Temporary Animal Research Manager

Reed College seeks a limited duration Animal Research Manager to join the Psychology department for the 2026-27 academic year.  This role is the college’s expert on rodent care, animal research regulation, and oversees the college’s colonies in the psychology program. This role works closely with faculty, students, staff partners in the sciences, and the college’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.

This is a full-time, limited duration, exempt role with work hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with a one hour unpaid lunch. Salary for this position is $64,000 per year. The anticipated end date for this position will be 07/31/2027.

The starting annual salary for this position is $60,000-$65,000. Pay offers are contingent upon experience and are determined through an internal pay assessment. This is an exempt position in grade 6.

Applications must be submitted by Friday, October 23, 2026.

Who You Are

• You have a passion for working with animals in laboratory settings and are knowledgeable about regulations and best practices in animal care.
• You have strong computer skills and know how to use both Macs and PCs. You know how to use statistical software such as Excel and R.
• You like working with and managing college-age students. You are a good listener and mentor, and you always set appropriate boundaries.
• You enjoy working with, and are self-motivated to accomplish, a large and variable portfolio of projects.
• Your colleagues would say that you have a strong work ethic. You can always be counted on to meet the commitments that you make.
• You have technical skills, including design, fabrication, and maintenance of apparatus used in animal research projects; potentially involving electronics, woodworking and metalworking. You come up with creative solutions to novel problems.
• You are a skilled communicator. You know that good communication is essential to good partnership. You aren’t afraid to ask questions and you have confidence regarding sensitive conversations.
• You are self-aware and understand your own culture, identify, biases, prejudices, power, and privilege.

What You’ll Do

• Ensure that the animals in the psychology and neuroscience programs are provided the highest standards of care. Including maintaining familiarity with evolving best practices in animal care and use, certification with the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS), and dedication to one's own professional development.
• Manage the animal colonies in an active research program serving the psychology and neuroscience programs, including the in-house rat breeding program.
• Hire, supervise, train and mentor student-workers assisting in the care of the animal colonies and thesis and research assistants in research projects.
• Provide technical support for animal research projects, including apparatus design, fabrication, maintenance, certification and programming to faculty and students.
• Collaborate and support faculty members to design and implement lab sections of courses.
• Partner with external veterinary staff on animal health issues, seeking care as necessary.
• Serve on the college’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), maintaining approved SOPs for the colony and adhering to lab IACUC-approved protocol specific animal care requirements.
• Safely work in close proximity with animals while maintaining safety and adhering to all requirements from internal and external regulators as appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in psychology, neuroscience, or a related discipline.
• Current American Associate for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) certification as a Lab Animal Technician (LAT), Lab Animal Technologist (LATG), or Certified Manager of Animal Resources (CMAR).