Animal Ethics Compliance Admin

About the role

The Animal Ethics Compliance Admin provides essential administrative support to McGill University's animal care program, helping to ensure that research and teaching involving animals meet the highest ethical and regulatory standards.

Key responsibilities

• Facilitate, coordinate and promote excellence in animal‑related research and teaching.
• Administer approvals, renewals and amendments of animal protocols using the Animal Management software platform.
• Manage the Pedagogical Merit Review for teaching and training protocols.
• Advise researchers, FACC administrators, committee chairs and other stakeholders on university and regulatory policies.
• Prepare agendas, documents and take minutes for the Animal Welfare and Policy Oversight Committee.
• Provide backup for team members, including training verification and ethics review administration.
• Implement procedures, prepare reports and contribute to projects such as software upgrades.

Required profile

• Experience providing administrative support in a research or compliance environment.
• Familiarity with university and regulatory agency policies related to animal welfare.
• Ability to communicate clearly with researchers, committee members and other stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills for managing protocol queues, meeting documentation and reporting.

Required skills

• Proficiency with the Animal Management software platform.