Instructor - Animal Care, 28 hours p/w, Term Time Only + 4 Weeks (Maternity Cover)

Hopwood Hall College; Milton Keynes, Warrington; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Hopwood Hall College is seeking an instructor to lead groups in animal care and animal management, ensuring high standards of safety and records. You will supervise students, coordinate with lecturers, and help plan breeding programmes while maintaining animal areas and equipment.

The role requires hands-on animal care experience, a Level 2/3 Diploma, and a Health and Safety qualification, with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Level 2/3 Diploma in Animal Care/Management (Essential).
• Health and Safety Qualification (Essential).
• Desirable: PTLLS or willingness to achieve teaching qualification.
• Assessor Awards V1 and V2 (Desirable).
• Experience handling/caring for a wide range of animals (exotics, mammals, birds).
• Experience in a learning support environment (Essential).
• Lantra Animal Technician responsibilities (Essential).
• Knowledge of Animal Welfare Act and Health and Safety at Work Act (Essential).
• Basic Animal First Aid (Essential).
• Experience handling/maintaining larger animals (Desirable).
• Basic MS Word/Outlook/Excel, training willingness (Essential).
• Promonitor experience or willingness to learn (Desirable).

Responsibilities

• Instruct groups of students in animal care and animal management.
• Supervise, assess, evaluate, train and monitor students per awarding body standards.
• Manage animal unit/centre cleaning to meet health and safety requirements.
• Ensure equipment in animal unit/centre is clean and safe.
• Liaise with lecturers on learner progress and assessments.
• Review operating systems with Centre Director and staff.
• Maintain animal food stocks and ensure animals have water.
• Monitor stock levels and place replenishment orders.
• Undertake COSHH and health and safety risk assessments.
• Keep accurate records of animals in systems.
• Follow current Life Sciences Animal SOPs.
• Assist in planning breeding programmes for sustainability and food sources.
• Maintain animal areas and enclosures; coordinate specialist cleaning where needed.
• Pursue continuous professional development.
• Carry out other duties as required.

Education

Level 2/3 Diploma in Animal Care/Management

Health and Safety Qualification

Tools

Microsoft Word/Outlook/Excel

Promonitor

Job description

DescriptionInstruct groups of students and assess their skills in animal care and animal management. To enable students to learn and achieve.

Key Responsibilities

• To be responsible for the instruction of students in in animal care and animal management
• Supervision, assessment, evaluation, training and monitoring of students working in in animal care and animal management (in line with awarding body standards)
• Manage and supervise students to ensure that all areas of the animal unit and animal centre are clean; meeting health and safety requirements
• Manage and supervise students to ensure that all equipment within the animal unit and animal centre are, clean meeting health and safety requirements
• Liaise effectively with relevant lecturers on the progress made by learners within the animal unit and animal centre providing updates on skills development and details of any assessments undertaken
• Review and develop operating systems in liaison with the Centre Director, Programme Manager and Lecturing staff
• In liaison with the animal technician maintain animal food stock levels to ensure all animals have food and water available as stated in the standard operating procedures
• To monitor all stock relating to animal care and animal management to ensure orders are placed to replenish stock when required
• Undertake Health & Safety risk assessments and ensure all working practices are compliant with industry legislation (e.g. COSHH)
• To ensure that accurate records of animals are kept and the data inputted onto computer systems and paper systems
• To follow the current Life Sciences Animal Standard Operating Procedures
• Assist in the planning of breeding programmes both for sustainability and food sources
• To maintain all animal areas within Animal Care and Equine to include the internal animal rooms and external enclosures
• Liaise with corporate facilities where specialist cleaning is required and ensure this is undertaken
• Ensure continuous development and improvement of professional knowledge
• Any other duties, of a similar level of responsibility, as may be required

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• QualificationsEssential Criteria Level 2/3 Diploma in Animal Care/Management
• Health and Safety Qualification

How Identified: Application

• Desirable Criteria Teaching Qualification e.g. PTLLS or a willingness to achieve the qualification
• Assessor Awards V1 and V2

ExperienceEssential Criteria

• Experience of handling/ caring and maintaining a wide range of animals to include exotics, mammals and birds
• Experience of working within a learning support environment.

Specialist KnowledgeEssential Criteria

• The daily responsibilities of an Animal Technician (Lantra 08/01/#####).
• Knowledge of current legislation including the Animal Welfare Act and the Health and Safety at Work Act
• Basic Animal First Aid

How Identified: Application/ Interview

• Essential Criteria Experience of handling/ caring and maintaining larger animals

IT SkillsEssential Criteria

• Basic Level in Microsoft applications particularly Word, Outlook and Excel
• Willing to undertake training appropriate to the role.
• Willing to undertake training appropriate to role.

How Identified: Application/ Interview

• Desirable Criteria Experience of using Promonitor or the willingness to undertake training