Trainee Animal Technician

Job details Job reference

23/110736

Date posted

06/03/2023

Application closing date

20/03/2023

Salary

£19,578 - £20,134 per annum

Job category/type

Technical

Attachments Blank Trainee Animal Technician Job description The Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Trainee Animal Technician. The successful candidate will provide technical support within a laboratory/workshop environment for teaching and research purposes.

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate you have:

• Secondary School education (or equivalent);
• On the job training and/or work experience (up to 1 year); and
• There will be an expectation for the post-holder to obtain a Department of Health personal licence (PILA+PILB).

Please note the above are not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria, please click on the Candidate Information link below.

This is a fixed term post for 1 year. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.
We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

• Great terms & conditions
• Pension schemes
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing
• Generous holiday entitlement of 8 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.
We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit: www.qub.ac.uk/diversity; www.qub.ac.uk/qgi and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/

Informal enquiries may be directed to Rosie Robinson at Rosemary.Robinson@qub.ac.uk

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