Animal Welfare Officer

**Acknowledgement of Country**

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**Role highlights**
- **Bring your passion for animal welfare and care within a research environment to support improvements in animal facilities**:

- **Support the development, design, implementation and refinement of research across animal care settings**:

- **Work within a supportive, rewarding, and collaborative team environment**

**About CSIRO**

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**The opportunity**

CSIRO is Australia’s National Science Agency and one of the world’s largest and most successful research and development (R&D) organisations. We have improved the lives of many around the world through our R&D, including WiFi, the Hendra Virus Vaccine, Aerogard and the Total Wellbeing Diet. With over 50 locations across Australia and internationally, CSIRO solves the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology to deliver economic, environmental and social benefits for Australia in a global context.

The Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP), formerly the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL), our national biocontainment research facility, is a vital part of Australia’s biosecurity infrastructure. Our team works closely with researchers and animal and human health agencies to protect Australia’s multi-billion-dollar livestock and aquaculture industries and the general public from emerging infectious disease threats. We seek to appoint an experienced animal welfare officer responsible for the provision of dedicated support and monitoring of the well-being, care and use of animals at ACDP to promote delivery of compliant and best practice animal welfare outcomes.

You will work within the Animal Welfare Team as part of the ACDP Operations Group to provide animal welfare support and promote best practice and high-quality outcomes associated with scientific activities across a range of species, housed in highly unique animal care settings. You will support the facility’s compliance with relevant animal welfare legislation and pursuit of continuous improvement principles to drive best practice animal welfare outcomes. In close networking with the Animal Ethics Committee and enterprise Animal Ethics teams, as the Animal Welfare officer, you will provide leadership in maintaining high standards of animal welfare across ACDP and contribute directly to the implementation and management of site-based animal welfare compliance frameworks.

The appointee must be able to meet ACDP microbiological security and security assessment requirements as detailed in the position description.

**Your high-level duties will include**:

- Provide advice and support in the development, design and implementation of research projects to ensure alignment with the Code, Victorian legislation, CSIRO and ACDP animal welfare policies, and Animal Ethics Committee project-specific requirements.
- Promote best practice in the care and use of animals in research and provide animal welfare guidance on experimental proposals and animal care.
- Contribute to the identification and resolution of animal welfare issues, including the collaborative resolution of issues to drive continuous improvement practices.
- Coordinate and conduct regular compliance monitoring, including internal audits and support of external audits.
- Promote the implementation of the 3Rs to drive continuous welfare improvements and support robust and ethical scientific outcomes.
- Build and develop strong, positive relationships with stakeholders, including ACDP staff, enterprise CSIRO animal ethics teams and the Animal Ethics Committee.

**Role particulars**

**Location**:_ _Geelong, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP), VIC

**Salary**: AU$114K - AU$123K per annum (pro-rata for part-time) plus up to 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure & work schedule**: Indefinite/Full-time

**Reference**:100313

**Essential**
- Relevant tertiary qualifications, such as a veterinary or biological sciences degree, or substantial relevant industry experience.
- Demonstrated experience working within a scientific, academic, or research environment.
- Demonstrated in-depth understanding of contemporary animal welfare, including the 3Rs principles, state and national requirements.
- Proven ability to effectively interpret and develop policies, procedures and guidelines to provide advice and support on animal welfare issues.
- Demonstrated ability to professionally handle sensitive and confidential information and use appropriate