ANIMAL CARE TRAINER

Closing date: September 6, 2026

Title: ANIMAL CARE TRAINER

Employee Type: Unclassified Staff

Department: Animal Laboratories-Downtown

Campus Location: ANIMAL CARE/CLINICAL SCIENCES

Job Summary/Basic Functions

This position serves on the Division of Animal Care Leadership team. The incumbent is responsible for developing and delivering training on all aspects of animal care, safety, and departmental processes. This position will also develop assessment and evaluation tools, which he/she will use to create training plans for staff to aid in their development.

Minimum Qualifications

Required Education: Bachelor's

Certifications or Licenses Required: ALAT Certification,

Number of years required to perform the job: 3

Type of experience required to perform the job: Experience in a laboratory animal facility.

Substitution: Four years of experience in a laboratory animal facility, with at least 2 of the 4 years training employees, may substitute for the Bachelor's Degree. Other relevant teaching/educational experience may substitute for the required experience on a year by year basis. An additional year of experience training employees in laboratory animal facility may substitute for the ALAT certification

Comprehensive benefits are available to eligible employees and their dependents including health, life, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; generous annual and sick leave; 14 paid holidays per year; and an employee health primary care clinic. See following link for more details on our benefits offerings: LSUHSC, New Orleans - Benefits

Other employee benefits include a full-service credit union, wellness benefits featuring complimentary fitness center membership for employees and their spouses, employee assistance program, campus assistance program, and pet insurance option. More information about these benefits can be found on this webpage: Additional Benefits