We are seeking a Primate Keeper. 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.

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: SOM Admin Research Animal Resources 
Department name: School of Medicine - East Baltimore Campus 
Personnel area: School of Medicine