Operations Manager
The Operations Manager is responsible for managing the daily and long-term operations of Animal Care within the Allwine Research Vivarium, Callitrichid Research Facility, and associated satellite facilities at the University of Nebraska at Omaha by maintaining a cohesive and collaborative environment to ensure that research goals are met while ensuring best practices in animal husbandry and welfare, biosecurity, and facilities management. The Operations Manager plans, directs, organizes, controls, and improves functions for the department in order to meet fiscal and organizational needs while ensuring compliance with regulations and adherence to institutional, state, and federal laws, regulations, guidelines, and directives. Additionally, the Operations Manager manages all administrative functions of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
Operations:
Serve as a point of contact and resource for the daily operations. Develop and execute a strategic vision and plan for the department/program. Develop, implement, and enforce policies and procedures that guide and support departmental operations and services. Research and resolve operational questions and problems as they arise. Serve as a resource to staff in the resolution of complex issues and concerns. Address problem trends, develop, plan and implement solutions to improve processes and workflow. Monitor operational policies and procedures to ensure efficient workflow and compliance with applicable laws, standards and regulations.
Budget and finance:
Collaborate with ORCA leadership to develop, track, monitor budgets for areas of responsibility and prepare financial reports and analysis as requested. Support director in the flow and capture of information as needed. Assist with the creation of FY budgets based on reports and projections. Continually identify areas for cost savings. Provide preliminary experimental cost estimates, monthly cost reports of specific ongoing experiments, per diems and progress reports as requested. Maintain supply inventory and appropriation of necessary supplies and resources.
Personnel administration:
Provide work direction to reporting staff. Select, train, and develop reporting personnel. Establish goals, appraise employee performance, and recommend personnel and salary actions as appropriate. Establish and maintain procedures for orientation of new employees. Manage the selection, development, motivation, evaluation, and discipline of reporting personnel. Manage the staffing and scheduling process and maintain responsibility for submitting accurate payroll records.
Regulatory compliance:
Assure adherence to applicable institutional, state, and federal laws, regulations, guidelines, and directives including AWA, OLAW, AAALAC, USDA, OSHA, Equal Employment Opportunity Program, etc. Develop standardized animal husbandry policies, protocols, and SOPs in collaboration with the consulting Veterinarian, researchers, and operations team. Develop OSPs in coordination with EHS to ensure biosecurity and safety of all personnel and animals. Maintain Occupational Health and Safety Program for users, including management of training modules, onboarding procedures, and facility access and clearance. Represent the organization during regulatory inspections and inquiries. Liaison with campus to provide input and guidance on Animal Facilities Program Management, AAALAC compliance, and respond to animal- and facility-related emergencies to provide oversight and contingency operation plans. Coordinate and create regulatory reports, annual progress reports, and other documents as required by the department, College, University, sponsors, and other entities.
IACUC administration:
Management of all administrative functions of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC): provide administrative support to the IACUC Chair and members of the IACUC, schedule and coordinate logistics for meetings, inspections, and training; timely prepare and distribute agendas, minutes, decisions, and related materials; conduct intake review of protocol submissions and follow up to ensure completeness; serve as a liaison and represent the IACUC in responding to inquiries and providing information, guidance, interpretation or clarification within scope of authority; manage and maintain official and electronic records and files; coordinate workflow and process administrative paperwork.
7:30AM to 4:30PM M-F, position may require evening, weekend, and holiday work
Additional Duties
As assigned
Required Education: Bachelor’s degree in the Biological Sciences, Animal Science, or related field
Required Experience: Five or more years of related experience in animal care, Veterinary, and/or animal research; three or more years of business administration or facility management. Supervisory or managerial experience preferred.
Must be able to pass an initial occupational health physical screening exam and a medical evaluation/clearance to wear respiratory PPE (personal protective equipment).
Requires immunization to work with animals.
Master’s degree in the Biological Sciences, Animal Science or related field.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The day to day duties of the position vary in terms of physical requirements. On any given day, up to 6 hours of sitting, and 2 hours of standing or walking may be needed. Position requires occasional driving to acquire supplies for the Animal Care facilities. Occasionally, the following may be required: squatting, bending, kneeling, reaching overhead and/or forward and or low, twisting, crawling, climbing on a ladder.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Regularly works indoors. Noise level is low to moderate.
Exposure to changes of temperature/humidity, dust, dander, chemicals may occur occasionally. The position requires being near moving machinery occasionally. The employee will lift, carry, push, pull up to 50lbs occasionally. The position will also require the employee to handle over 50 lbs occasionally to push/pull animal cages (on wheels) or to move shelving units/cabinets. Dolly is available.
Commensurate with education and experience
Job posting can be found here : https://unomaha.peopleadmin.com/postings/16467
Questions can be directed to Haley Hassenstab at hrhassenstab@unomaha.edu