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

• 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

• 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