Facility Manager Werribee Animal Facility

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​Bring your expertise in animal sciences and care within a research setting
• Draw on your people skills in this unique leadership role on our Werribee site
• Work within a supportive, rewarding, and collaborative team environment

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The Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP), formerly the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL), our national biocontainment research facility, is a vital part of Australia’s biosecurity infrastructure. Our team works closely with researchers, and animal and human health agencies to protect Australia’s multi-billion dollar livestock and aquaculture industries, and the general public, from emerging infectious disease threats. We seeks to appoint an experienced facility manager to provide leadership in the provision of animal services to CSIRO science and research teams in our Werribee Animal Facility (WAF) which is one of 3 animal facility teams within ACDP, with the Small Animal Facility and Large Animal Facility located at the Geelong site. 

As the WAHF Facility Manager, you will lead this small team in supporting scientific research in a diverse range of laboratory and field situations. The WAHF team provides critical expertise to support ACDP’s world-leading capability in disease pathogenesis, most notably in the area of emergency animal diseases (including serious zoonoses), animal infection models, genetically modified animals, and the development and testing of vaccines and therapeutics to prevent and/or mitigate the impact of infectious diseases. You will maintain a disease-free environment at the WAHF and provide the highest standard of animal husbandry, ensuring adherence to animal ethics and welfare protocols. Using effective management skills, you will provide leadership to animal technicians and husbandry staff and provide training as required to other facility users. 

The appointee must meet relevant ACDP microbiological security and security assessment requirements.