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

Hopwood Hall; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Hopwood Hall invites an experienced Animal Care Instructor to deliver high-quality teaching to groups of students across animal care and management.

The role is 28 hours per week, term-time only with 4 weeks of maternity cover, based in Middleton, England. Salary ranges £23,079–£27,626 per annum (pro rata £31,265–£37,424).

Qualifications

• 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.
• Desirable: Assessing learners.

Responsibilities

• To be responsible for the instruction of students in animal care and animal management.
• Supervision, assessment, evaluation, training and monitoring of students in animal care and animal management.
• Maintain cleanliness and health and safety in the animal unit and centre.
• Ensure equipment is clean and maintained to health and safety standards.
• Liaise with lecturers on learner progress and assessments.
• Review operating systems with Centre Director and Programme Manager.
• Maintain animal food stocks and ensure animals have food and water as per SOPs.
• Monitor stock levels and place orders as required.
• Undertake Health & Safety risk assessments and ensure compliance with legislation.
• Keep accurate records of animals and input data into systems.
• Follow Life Sciences Animal SOPs.
• Assist in planning breeding programmes for sustainability and food sources.
• Maintain all animal areas including rooms and external enclosures.
• Coordinate with corporate facilities for specialist cleaning.
• Pursue ongoing professional development and training.
• Any other duties at a similar level of responsibility.

Skills

Animal care handling

Learning support

Assessing learners

Promonitor familiarity

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Education

Level 2/3 Diploma in Animal Care/Management

Health and Safety Qualification

Tools

Promonitor

Job description

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

Application Deadline: 10 November 2026

Department: Animal Care and Equine

Employment Type: Fixed Term - Part Time

Location: Middleton

Compensation: £23,079 - £27,626 per annum, i.e £31,265 - £37,424 pro rata per annum

Description

Instruct 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

Qualifications

Essential 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

How Identified: Application

Experience

Essential 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.

How Identified: Application/ Interview

Desirable Criteria

• Assessing learners

How Identified: Application

Specialist Knowledge

Essential Criteria

• The daily responsibilities of an Animal Technician (Lantra 08/01/2013).
• 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

How Identified: Application

IT Skills

Essential 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

How Identified: Application/ interview