Technician Iii, Aquatics Animal Care

4 weeks ago


Ottawa, Canada University of Ottawa Full time

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**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 Service

Campus:
Roger Guindon Hall

Union Affiliation:
SSUO

Date Posted:
February 26, 2024

Closing Date:
March 08, 2024

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 07

Salary Range:
$55,245.00 - $69,783.00

Position Purpose

Reporting to the Assistant Manager of Operations - Aquatics, participate in the delivery of the program of animal care in order to maintain Animal Care and Veterinary Service’s (ACVS) high standards of animal care and welfare and regulatory compliance. Responsibilities will include daily animal feeding and observation, tank cleaning, conducting water quality tests, facility maintenance and routine sanitation procedures

In this role, your responsibilities will include:
- Perform daily behavior and health observation of fish and other aquatic animals. Monitor and record environmental parameters of the animal housing system and room.- Reviewing animal use protocols, ensuring the provision of suitable husbandry care and enrichment aligned with specific protocol requirements, and adhering to protocol-specified procedures.- Assist facility manager in initiation and maintenance of accurate and complete animal clinical case records, document retention and archiving. Monitor treatment and progress and provide feedback to the veterinarian and/or Animal Care Committee and research staff.- Assist facility manager in ensuring proper facility maintenance.- Ensure accuracy of inventory checks and checklists- Ensure daily communications with researchers, animal users, animal care staff and facility manager regarding animal health and welfare.

What you will bring:
- Post-secondary education in aquaculture, or a related field is required- Minimum two years of relevant work experience is required.-
- Prior knowledge of large coral tank maintenance is highly desirable.

Other Qualifications- Ability to follow detailed instructions and be able to adhere to written Standard Operating Procedures.- Solid ability to work independently while being able to function well in a team environment.- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.-
- Strong ability to adapt to fit changed circumstances in the workplace such as adjusting your actions in response to operational shifting priorities, system failure, etc.- Willingness and ability to work after hours, evenings, weekends and statutory holidays as assigned as well as the ability to be on-call 24/7 for at least two weeks per month.- Willingness to provide proof of vaccination history as per standard provincial protocols.- Ability to work in wet or humid condition and lift 20kgs- Bilingualism - French and English (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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