Animal Care Technician
TERM TIME ONLY POSITIONThis role is for 35 hours, term time only, the salary quoted is an annual full time figure and will be pro rata in accordance with this. Do you have a passion for animal welfare?
Do you enjoy supporting young people to grow in confidence and skills?
We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Animal Care Technician to support our 14-19 Post 16 provision. This is a varied and rewarding role combining animal care, learner support, and lesson cover, ideal for someone passionate about education and animal welfare.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing daily care and welfare for a range of animals, including feeding, cleaning, handling, and health monitoring
- Maintaining high standards of animal husbandry in line with welfare and safeguarding requirements
- Supporting teaching staff during practical and classroom-based animal care sessions
- Covering lessons when required, delivering pre planned learning activities and ensuring a positive and safe learning environment
- Preparing practical resources, equipment, and learning spaces
- Supporting learners aged 14-19, encouraging engagement, independence, and safe working practices
- Assisting with risk assessments, health and safety checks, and record keeping
- Helping maintain animal accommodation, equipment, and learning facilities
All about our Benefits
We value our colleagues and have developed a number of benefits in addition to our generous annual leave starting at 25 days + bank holidays, sick pay and local government pension scheme
- Access to a range of benefits via our Employee Benefits Platform, including in-store and online discounts as well as our Cycle to Work and Home & Electronics schemes
- Buy up to 10 days additional annual leave (pro-rata)
- Access to car lease scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared Cost AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities including apprenticeships to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to our equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to receive Employee Recognition Awards
All about our Commitments
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to fostering diversity, advancing equity, and building an inclusive workplace for everyone. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups, including disabled people, care leavers, and individuals from minority ethnic communities. Your unique perspectives and experiences are encouraged and valued and will play a vital role in our success.
We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you are disabled and require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please contact pccrecruitment@peterborough.gov.uk we will work with you to meet your needs.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
If you've already applied and completed the recruitment process for this position within the last three months, there's no need to reapply. We really appreciate your interest and thank you for considering us.
