Location: | London |
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Salary: | £31,163 to £34,784 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 23rd September 2024 |
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Closes: | 8th October 2024 |
Job Ref: | B02-07668 |
About us
We are one of the world’s leading research centres for the study of prions and their wider relevance to neurodegenerative disease with a growing research activity in Alzheimer’s disease (www.prion.ucl.ac.uk).
The Institute is highly multidisciplinary with close integration of structural and molecular biology, genetics, cellular and animal models, small molecule and immuno-therapeutics and clinical research.
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for an Animal Technician to join our team.
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic person to join our Biological Services Facility to provide technical support for the research facility as required by the scientific staff of the unit.
Main duties will include: animal husbandry, breeding rodents, supporting experiments and research staff, conducting physical/physiological assessments of animals and participating with the in-house training scheme when appropriate.
An acceptable DBS check is required to carry out this role
This is a fixed-term role until 31st March 2027 in the first instance.
We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.
About you
It is essential that applicants possess four GCSEs (C or above) including English, Maths and science. It would be desirable if applicants had experience of animal technology, hold a Home Office personal licence, and possess an IAT Certificate or equivalent animal care qualification.
A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page. If you have any queries about the role or require reasonable adjustments/accessible format to apply online, please contact HR Manager, Amali De Silva AmaliDeSilva@prion.ucl.ac.uk
The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please visit ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents and in-house training, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.
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