Part-Time Specialist, Veterinarian, Animal House

Department

Research & Graduate Studies

Entity

Aga Khan University

Location

Karachi, Pakistan

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Chair, Ethics Committee for Animal Care and Use (ECACU) and Associate Vice Provost, Office of Reserach and Graduate Studies. The incumbent will work in a part time-capacity on a contract basis. The veterinarian will be involved in ensuring maintenance of health of laboratory animals and assuring safety of personnel handling the animals. The incimbant will also be responsible for:

• supervising breeding, maintaining, transfering, disposal and research use of animals, and environmental requirements; 
• developing relevant policies and procedures; 
• performing periodic health screening and investigate disease outbreaks; 
• monitoring animal health- and safety-related activities;
• reviewing animal research proposals and overseeing execution of research projects involving animals;
• collecting, analyzing, presenting and publishing data regarding the animal facility and its activities, and generating reports as required by the supervisor;
• contributing to review the policies and guidelines for the use of animals in research;
• developing the teaching programs and contributing the teaching staff, students, faculty and other clients (external and internal) on animal research, health and related issues;
• performaning all administrative duties required for the above.

Requirements

You must have:

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or equivalent degree;
• 3 + years of work experience in the relevant field with core knowledge of animal health, especially small animals (e.g. rodents);
• preference will be given to candidates who have experience of working in an animal research laboratory, and possess knowledge of animal models of human diseases, national & international guidelines and regulations on animal research, and design of laboratory animal facilities.

To Apply

​Please send your CVs to human.resources@aku.edu and mark the subject line with the position applied for. 

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted.

Applications should be submitted latest by October 21, 2018