The CMG mission is to provide animal husbandry and veterinary services for animals used in KSU’s research, teaching, and testing programs in accordance with (IAW) applicable laws, regulations, standards, guidelines, and university policy governing the care and use of laboratory animals at academic/research institutions.
This position supports routine animal husbandry and animal welfare for a variety of animals utilized for teaching and research in BSL1 and BSL2 facilities, under supervision. Assists in supporting activities associated with infectious and non-infectious disease research to include maintaining records, monitoring animal health and environmental conditions, providing daily nutrition and may assist in administering veterinary treatments. Responsible for waste management, sanitization and decontamination.
This duty position is primarily allocated/assigned to the CMG, but incumbents may be temporarily detailed to perform similar tasks in other CMG supported animal facilities on the KSU Manhattan Campus as required (e.g., Coles Animal Facility, Mosier Animal Facility, Justin Animal Facility, Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI), etc.).
An employee filling this position is classified as an “ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEE”. This position requires variable on-call, evening/night, weekend, and/or holiday swing shifts as required to provide 7 days/week, 365 days/year animal care coverage.
The Comparative Medicine Group, or CMG, is a centralized campuswide core research fee-for-service support unit under the Office of the Vice President for Research for the procurement, care and use of laboratory animal animals for research, testing and/or teaching purposes at K-State’s main campus. The CMG works closely with the University Research Compliance Office, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and Institutional Biosafety Committee to insure that all animal use at K-State complies with all applicable public laws/regulations, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service Policies and National Academy of Sciences National Research Council, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research guidelines for the humane and ethical use of live vertebrate animals.
This position is On-site.
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Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship
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Applications close on September 29, 2025
$15.00 - $22.26
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