Director, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Five or more years of IACUC administration experience
- Certified Professional IACUC Administrator (CPIA)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced Degree
- AALAS CMAR and/or LATG Certification
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Five or more years of experience in laboratory animal research, including experience in IACUC administration and program management or related work experience.
- Advanced knowledge and ability to apply all relevant federal, state, and university regulations policies, and federal guidance documents.
- Advanced knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research design, scientific research concepts and terminology.
- Strong proficiency in public speaking and writing. Must be comfortable speaking to large audiences and explaining complex regulatory requirements to both scientists and lay people.
- Excellent knowledge of computer systems, their use and applications; especially software applicable to protocol submission workflow management.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to compose reports, correspondence, and summaries in a comprehensive and organize manner.
- Ability to work in a high-volume environment, overseeing and prioritizing multiple diverse tasks with deadlines.
- Demonstrated self-discipline and independent judgment completing highly complex, broadly defined assignments.
- Strong understanding of skills and tasks to provide superior customer service to facilitate research.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.