Information Scientist

Responsibilities:

• Excellent employment opportunity for an Information Scientist in the Ridgefield, CT area.
• Perform literature searches relating to veterinary subject matters and animal welfare, using appropriate medical and veterinary terminology, concepts, and MeSH/Emtree indexing
• Advise researchers on 3Rs concepts and promote animal welfare resources, such as the USDA Animal Welfare Information Center and NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
• Stay current on regulations affecting animal research, particularly the animal welfare literature search requirements of the Animal Welfare Act
• Lead small scale projects and initiatives within Research Coordination as assigned
• Responsible for other administrative tasks as assigned
  

Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree, with major study in a basic or applied Science OR equivalent combination of education with Research, Training, or Laboratory Operations experience (such as an Associate's Degree in Veterinary Technology or specialty certification or experience in Laboratory Animal Sciences)
• Experience with electronic databases, scientific literature searching, and reporting search results.
• Preferred: experience with searching using the Ovid platform
• Knowledge and understanding of regulations affecting Animal Research and Animal Welfare in Laboratory Animals.
• Preferred: completed "Meeting the Requirements of the Animal Welfare Act" training Strong customer service skills.
• Ability to work well in a team and independently, as needed.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite and online meeting applications
• Required Skills: CUSTOMER SERVICE ORIENTED, SELF MOTIVATED, DETAIL ORIENTATED, ANIMAL RESEARCH, HIGHLY ORGANIZED
• Additional Skills: AGGRESSIVE SELF STARTER, ANIMAL SCIENCE, DATA BASE