Animal Care Training Coordinator
Medical Science & Computing (MSC) is an exciting growth oriented company, dedicated to
providing mission critical scientific and technical services to the Federal Government. We
have a distinguished history of supporting the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other
government agencies. MSC offers a dynamic and upbeat work environment, excellent
benefits and career growth opportunities.
MSC is currently searching for an Animal Care Training Coordinator to support the
National Institutes of Health (NIH). This opportunity is full-time, and it is on site in Hamilton,
Montana.
The Animal Care Training Coordinator will work in collaboration with the NIH staff, and will be
responsible for the expansion and further development and implementation of the current
animal care and use training program, ensuring that both researcher and staff training meets
regulatory agency, institutional regulations/policies, and current standard operating
procedures and requirements (SOPs). The successful candidate will provide leadership and
expertise working collaboratively with staff to develop and expand training program
objectives, and to produce effective classroom, hands-on workshops and online learning
modules related to research animal care and use.
The successful candidate must have a working knowledge of accepted standards and
practices of laboratory animal care, biosafety, emergency preparedness, and laboratory
animal facility operations, and have demonstrated experience providing training in a
biomedical research or academic setting. The successful candidate must also have
experience in instructional design, and use of various teaching modalities, including didactic,
computer-based, and practical training. Experience with web-based Learning Management
System (LMS) and content delivery systems; ability to work diplomatically with a wide range
of people; demonstrated effective writing, editing, and computer skills; and previous use of, or
a willingness to learn, specialized applications used for delivery of computer-based training
are also required.
Additional job responsibilities include working one on one with researchers, and Clinical
Veterinarians. A component of this job also involved preparation and management of
regulatory documents (AALAC, USDA, PHS and other local and federal agencies) and the
annual review of animal facility SOPs, training and documenting that staff have been trained
accordingly. Will serve as the Institute’s backup Animal Care and Use Committee (ACUC)
coordinator.
Duties and Responsibilities:
 Develop a thorough understanding and provide insight to all Standard Operating
Procedures (SOPs) and keep abreast of changes to SOPs.
 Responsible for training manual (guidance document) creation, review and revision of
all documents every three years (or more frequent if necessary).
 Assist in the development of a training plan for each position in the animal facilities.
 Work with Facility Management to identify and prioritize topics for technical training.
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Prepare lesson plans (hands-on demonstrations, instructional classroom, or a
combination of these) and develop new training topics for each unit of the animal care
staff, and make them available to every employee.
Ensure that each employee is trained and proficient in the current SOPs required of
their position.
Provide retraining and cross-training for individual employees when needed.
Maintain and manage proper documentation of all training, proficiency and
competency events for each employee in accordance with the training database(s)
and employee training files.
Provide reports for quality assurance animal facility walk-throughs on a monthly basis.
Conduct training for employees who are newly hired, have changed job positions,
have transferred from other facilities, and provide special training to correct
deficiencies.
Conduct employee competency assessments to determine appropriate knowledge
base to meet the performance criteria of their position.
Responsible for ensuring proficiency standards of staff are met and maintained at an
appropriate frequency to conduct in vivo studies.
Assist employees with completing security clearances and NIH mandated training
courses.
Provide IACLUC training for new principal investigators and online protocol system
training.
Identify training program gaps and opportunities.
Assist in safety training implementation for all staff.
Conduct presentations as needed, audience varies.
Provide and perform other training or duties as requested.
Position Requirements:
 Experience with multiple animal species, both husbandry and technical expertise.
 Must have experience in laboratory animal care, facilities operations/management,
biohazard containment and data management.
 Experience with animal biosafety level 3 preferred.
 Must be able to complete an intensive background investigation through the National
Agency Check and Inquiries (ANACI) and pass a security risk assessment through the
FBI and Criminal Justice Information Services Division.
 Must have a B.S. degree or equivalent.
 Previous experience managing a training program
 Knowledge of training program development; experience conducting hands on training
of staff
 AALAS certification at the LATG level
 Experience leading and performing in-life research studies in various species
 Rodent surgical/microsurgical experience
 Possess strong leadership and interpersonal skills; be able to communicate effectively
verbally and in writing
 Self-motivated, able to work independently, highly organized with a strong attention to
detail
 Ability to handle multiple (multi-task) and changing priorities along with fluctuations in
the work load
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High proficiency with basic and advanced bio-methodology techniques for multiple
species
Competency with database, spreadsheet and presentation applications (i.e. Excel,
Access, PowerPoint)
TO APPLY, please send cover letter and resume to elisa@mscweb.com
Medical Science & Computing is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.