Director of Laboratory Animal Resources

Binghamton University

The Binghamton University Department of Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR) is responsible for the animal care and use program campus-wide and provides support services to faculty and students. Binghamton University is proud to maintain AAALAC accreditation. LAR is located within the Division of Research. The Director of Laboratory Animal Resources reports directly to the Associate Vice President for Research Ethics, Security, and Compliance, who serves as the Institutional Official. This position ensures the necessary support for the daily care needs of the animals is met, monitoring all use of animals by university personnel, and ensuring the highest standards of animal care are always present. The Director of Laboratory Animal Resources helps provide assurance of compliance with regulatory and accreditation bodies and fosters strong communications with investigators, the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), and the animal care staff. The Director of LAR is charged with supporting a program of appropriate veterinary care.

Responsibilities include:

• Recruit, hire, inspire, motivate, instruct, and supervise the LAR laboratory animal caretakers to provide optimal animal care with respect to the current standards for housekeeping, safety, regulations, developments, and trends in animal care, certification programs, and continuing education.
• Attend, participate, and/or lead LAR staff meetings.
• Provide professional consultation for faculty, academic staff, undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in connection with research involving the use of laboratory animals.
• Supervises research by graduate and professional students as required.
• Serve as the Team Leader for the Emergency Preparedness Plan for the LAR program and facilities and primary contact for all facilities and equipment upkeep, repairs, and improvements, and maintenance contracts.
• Responsible for the administration of all departmental funding according to institutional and the Research Foundation practices and policies.
• Assure best practices for compliance with regulatory, accrediting, and funding agencies.
• Continually review and evaluate the facilities for compliance with AAALAC, USDA, NY State Department of Health, and the US Public Health Service

Requirements / Qualifications (maximum of 2,000 characters):

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Five (5) to seven (7) years of applicable related work, administrative, facilities managerial experience?
• Employee supervisory oversight
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication, attention to detail, and organizational and interpersonal skills
• Management and prioritization of multiple facilities and tasks
• Problem solving and working across departments in a fast paced and dynamic environment
• Experience as a team member and leader
• Ability to apply independent ethically sound judgment, discretion and initiative in performing administrative functions
• Strong computer skills and competencies in Microsoft Office

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree
• Working knowledge of state and federal regulations and accreditation related to Laboratory Animal Resources as applied in a university setting
• Experience in working with unionized employees
• Ability to communicate with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community
• Ability to follow all university policies, procedures, and guidelines including but not limited to safety, civility, information security, unions, and non-discrimination policies and procedures

Applicant Instructions:

All applicants must apply via Interview Exchange: https://binghamton.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=194501

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the vacancy is filled.

Please submit:

• Resume,
• Cover letter, and
• Contact information for three professional references

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The State University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. It is the policy of Binghamton University to provide for and promote equal opportunity employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, disability, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military service member status, marital status, domestic violence victim status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or arrest and/or criminal conviction record unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.