JOB REQUIREMENTS: Official Title: Research Specialist Business Title:Research Specialist Employment Class: Non Instructional Academic StaffFTE: 1.0 Compensation: \$44,880 FLSA Status: Exempt Terms of Employment:Fixed-term terminal; Annual Position Summary: UW Oshkosh provides acompetitive benefits package for all benefit-eligible positions. Clickfor more details. Responsibilities This full-time position involvesperforming and managing activities related to a parasite life cycleinvolving mosquitoes and rodents for the NIH/NIAID Filariasis ResearchReagent Resource Center (FR3) (). This person will have technical andmanagerial duties and is expected to perform all duties requisite formaintaining the Brugia malayi and Brugia pahangi life cycles including:surgical worm transplants, pre-and post-operative monitoring oflaboratory rodents, mosquito colony husbandry, larval worm collection,rodent infections, mosquito infections, isolation and culturing of adultworms, laboratory animal documentation, monitoring general health ofanimals, shipping documentation, and record keeping. The applicant willalso be responsible for interfacing with FR3 users, shipping parasitereagents to FR3 users, training and managing undergraduate students,compiling and maintaining compliance paperwork, conducting laboratoryordering, and performing contract-related budgeting. Training will beprovided for all responsibilities. Future work may involve transgenesisof parasitic filarial worms. Conducts research experiments according toestablished research protocols with moderate impact to the project(s).Collects data and monitors test results. Operates, cleans, and maintainsorganization of research equipment and... For full info followapplication link. The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is an equalopportunity/affirmative action employer. UW Oshkosh considers candidatesregardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genderidentity, national origin, disability or veteran status. ReasonableAccommodation If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation toparticipate in any portion of the College\'s employment process,including completion of the online application process, please contactthe Office of Equity & Affirmative Action at (920) 424-2296 in advanceof your participation or visit. Determinations of requests foraccommodation are made on a case-by-case basis. The University ofWisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants whorequest confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of thesuccessful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).Employment will require a criminal background check. UW Oshkosh complieswith the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act with regard to nondiscriminationon the basis of arrest and/or conviction record. For UW Oshkosh campussafety / security information, see University Police Annual Report, orcall the Human Resources Office at (920) 424-1166 for a paper copy.***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online:ipc.us/t/CBA8D589ACCF415B