger Guindon Hall

Union Affiliation:
SSUO

Date Posted:
November 30, 2023

Closing Date:
December 11, 2023

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above

Hours per week:
35

Salary Grade:
SSUO Grade 10

Salary Range:
$75,743.00 - $95,678.00

Position Purpose

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

- Provides strategic and operational leadership in the planning, development and implementation of Surgical Core Services to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Ensures continued development of the ACVS Surgical Core Services to include the development/production of novel and established animal models for research.
- Communicates with research teams on various upcoming research projects to schedule support staff accordingly. The incumbent must be able to appropriately and continuously assess human resource needs and equipment needs to ensure adequate staffing levels and required equipment at all times.
- Coordinates the daily operations of the vivarium, ensuring compliance with the regulatory requirements of the Canadian Council on Animal Care as stated in the Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals, volume 2, 1993 (the Guide), the Animals for Research Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. A-27 (the Act) and the University of Ottawa Policy 31 (the Policy).
- In conjunction with the ACVS Education, Training and Communications Coordinator, conducts and facilitates intensive practical hands-on skills training in advanced animal handling, veterinary technical procedures and the recognition of pain and distress, to assure animal-based research is conducted with rigorous attention to animal welfare and best practice.
- Responsible for the development of standard procedures for the ACVS Surgical Core Service.
- Responsible for the inventory and management of equipment specific to the surgical core.

What you will bring:

- A diploma from a Canadian Veterinary Medical Association recognized Veterinary Technical program, or a combination of a diploma or a degree from a relevant scientific discipline and 5 years of related laboratory animal experience. Alternatively, the incumbent may hold a current RLAT certification with the Canadian Association of Laboratory Animal Science (CALAS or equivalent), with 10 years related laboratory animal experience.
- Knowledge of the statutory and institutional regulatory context of animal use and care.
- Knowledge of the practical training elements necessary to support individual research or teaching projects.
- Experience in supervision.
- Experience in participating in strategic planning.
- Comprehensive knowledge and experience in the development of a training program from conception to delivery and evaluation of the program.
- Ability and willingness to work after hours, weekends and statutory holidays as assigned.
- Ability and willingness to be on-call on a rotational basis as part of standard schedule.
- Ability to effectively communicate concepts and demonstrate technical procedures.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Bilingualism - English and French (spoken and written).

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:
Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.

Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.

Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.

Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click

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Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 - Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.

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