Animal Technician - Grade 4

University of Liverpool; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Liverpool at Leahurst Campus invites an enthusiastic individual to join a small team caring for dairy cattle and other livestock across Wood Park Farm and Ness Heath farm near Neston on the Wirral.

You will work a 35-hour week with additional overtime, supporting teaching programmes with undergraduate vet students and staff, and performing milking, feeding, stock management and tractor operations. Weekend rota applies.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of working with people and farm animals acquired via a period of structured training.
• Ability to assist teaching programmes with undergraduate vet students and staff.
• Good communication skills and ability to work with a diverse team.

Responsibilities

• Milking, feeding and mucking out of a dairy herd of 200 cows and young stock.
• Feeding and management of a flock of sheep (450 ewes + 120 replacements) and a pig herd (15 sows).
• Driving farm vehicles and associated equipment on and off public highways.
• Tractor driving with stock/grassland skills.
• Mentor work placement students and show day-to-day stock roles to learners.

Skills

People skills

Farm animal handling

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Structured training in farming

Job description

An excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic person to join a small team working with Dairy cattle on Wood Park Farm and some involvement with sheep and pigs across on Ness Heath farm on the University of Liverpool's Leahurst Campus, near Neston, on the Wirral.

Main duties will be working in a small team to provide care and routine husbandry of all farm livestock. You will be working alongside other staff, with undergraduate vet students, works experience students, vets and academics and other stake holders.

• Milking, feeding and mucking out of dairy herd of 200 high yielding dairy cows and associated young stock
• Feeding and husbandry of the flock of sheep (450 ewes plus 120 replacements) and pig herd (15 sows)
• Driving farm vehicles and associated equipment on and off the public highway
• Tractor driving with associated stock/grassland skills
• A specific role is to mentor work placement students showing them the day-to-day roles of a stock person

You will have knowledge and experience of working with people and farm animals acquired via a period of structured training. You will also be expected to assist other staff in all teaching programmes with undergraduate vet students and to have good communication skills.

The post is a permanent position of 35 hours per week with expected additional 10 hours overtime per week, subject to seasonal variation, and weekend work on a shared rota.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion We are committed to enhancing a workforce as diverse as our community and particularly encourage applicants who are of minoritised genders and ethnic backgrounds, living with a disability, and/or are members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Closing Date: 30 September 2026 23:30

£25,804 to £28,778 per annum