Animal Welfare and Compliance Officer

6 months ago

Adelaide Region SA, Australia Sahmriresearch Full time

Summary

Full-Time or Part-Time (0.6 FTE), 2 Year Contract
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At the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), we are committed to achieving innovative, ground-breaking health and medical research that fundamentally improves the quality of life for all people.

The Animal Welfare and Compliance Officer is responsible for ensuring that SAHMRI complies with all aspects of the NHMRC Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes (the ‘Code’), the SA Animal Welfare Act, ethics policies and relevant legislation.

Reporting to the Manager, Research Office, the position will also work closely with other Research Office staff, Managers, and staff of Bioresources (North Terrace) and Pre-clinical, Imaging and Research Laboratories (PIRL) (Gilles Plains), Animal Ethics Officer, and the Animal Ethics Committee (AEC).

This role can be offered either as one full-time role working across both SAHMRI sites at North Terrace and Gilles Plains or as two part-time (0.6 FTE) roles primarily based at each site and able to crossover to provide continual support to both sites.

About the role

Key responsibilities include:

- Advise on scientific, veterinary and ethical issues associated with animal research at SAHMRI, and ensure that all activities relating directly or indirectly to animal use and care are in accordance with acceptable veterinary standards, the standard articulated in legislation, guidelines and by the SAHMRI Animal Ethics Committee.
- Report to AEC formally on veterinary issues and matters of animal welfare, including relevant veterinary, welfare, training, and competency issues.
- Conduct post-approval monitoring of projects, including audits of record keeping, and ensuring compliance with activities as approved by the approvals, legislation, policy, and other AEC requirements.
- Manage the formal reporting and resolution of adverse events, complaints, and noncompliance issues, including investigations on behalf of the AEC.
- Contribute to the provision of veterinary services at Bioresources and PIRL when required.

About You
- Degree in Veterinary Science registrable in South Australia is essential
- Knowledge and experience in working with animals in a research environment, and a demonstrated understanding of experimental procedures used on animals for scientific and research purposes
- In depth knowledge of the NHMRC Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific purposes and the SA Animal Welfare Act, as it relates to use of animals for scientific purposes
- Strong commitment to animal welfare
- High level of interpersonal, analytical, and well-developed communication skills
- Ability to adapt and respond flexibly to changing situations
- Demonstrated ability to set goals, develop priorities and meet deadlines

Special Requirements
- Some out of hours work may be required.

As a not-for-profit organisation, SAHMRI employees can access salary packaging options up to $15,900. Salary packaging lets you pay for things like the everyday costs of living with money from your salary before tax. This reduces your taxable income, meaning you could pay less tax and take home more of what you earn. For more information on salary packaging please see the Maxxia website.

For a copy of the position description, please click here.

Applications close: 11:29pm ACST Wednesday 2 August
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply. _
- SAHMRI is a member of the Athena SWAN Science in Australia Gender Equity program. We have been awarded Bronze status for our commitment to advancing the careers of women, trans and gender diverse individuals in STEMM._

Equity & Diversity at SAHMRI

At SAHMRI, we live our commitment to equity and diversity every day: respecting people as individuals and valuing differences to create a working environment that is fair and flexible, promotes personal and professional growth and benefits from the capabilities of a diverse workforce.

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