We wish to recruit an Animal Care Technician. You will be responsible for the cleaning and disinfection of animal housing, research laboratories/test rooms, research equipment and animal unit support facilities. You will assist the technical team with the maintenance of animal breeding programmes and recording environmental conditions of animal holding areas. You will also be responsible for undertaking laundry room duties, stock checking, stock and goods delivery duties and the safe disposal of waste.  

This job is physical and manual handling plays an important part of the job.  

Start Date: 5 May 2015 or as soon as possible  

Informal enquiries can be made to the SMAU Facilities Manager (e-mail: smau@st-andrews.ac.uk) or the SMAU Director (e-mail: psyhos@st-andrews.ac.uk) 

Applications are particularly welcome from women who are under-represented in technical positions at the university.  You can find out more about Equality & Diversity at https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/.  

The University of St Andrews is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all, which is further demonstrated through its working on the Gender and Race Equality Charters and being awarded the Athena SWAN award for women in science, HR Excellence in Research Award and the LGBT Charter; http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/diversityawards/  

Interviews will be held on: 16 April 2015  

Please quote ref: KC3455

SMAU
Salary: £18,031 - £20,781 per annum
Start: 5 May 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter