Assistant Animal Care Technician

6 days ago

Dunedin, New Zealand University of Otago Full time

Assistant Animal Care Technician

2300678

**HEALTH SCIENCES DIVISION**
**BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FACILITIES**
- Are you looking for a varied and exciting career where no two days are the same?

**_ Te mahi /The role_**

As an Assistant Animal Care Technician, you will be responsible for animal husbandry and on-going care for a range of animals.

Duties are varied and involve providing daily animal husbandry and care for a range of animals, maintaining and managing breeding colonies of animals under conventional and specific pathogen free conditions, assisting with large animals, cage sanitisation and operation of autoclaves.

Movement between several facilities may be required.

You will have the opportunity to contribute to a wide range of research projects, utilising your veterinary care skills and the interest you have in caring for, and working with animals.

**_ Skills and experience/Kā pūkeka me kā wheako_**

You will be the type of person that loves to work with various animal species and ensure they receive an on-going level of comfort while in the care of our facility.
- Other important attributes include:

- Familiarity with computer systems.
- Ability to maintain accurate and reliable records.
- Good inter-personal relationship skills and the ability to communicate with people from many diverse backgrounds.
- Reasonable level of fitness as the work requires lifting.
- As this role will involve working alone at times, a high degree of responsibility and integrity is required.

A Veterinary Care qualification or equivalent experience is required.

**_ About our Team/Mō te tīma_**

Biomedical Research Facilities hold and supply laboratory and large animals for research. Our specific team is a group of animal care professionals, committed to the on-going welfare of animals within our care.

We provide technical support, training, and expertise to a variety of units and departments across all the University's campuses. We are an approved Ministry of Primary Industries, and New Zealand Government, Transitional Containment and Quarantine Facility.

**_ Further details/Pūroko_**

This is a permanent, full-time role (37.5 hours week), located in Dunedin.

Weekend and Statutory holiday work will be required on a rostered basis.

For further information, or to discuss the role in confidence - please contact Scott Rhodes via the contact details below.

**_ Application/Tono_**

Applications will be reviewed as submitted, and the University reserves to close the vacancy at any time.

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