Assistant Director of Biosafety Position Available In Orleans, Louisiana

Assistant Director of BiosafetyOffice of Biosafety, Biocontainment and Quality Assurance Location:

New Orleans, LA Summary The Assistant Director of Biosafety (AD) is responsible for a leading role in the biological safety program on the Tulane University Uptown and Downtown campuses. Under the direction of the Executive Director of Biosafety, the AD will develop, implement, and continually evaluate programs supporting activities involving biological agents, including BSL3 biocontainment and select agent and toxins research. The Assistant Director (AD) serves as the Institutional Biosafety Officer (BSO). The AD provides guidance in all matters considered to be of a biosafety nature including regulation interpretation, biological containment, biosafety and biosecurity practices, risk assessment and medical surveillance/occupational health considerations in order to ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state and local environmental, health, and safety regulations as per NIH/OSP, CDC, APHIS, OSHA, DOT and other regulatory agencies. Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree in safety, industrial hygiene, microbiology, molecular biology, biology, public health or other related discipline is required.
• Five (5) years of experience as a biosafety professional or supporting the management of biosafety containment facilities, to include work experience as a laboratorian or research scientist in a biological laboratory.
• Registered Biosafety Professional or Certified Biological Safety Professional. Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in a University research environment.
• Background accessing and performing facility verification in laboratories working with infectious materials and/or those laboratories using BSL3/ABSL3 or other high-consequence biological pathogens.
• Knowledge of the NIH Guidelines and experience with IBC and IACUC protocols.
• Ten (10) or more years of experience as a biosafety professional or supporting the management of biosafety containment facilities.
• Three (3) or more years of supervisory experience.