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Senior Laboratory Animal Caretaker

**Required Qualifications:** As per Civil Service standards and specifications. Must have taken and passed the specific job-related Civil Service examination and be reachable on the appropriate Civil Service list. This position might provide insufficient acceptors therefore a non-competitive **NY HELPS** appointment may be made. Candidate must have one year of full-time service as a laboratory animal caretaker in a research facility including but not limited to hospitals, universities, institutions, or laboratories; or two years of full-time experience in the handling and care of live vertebrate animals in other than a residential setting; OR Certification as an Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician or higher by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science and one year of full-time experience in the handling and care of live vertebrate animals in other than a residential setting.

**Brief Description of Duties:** Provide animal caretaker duties as well as supervisory responsibilities in compliance with all DLAR policies and procedures.

* Maintain Laboratory animals, clean, feed, water and make daily inspections. Monitor animals for disease, washes, sterilizes cages and other equipment; sanitize and buff rooms, wash laundry, take daily census, make cage cards, take daily refuse to dumpsters, mate wean and sex animals.

* Schedule and make work assignments for student assistants.

* Supervise work of animal care student assistants.

* Provide on the job training and instructions in the care of animals.

* Receive shipments, assist in veterinary care activities.

* Assist in the performance of non-routine/difficult tasks.

* Other duties or projects as assigned as appropriate to rank and departmental mission.

**Special Notes:** This is a full-time position, 40 hours per week, shift 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., pass days varied. Weekend work required. FLSA Nonexempt position, eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Mandatory rehire roster candidates have preference. SG 8 Hiring Rate $40,391, plus location pay of $4,000 annually.

Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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**Patient Contact:** Prior to start date, the selected candidate must meet the following requirements: Successfully complete pre-employment physical examination and obtain medical clearance from Stony Brook University's Employee Health Services (The hiring department will be responsible for any fee incurred for examination), clear a background investigation, submit (3) written reference, and provide a copy of any required New York State license(s)/certificate(s). Please be advised that failure to comply with any of the above requirements could result in a delayed start date and/or revocation of the employment offer.

**Essential Position:** This has been designated as an essential position based on the duties of the job and the functions performed. Positions that are designated as such are required to report to work/remain at work even if classes are canceled, and the campus is working on limited operations in an emergency.

_This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply._

_At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in an NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified._

_Employees appointed via the NY HELPS program are restricted for promotional appointment until their position is covered-in to the competitive class by the New York State Civil Service Commission (CSC), or they otherwise obtain permanent competitive status. The CSC has recently covered-in employees who were appointed via NY HELPS on a permanent or contingent permanent basis between June 26, 2024 and June 11, 2025. Notification to employees regarding a change in their status is forthcoming. You may wish to apply if you received a permanent NY HELPS appointment to a qualifying title within these timeframes and are interested in this opportunity. Your eligibility for promotion will be reviewed by Human Resources. Employees with a permanent NY HELPS appointment occurring effective June 12, 2025 or later will be addressed with a subsequent cover-in._

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**Job Number:** 2503519

**Official Job Title:** : Senior Laboratory Animal Caretaker

**Job Field** : Civil Service Positions

**Primary Location** : US-NY-Stony Brook

**Department/Hiring Area:** : Division of Laboratory Animal Resources

**Schedule** : Full-time

**Shift** : Day Shift **Shift Hours:** : 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. :

**Posting Start Date** : Oct 27, 2025

**Posting End Date** : Nov 10, 2025, 11:59:00 PM

**Salary:** : Hiring Rate $40,391 per year

**Appointment Type:** : Permanent

**Salary Grade:** : SG8

**SBU Area:** : Stony Brook University

**Req ID:** 2503519