Instructor - Animal Care, 28 hours p/w, Term Time Only + 4 Weeks (MaternityCover) in London

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

Key Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the instruction of students in animal care and animal management.
• Supervise, assess, evaluate, train and monitor students working 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.
• 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).
• Ensure that accurate records of animals are kept and the data inputted onto computer systems and paper systems.
• Follow the current Life Sciences Animal Standard Operating Procedures.
• Assist in the planning of breeding programmes both for sustainability and food sources.
• Maintain all animal areas within Animal Care and Equine, including 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.
• Desirable Criteria: Teaching Qualification e.g. PTLLS or a willingness to achieve the qualification, Assessor Awards V1 and V2.

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.
• Desirable Criteria: Assessing learners.

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

IT Skills

• Essential Criteria: Basic Level in Microsoft applications particularly Word, Outlook and Excel, willing to undertake training appropriate to the role.
• Desirable Criteria: Experience of using Promonitor or the willingness to undertake training.