Ubc
Animal Care Technician
UBC Vancouver Campus - Vancouver, BC, Canada · Full-time
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About the role
- Job End Date Ongoing Full-time during training (6-8 weeks).
- Casual, on-call ongoing based on seniority, operational needs and availability of employee.
- Employee must provide a minimum of 3 shifts per week availability.
Responsibilities
- The Animal Care Technician (ACT) will provide facility support within the Centre for Disease Modeling (CDM).
- ACS is committed to providing excellence in research support to all UBC researchers with accountability, communication, cooperation, customer service and integrity.
Nice to have
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant field or graduation from a technical college or institute.
- B.Sc. degree in an animal related field and/or AHT diploma an asset.
- CALAS Registered Laboratory Animal Technician (RLAT) preferred.
- Experience in working with small animals in a research capacity.
- Experience working in a CL2 environment.
- Working with industry and/or research teams an asset.
- Effective oral and written communication, interpersonal, organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work both independently and within a team environment.
Compensation
- $28.90 - $31.63 CAD Hourly
- CDM is a 90,000 sq. ft. animal facility capable of holding 27,000 rodent cages.
Benefits
- Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.
Equal opportunity
- At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students.
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