Animal Care Technician

1 month ago


West Bromwich, United Kingdom Sandwell College Full time

Location: Central Campus, Sandwell, West Bromwich

Working Hours: 37 per week

**Salary**: £23,088 per annum

Sandwell College is a fantastic leading organisation. We are a large, successful, richly diverse and growing college based on the outskirts of Birmingham. We have achieved significant success over recent years and we have further, big ambitions for the future with over 7,000 students currently studying with us.

We offer competitive pay and excellent rewards including:

- Excellent annual leave for staff (35 days plus bank holiday allowance and Christmas shutdown)
- Competitive pension scheme, LGPS - employer pension contributions = 21.5%
- A variety of health and wellbeing programmes
- Discounted gym membership
- Progressive career development and training with regular ‘Appreciation Days’

We are currently recruiting for an Animal Care Technician to support the Animal Care team by facilitating the learning and development of students within the department.

In this role you will responsible for handling the overall daily husbandry requirements of the college’s animals. This will include covering the holiday periods when other staff are not available

To view the job description, please refer to the attached document. For further information, please contact the HR:
**Closing date is the **14 May 2024**. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised date.**

Interviews: First stage interviews will take place May 2024.

Sandwell College is a large, successful, richly diverse and growing college based on the outskirts of Birmingham. We have achieved significant success over recent years and we have further, big ambitions for the future with a high number of students currently studying with us.

We have fantastic resources second to none and our students speak with real passion about the college.

Our objective is to give young people the best possible transition from school to college and get them into top universities and careers. We are also strongly committed to creating opportunities for our adult learners by working closely with local and regional businesses, both large and small, to help them develop a skilled workforce.



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