Instructional and Farm Operations Coordinator

Experience Champaign Urbana; Urbana (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Experience Champaign Urbana is seeking a role focused on animal program management within the College of Veterinary Medicine. Responsibilities span IACUC protocol compliance, animal utilization records, and laboratory animal handling with horses for teaching labs.

The position includes coordinating research targets, SOP development, staff supervision, and cross-unit collaboration with ANSC for scheduling and service support at VMF and Horse Farm.

Responsibilities

• Ensure teaching animal use complies with IACUC protocols and maintain accurate records of animal utilization across instructional activities.
• Work with horses to ensure their behavior is suitable for teaching laboratories.
• Ensure prescribed treatments for specific animals are completed.
• Support development and implementation of IACUC protocols governing production animals at VMF and the Horse Farm.
• Provide technical and administrative support to faculty principal investigators on teaching and production IACUC protocols college-wide.
• Establish written research targets, develop standard operating procedures, and enforce consistent research methodology within the unit.
• Directly supervise farm staff and student workers at both facilities.
• Manage budgets for VMF, Horse Farm, and teaching and production animal operations, including routine financial reporting.
• Serve as the primary liaison between the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Department of Animal Sciences (ANSC) for teaching animal scheduling and coordination.
• Support scheduling, case coordination, record management, and client communication for the Bovine Theriogenology Service.
• Provide laboratory and cow-side technical support for the service.

Job description

Duties Responsibilities Animal Program Management

• Ensure teaching animal use complies with applicable IACUC protocols, maintaining accurate records of animal utilization across instructional activities.
• Work with horses to ensure their behavior is suitable for teaching laboratories.
• Ensure prescribed treatments for specific animals are completed.
• Support development and implementation of IACUC protocols governing production animals at VMF and the Horse Farm.

Operations, Personnel Research Support

• Provide technical and administrative support to faculty principal investigators on teaching and production IACUC protocols college-wide.
• Establish written research targets, develop standard operating procedures, and enforce consistent research methodology associated with the unit.
• Directly supervise farm staff and student workers at both facilities.

Budget College Coordination

• Manage budgets for VMF, Horse Farm, and teaching and production animal operations, including routine financial reporting.
• Serve as the primary liaison between the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Department of Animal Sciences (ANSC) for teaching animal scheduling and coordination.

Support of the Bovine Theriogenology Service

• Support scheduling, case coordination, record management, and client communication.
• Provide both laboratory and cow-side technical support for the service.
• Other Duties as Assigned