Careers Job Description
General Description
A position is available for a full-time Laboratory Animal Technician in a neuroscience laboratory in the CUNY School of Medicine on the CCNY campus. The laboratory studies development of the motor systems and repair of the motor systems after injury in animals. The successful applicant will assist with animal surgeries, animal care and training, routine data analysis, and engage in routine lab management. The successful applicant must have excellent organizational skills and be able to keep accurate record and notes.
Other Duties
There are 4 principal duties:
(1) Assist during animal surgeries and animal experiments. The applicant will assist laboratory scientists during animal surgeries and experiments, including keeping detailed surgical and experimental records and maintaining intravenous fluid lines. She/he will help with pre- and post-surgical care. She/he also will be responsible for maintaining surgical records.
(2) Assist in training animals to perform movement tasks.
(3) Be willing to be trained in surgical support, experimental support, and to perform routine data analyses.
(4) Administrative duties. The applicant will participate in ordering of laboratory supplies and several aspects of laboratory management pertaining to monitoring and acquisition of supplies.
(5) Work in compliance with applicable CUNY policies and Federal, State and local regulations (e.g., USDA,PHS), follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the laboratory and animal facility, and performs duties in a safe manner.
Qualifications
Education:
- AALAS certification as an Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT).
- Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in animal science or equivalent; plus, one (1) year of relevant experience preferred.
Training and experience:
- Experience using routine computer programs, such as Microsoft Excel and Word, and general computer use is essential.
Skills
- Ability to work with a team of scientists and students.
- Ability to keep well-organized records.
- Willing to be trained to perform laboratory tasks in a safe and timely fashion.
- The applicant must be willing to be trained to perform her/his duties.
- Knowledge of basic computing, including the ability to work with Microsoft Excel and Word and calendar scheduling applications.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).
RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Molecular,Cellular&Biomedical Sciences
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
Mar 24, 2019 (Or Until Filled)