Animal Care Technician

Contract: Full Time, 37 Hours a Week, Temporary – Maternity Cover

There’s never been a better time to join the fantastic team here at City of Bristol College, a rapidly improving college, judged “Good” by Ofsted in January 2023. With recent investments in our already outstanding teaching facilities, the College has a great deal on offer for both staff and students.

We have an exciting new opportunity for an enthusiastic and proactive Animal Care Technician to work with young people and adults in the Animal Centre at the South Bristol Skills Academy who are studying an animal care qualification.

Our Benefits:

• A generous holiday entitlement of 26 holiday days, plus bank holidays pro-rata for part time roles. Also, 10 closure days which fall over Christmas to spend time with friends and families.
• Membership to the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of 18.0%.
• Family-friendly policies including flexible and hybrid working, compassionate leave, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, fostering friendly leave and fertility treatment leave.
• Up to 3 days paid volunteer leave.
• A supportive package to ensure continuous professional development.
• Excellent facilities including study centres, City Salon, multi-faith prayer rooms, bike storage, City Restaurant (situated at College Green and at SBSA), refectories and welfare rooms.
• Great discounts on hair and beauty treatments offered on site.
• Benefits platform with variety online shopping discounts and offers, cycle to work scheme and cash health plan.

About the role:

Our aim is to ensure all students receive an outstanding experience and are well supported to achieve their qualification to the highest of standards so the animal care technician role is crucial for ensuring that the Animal Centre is maintained to a very high standard of safety and the animals are well cared for to meet the Animal Welfare regulations.

This Maternity cover role will include working one day every weekend and four days during the week and will commence February 2025.

The role will involve:

• Providing help, advise and assist students during their training and whilst carrying out practical activities or assist other lecturers in a classroom as part of a curriculum programme.
• Maintaining the resources within the Animal centre to ensure they are fit for purpose to meet the Curriculum need.
• Monitoring stock control and ordering resources to meet the curriculum need.

We are looking for someone with experience of working in the animal care sector, ideally holds a minimum of a Level 3 Qualification in Animal Management and who is confident in working in a fast-paced environment, with changing priorities.

You will also need to be able to build and maintain excellent working relationships with stakeholders, at all levels, internally and externally, as well as other members of College staff and students.