Animal Care Technician

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification / criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
If this role interests you apply below or you can send your cv to [email protected]
£22,880 - £24,424 per annum, pro rata
15 hours per week
The working pattern is Fri - 7 hours, Sat - 4 hours, Sun - 4 hours
52 weeks per annum,
Common Leys Campus
Permanent
Due to an internal promotion, we are recruiting for a well organised technician to join the team at Common Leys Farm campus (just outside Witney).
This is an exciting post, giving the successful applicant the opportunity to work across the Animal Care unit caring for a range of animals and supporting students to develop a high level of employability skills. You will be working with a wide range of animals on our animal unit, including reptiles, rodents, birds, paddock animals and farm livestock amongst others.
You should be qualified to a minimum of level 3 in a recognised animal subject and have recent experience of working within animal collections or in a college environment.
You must enjoy working with young people and be confident working with and supervising students in a wide variety of routine duties and practical animal husbandry tasks and have experience of working with a wide range of domestic animals.
The role is part time and includes working weekends.
You would be part of a dedicated, flexible team of lecturers, instructors, technicians and support staff based at the farm.
In return, Abingdon & Witney College offer excellent benefits to our employees including generous pension and holiday schemes (with potential Christmas closure days), continued professional development, flexible working options, corporate gym membership, cycle/tech scheme and much more.
Closing date: 8 th April 2024 (Midnight)
*Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before posted closing date
AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.
Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre-employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the 'News' and 'Images' tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young/vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College's reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.