Licenced Animal Technician

3 days ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom Agenda Resource Management Full time

We are seeking both experienced licenced technicians and those who do not yet hold a licence but are looking to progress. Full training will be given and will be fully funded.

**Essential Requirements**:

- Experience in working in a designated establishment with laboratory rodents
- Natural empathy towards animals and a passion for animal care and welfare
- Can work in as part of a team and independently when required
- A good communicator
- A drive to progress and develop

**Desirable requirements**:

- Experience in supporting transgenic breeding colonies

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Provide care and husbandry of research rodents
- Monitor and report clinical observations, phenotypes and breeding performance
- Support transgenic breeding strategies under the guidance of researchers and senior staff
- Perform oestrus checks, plug checks and weaning
- Perform or support regulated procedures, including but not limited to IP injections, sample collection, micro injections and embryo transfer.
- Support surgical technicians during surgical procedures, monitoring animal anaesthesia and recovery
- Ensuring best standards of animal welfare and researchers’ requirements are met.
- Support weekend work, typically in a 1 in 3 rota.

Agenda and its clients only recruit people who are passionate about animal care and welfare, people with integrity who are honest and trustworthy and who have a great work ethic. To enable us to hire the very best people, we will conduct a comprehensivebackground and pre-employment screening, an essential part of Agenda's recruitment process.



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