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We are seeking a Veterinary Technician . The purpose of this position is to provide animal care to a breeding colony of group-housed monkeys in an indoor/outdoor setting. Care includes feeding, cleaning, enclosure maintenance, provision of environmental enrichment, health monitoring, behavioral observation, and treatment.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide daily care, including but not limited to, feeding, enrichment, and training for primates

• Clean indoor and outdoor animal enclosures and other areas, ensuring safe use of cleaning solutions and sufficient disinfection of surfaces according to facility SOPs

• Perform routine enclosure maintenance, including raking, minor repairs, and other routine maintenance activities

• Observe and document physical condition and health of animals

• Monitor and record animal behavior and social interactions

• Inspect facilities to ensure safety and security

• Shift, capture, restrain animals as needed

• Provide daily occupational environmental enrichments and inspect, clean, and replace physical enrichments.

• Coordinate animal health and other medical procedures with veterinary staff

• Provide medical treatments as prescribed by the veterinarians. Assist with veterinary procedures as needed, including injections, sedation, blood collection.

• Perform routine maintenance and make minor repairs to equipment and facilities

• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and SOPs

• Maintain records, inventories and other information and provide written and verbal reports as required

• Train new staff as required

• Prepare areas for new animal arrivals or transfers

• Assist with receiving and shipping non-human primates.

• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Assistant Primate Keeper: High school diploma or GED

• Primate Keeper: As above plus 1 year of related experience

• Additional education or unpaid experience may substitute for required work experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula

• Extensive and regular training will be given and required for new staff of all experience levels, to include safety, husbandry and care SOPs, animal behavior, and other related topics

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with non-human primates or large animal species preferred.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Must be able to work independently and as part of a team

• Certification by the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science at the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT) level is required after 15 months of employment

• Must be able to work a rotating weekend and holiday schedule

Specific Physical Requirements

• Ability to perform principal duties is required.

• Job entails the ability to lift 40 pounds

• Work is performed indoors and outdoors with exposure to all seasonal weather conditions, with frequent exposure to and contact with dangerous animals, with risk of zoonotic disease transmission.

Classified Title: Veterinary Technician

Job Posting Title (Working Title): Primate Keeper

Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CC

Starting Salary Range: $15.50 - $26.00 HRLY ($43,160 targeted; commensurate with experience)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: M-F / TBD

Exempt Status: Non-Exempt

Location: School of Medicine Campus

Department name: SOM Admin Research Animal Resources

Personnel area: School of Medicine

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Johns Hopkins University is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. The university promotes affirmative action for minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans.