Animal Centre Weekend Technician

Windsor Forest College Group is looking for Animal Centre Weekend Technician to join the BCA team on a part time basis.

This is a fixed term role and we do have additional Sessional Animal Technician roles as well

Animal Centre Weekend Technician

An Animal Centre Weekend Technician is expected to maintain and upkeep the Animal Management Centre, ensuring high welfare standards of all the animals that fall under their responsibility and that the learners’ experience of the centre is positive and promotes high quality learning during weekends.

Key components of this role are providing daily husbandry including health checks and record keeping. It is also vital to ensure the supervision of students, both on an individual and small group basis, is learner focused, ensures academic excellence, and which reflects the principles of the personalised curriculum and contributes to the achievement of the College’s strategic and development plans. To meet this aim it is essential the post holder has good communication skills, a clear commitment to exceptional support to our learners and able to demonstrate high standards of animal welfare. 

For further details on this role please refer to the attached job description/person specification.

About Us

The Windsor Forest Colleges Group (TWFCG) is a leading education provider in the South-East. Our staff work across 4 main campuses at Langley, Windsor, Strodes-Egham and Berkshire College of Agriculture-Maidenhead.  Our teams place the learner at the heart of all we do and in our state-of-the-art learning environments we are proud to deliver education and training to a diverse group of students and businesses each year.

This role offers a term-time position to be based at BCA

Our staff benefit from:

- Access to excellent defined benefit pension schemes

- Free on-site parking at all college sites

- Access to a wide range of subsidised leisure courses

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Family friendly policies to support Work Life Balance

- On-site Coffee Shop & Cafeteria  

- Various health & wellbeing benefits including discounted gym memberships, confidential staff counselling and discounted hair and beauty treatments at The Salon at our Langley College site.

Please be advised that the vacancy will close on Sunday 24th March 2024.

Interviews will be held on w/c 01st April 2024

To apply please visit our careers page and complete the online application form.

Please ensure you pay particular attention to the supporting statement of the online application form making sure to include details of how you meet each of the essential criteria listed on the person specification.

*Applications will be shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS and Barred List check along with other legally required checks which are an essential part of the safeguarding process.