Animal Support Technician

Description

Location: Ledbury, Herefordshire

Hours: 37.5hrs per week plus 1 in 3 weekends (with generous overtime rates)

Are you passionate about animal care and science? Join a team where your work directly supports vital research and high standards of animal welfare. As a Support Technician, you’ll play a key role in caring for a variety of species while developing valuable skills for a rewarding career in animal technology

Who we are:

Sequani is a contract research organisation based in the beautiful Herefordshire countryside. We conduct regulatory safety testing to help make the world a safer place.

As a Gold Investors in People organisation, we are confident that we can offer a varied role, together with a good range of company benefits and excellent career progression. Our customers frequently complement us on our friendly, professional, and high-quality service and we inject commitment and purpose into everything we do.

Our Laboratory Animal Science department comprises of several distinct animal facilities, each with a specific focus based on species and/or study type. The LAS team is made up of staff across various grades and levels of experience. Unlike many other establishments in the industry, our team members receive extensive cross-training and are proficient in a wide range of techniques and procedures across all species housed within the facilities.

Role Overview:

The focus of this role is the conduct of husbandry procedures for all laboratory species on site. This will include feeding, watering, bedding and cage changing. You will also be involved in delivering essential care and well-being services to the animals including positive reinforcement training.

Other duties include routine cleaning of the animal rooms and equipment and assisting experienced Animal Technologists with technical procedures. The Support Technician, depending upon ability, may also be trained in many other tasks.

The role has good, clear progression routes where you can be trained to perform more technical procedures. We are also open to supporting you in gaining the Institute of Animal Technology (IAT) qualifications and your Home Office license.

The role will require you to be flexible in working hours and will involve working on alternate weekends. We are looking for candidates who are genuinely committed to working with animals. The work can be physical and because of our flexible working hours, we do seek people who can get into work with their own transport.

Skills & Experience:

Some understanding of animal behaviour, anatomy, and welfare is desirable, but full training is provided — ideal even for recent graduates.

Key Attributes:

Follows instructions and maintains high attention to detail

Calm, patient, and eager to learn

Team player with the ability to work independently

Adaptable, flexible, and self-motivated

Genuine interest in animal science and welfare

Willingness to work occasional unsocial hours

What you can expect in the role:

Hands-on experience across a range of species and study types

Comprehensive training and career progression

A supportive, collaborative environment committed to high standards of animal care

What we can offer you:

We are a small friendly company with an unrivalled focus on Quality and Customer service. We pride ourselves in offering competitive salaries and benefits. We offer a Health cash plan, including 24hr GP support line. A life insurance policy for 4x your annual salary, as well as local and countrywide corporate gym memberships. We also have an employee discount scheme to cover all your shopping and holiday discounts needs. xjnqpsq

Take the first step into a meaningful career in animal care. Apply now and start making a difference

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