Corporate Animal Welfare Specialist: Europe

Corporate Animal Welfare Specialist: Europe Req ID #:  128774 Location: 

US Margate, GB, CT9 4LT Toulouse, FR, 31400 Cologne, NW, DE, 51105 Gottingen, DE Amsterdam, NL, 1077 ZX Hanover, MD, US, 21076 MILANO, Milan, IT, 20122 Tranent, GB, EH33 2NE Kuopio, FI, 70210 Edinburgh, GB, EH14 4AP Dublin, IE, D09 CALCO, IT, 23885 Beerse, BE, 2340 Marseille, FR, 13009 Sulzfeld, DE, 97633 Zurich, CH Chatillon sur Chalaronne, 01, FR, 01400 Budapest, HU Freiburg, DE, 79108 Paris, FR Saint Germain Nuelles, FR, 69210 Groningen, NL Cambridge, GB, CB23 6DP Margate, GB, CT9 4LT Saffron Walden, GB, CB10 1XL Alcalá de Guadaira, SE, ES, 41500 MADRID, M, ES, 28029 Copenhagen, DK Warsaw, PL, 00-124 Evreux, FR, 27930 Valbonne, FR, 06560 Canterbury, GB, CT2 7NH S-Hertogenbosch, NL, 5231 DD Brussels, BE Leiden, NL, 2333 CR Saint Germain Nuelles, FR At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families. 

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career. 

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

IMPORTANT:   In order to be considered for this position, a resume/CV must be uploaded and submitted during the application process.  Please make sure work history and education are added correctly.   

  Job Summary The purpose of this role is to develop, coordinate, and participate in the functioning of the corporate animal welfare program at all Charles Rive locations worldwide with an emphasis on European sites.  The successful candidate will work collaboratively with a range of individuals across the company to support the corporate driven animal welfare program.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

•    Corporate level Animal Welfare Specialist (AWS) assisting site level AWS with AWETS event reporting and processing.

•    Assist the Director of Animal Welfare in AWETS event processing including finalizing events and liaising with site/business unit personnel to gather information.

•    Assist with detailed analysis of global animal welfare event data and report preparation.

•    Review critical animal welfare policies, guidelines and other related documents and support needed revisions and adaptations.

•    Assist with development of GAW&T communications, such as newsletter preparation.

•    Collaborate on the development/revision/translation of training tools in animal welfare.

•    Assist with management of the Animal Welfare Network AWN (i.e., develop agenda, schedule meetings, etc.).

•    Participate in Animal Welfare Network communications including training presentations and meetings.

•    Assist with preparations and conduct of EU site visits.

•    Provide direct and indirect workshop support as well as support for other GAW&T trainings.

•    Participation in regular Animal Welfare Team meetings at European sites.

•    Perform all other related duties as assigned. Job Qualifications Qualifications:

•    Education: 

o    A doctorate of veterinary medicine (DVM/DMV or equivalent) is preferred. 

o    A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in a relevant animal science discipline is required.

•    Experience: 

o    Five or more years’ related experience working with a range of animal species in research settings.

o    An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.

•    Certifications/Licensure: 

o    A license to practice veterinary medicine (preferred).

o    FELASA certification or evidence of completion of accredited course work within EU.

•    Other: 

o    Demonstrated knowledge of animal welfare issues relevant to corporate business activities. 

o    Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and French, with the ability to communicate effectively with large and small audiences. 

o    Ability to work both independently and collaboratively. 

o    Must be able to maintain confidentiality when working with sensitive information. 

o    Demonstrated proficient skills in word processing, spreadsheet, and Microsoft 360 suite of applications is required. 

o    Experience with data analysis, pivot tables, SmartSheets, and basic statistics is highly desirable.

Physical Demands:

•    While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear and type at a computer.

•    Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

•    General office working conditions, the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Comments:

•    This position would occasionally require domestic and international travel.

•    This position would occasionally require off hours work.

IMPORTANT: A resume is required to be considered for this position. If you have not uploaded your resume in your candidate profile, please return to upload field and attach your resume/CV. 

About Corporate Functions

The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.  

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 17,000 employees within 90 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. And in 2019, revenue increased to $2.62 billion.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of ~85% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2019.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Disabled/Vet.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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