Primate Keeper

Barmont; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company focused on animal care is seeking a Primate Keeper to provide care, feeding, and health monitoring for primates. The role requires teamwork, independent work, and adherence to safety protocols. Prospective candidates should have a high school diploma and experience in animal care, especially with non-human primates, and will receive extensive training. The position entails weekend and holiday shifts, with a starting salary between $15.40 and $26.25 hourly.

Qualifications

• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• One year of related experience or an associate or bachelor's degree.
• Experience with non-human primates preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily care including feeding and cleaning enclosures.
• Monitor animal health and behavior.
• Assist with medical treatments as prescribed.

Skills

Animal Care

Teamwork

Independence

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Associate's degree in Veterinary Technology, Animal Science or Biology (preferred)

Job description

Research Animal Resources is seeking a Primate Keeper. Care includes feeding, cleaning, enclosure maintenance, provision of environmental enrichment, health monitoring, behavioral observation, and treatment. 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.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide daily care to primates, including but not limited to, feeding, cleaning animal enclosures, and preparing and distributing enrichment.
• 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.
• Complete daily census of animals.
• Observe and report out on physical condition and health of animals.
• Monitor and report out on 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 SOP's.
• Maintain records, inventories and other information and provide written and verbal reports as required.
• Train new staff as required.
• Assist with receiving and shipping non-human primates.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must be able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Must be able to work a rotating weekend and holiday schedule.

Specific Physical Requirements

• Job entails the ability to lift up to at least 40 pounds.
• Work is performed indoors and outdoors with exposure to all seasonal weather conditions, with frequent exposure to and contact with animals, that can carry the risk of zoonotic disease transmission.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or graduation equivalent.
• One year of related experience OR an associate or bachelor's degree
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Veterinary Technology, Animal Science or Biology preferred.
• Experience working with non-human primates or large animal species preferred.
• Experience working in an outdoor setting is preferred.

• Certification by the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science at the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT) level.

Classified Title: Veterinary Technician
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Primate Keeper
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CC
Starting Salary Range: $15.40 - $26.25 HRLY (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:00-3:30, Some weekends and holidays
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt
Location: School of Medicine Campus
Department name: Research Animal Resources
Personnel area: University Administration

Salary Range

The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, internal equity, market conditions, education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined by the University.

Total Rewards
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University's salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.

Education and Experience Equivalency
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

Applicants Completing Studies
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

Background Checks
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.

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Vaccine Requirements
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