Life Sciences Animal Care Technician

Hopwood Hall; Middleton; Sur place; GBP 16 000 - 23 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Hopwood Hall in Middleton is seeking a Casual Animal Keeper to support the Animal Care and Equine department. The role is on-site and paid at £13.92 per hour, with flexible employment arrangements to suit College needs.

The successful candidate will help maintain enclosures, monitor animal welfare, keep records, and assist with breeding planning, while adhering to COSHH and safety requirements in a learning environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a full level 2 Science/animal management/care qualification.
• Experience handling a wide range of animals including exotics, mammals and birds.
• Able to work flexibly to support college requirements.

Responsabilités

• To maintain and repair specialist animal enclosures and be responsible for the security of enclosures and tools.
• Be flexible in supporting the sections requirements and cross college tasks.
• To oversee the Animal Care Apprentices, and interns, whilst working on site and designate the workload.
• To follow the current Life Sciences Animal Standard Operating Procedures.
• To be responsible for the day to day care of all the animals within the Centre for Life Sciences.
• Maintain animal food stock levels to ensure all animals have food and water available as stated in the standard operating procedures.
• To assist in the planning of breeding programmes both for sustainability and food sources.
• To maintain all animal areas within Life Sciences to include the internal animal rooms and external enclosures.
• 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.
• Ensure continuous development and improvement of professional knowledge.

Connaissances

Animal care

Enclosure maintenance

Health & Safety awareness

Record keeping

Formation

Level 2 Science/animal management/care qualification

Outils

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Description du poste

Hopwood Hall in Middleton is seeking a Casual Animal Keeper to support the Animal Care and Equine department. The role is on-site and paid at £13.92 per hour, with flexible employment arrangements to suit College needs.

The successful candidate will help maintain enclosures, monitor animal welfare, keep records, and assist with breeding planning, while adhering to COSHH and safety requirements in a learning environment.