Senior Primate Behavior Specialist

LAB Labcorp Early Development Laboratories Inc.; Greenfield (IN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance available

Job summary

Labcorp in Greenfield, IN seeks a Senior Primate Behaviorist to oversee behavioral management and welfare for nonhuman primates used in biomedical research.

The role requires advanced expertise in primate behavior, GLP environments, and collaboration with study teams and IACUC, with relocation assistance available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences (Animal Science, Veterinary Science, Biology, Animal Behavior or related) with 8+ years of professional animal research or breeding experience.
• 5+ years in behavior management in a research or captive breeding environment with Rhesus Macaques, Cynomolgus Macaques or Common Marmosets.
• 3+ years in a GLP environment.
• 1+ year working with a multi-discipline research team.

Responsibilities

• Treat animals humanely with care, compassion and respect.
• Adhere to strict ethical standards in welfare.
• Perform behavior assessments and develop intervention strategies.
• Design behavioral studies to support new management procedures.
• Prepare controlled documents and deliver training and competency assessments.
• Lead analysis of welfare/behavior and report metrics.
• Collaborate with study directors, clients and IACUC to design interventions.
• Develop and deliver behavior training for onboarding and staff refresher sessions.
• Provide behavior training presentations for client meetings, audits and regulatory visits.
• Participate in external meetings to align with industry standards.

Skills

Behavior management

Ethical animal care

Observation & reporting

Behavior data analysis

Training & presentation

Collaboration with IACUC

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences

Job description

Labcorp is a global leader in laboratory services, providing the insights and answers that help healthcare providers, patients, researchers, pharmaceutical companies and health systems make confident decisions and improve outcomes. Through our unparalleled science and data and technology and laboratory network, we advance diagnostics, accelerate innovation and help address some of the world’s most important health challenges. As we shape the future of healthcare, we are leveraging advanced technologies, intelligent digital solutions and data-driven innovation across our operations to enhance how work gets done and deliver greater value to customers and patients. With our global scale and deep expertise, you’ll have the opportunity to do meaningful work, grow your career and make a real impact on people’s health around the world. Together, we’re improving health and improving lives.

Labcorp is seeking a Senior Primate Behaviorist to join our team in Greenfield, IN.

Job Responsibilities

• Treat animals we work with in Biomedical research humanely, with care, compassion and respect
• Adhere to strict standards of ethical conduct in providing for their welfare
• Believe that taking good care of our animals is not only good science but the right thing to do.
• Perform behavior management strategies including behavior assessment/observation reports, development of behavior intervention strategies, social housing evaluation and intervention.
• Design behavioral studies to support the development of new behavior management procedures/techniques locally, regionally and globally.
• Support implementation by preparing controlled documents, developing and delivering training and competency assessment.
• Lead the analysis of animal welfare/behavior and scoring data.
• Provide reports on behavior metrics.
• Participate in animal welfare investigations and ensure identification of root causes of behavior issues where possible, lead implementation of effective corrective/preventative actions.
• Develop behavior management projects for study related procedures, collaborate with study directors, clients and IACUC to design and implement specific behavior management interventions for procedures.
• Collaborate with onboarding team to provide animal behavior training for onboarding staff and refresher training for operations staff, review and update animal behavior training materials regularly and provide advanced staff training.
• Develop and deliver behavior management presentations for client meetings, audits and regulatory visits.
• Participate in external meetings and working groups to ensure that programmatic developments are in line with industry standards.
• Work with Behavior Program Manager to regularly evaluate and update staff training materials
• Lead the implementation of training for new behavior team members
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences (Animal Science, Veterinary Science, Biology, Animal Behavior or other related Life Science degrees) 8 years or more of professional animal research or breeding experience.
• 5 years or more in behavior management experience within a research or captive breeding environment with Rhesus Macaques, Cynomolgus Macaques or Common Marmosets
• 3 years or more experience working in GLP environment
• 1 year or more experience working within multi-discipline research team
• Ability to assess and differentiate between normal and abnormal species-specific behavior for a variety of laboratory animal species including but not limited to one of the following, Rhesus Macaques, Cynomolgus Macaques or Common Marmosets
• Ability to effectively describe and communicate animal behavior observations using in accordance with established professional behavior terminology
• Knowledge of behavior management procedures including enrichment, positive reinforcement training and animal socialization
• Knowledge of anatomic and physiologic variations, behavior, diseases and reproduction of laboratory animals
• Knowledge of local regulatory requirements and guidelines for animal behavior management and GLPs

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional AALAS certification preferred (LATg/HT)
• Professional certification in animal behavior

Additional Job Standards

• A proven ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders
• Proficient in the use of office and laboratory data capture software applications
• Effective personal organization and time management skills
• Presentation skills
• Project management skills
• Overtime and weekend work, as required.
• Mandatory immunizations and screening as required.
• May work with potentially hazardous substances not limited to known /potential teratogens or carcinogens and/or radiolabeled test materials.
• Must be able to work in a laboratory setting with laboratory animals (ie rodents, canine, primates, rabbits, pigs, etc)
• Must be able to work in small or confined spaces
• Relocation Assistance Available

Read more about Labcorp's Animals CARES

Pay Range: $70,000-$80,000 annually (USD)

Benefits

Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• STD/LTD
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours, Casual, Intern, and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan.

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