Animal
Encounters Officer/Resource Technician
Salary:
£16,643 to £18,170 plus £1,755 LW.
Capel Manor
College is looking to recruit an Animal Encounters Officer/Resource Technician
to be based at Enfield.
The vacancy is full time and the post holder will be required to work
weekends and is likely to be asked to work Monday- Wednesday.
The
College
Capel Manor College is Greater London’s leading land-based vocational
college, with centres in Enfield, Regent’s Park, Crystal Palace, Gunnersbury
Park and Newham, delivering courses in Arboriculture and Countryside, Animal
Care and Saddlery, Floristry and Balloon Artistry, Garden Design and
Horticulture.
Main
Duties:
·
The day-to-day routine care of the
College’s animal stock in accordance with the animal welfare policy to include
cleaning out of accommodation, provision of feed, water, bedding, nesting
material, and daily health checks.
- Supervising
college student volunteers carrying out practical duties in animal areas
at weekends.
- Co-ordinating
and supervising animal interactive sessions for the public at weekends.
- Assisting
academic staff within the School, supervising students and providing
technical assistance and advice as required.
·
Completing records relating to routine
animal care, reporting any abnormalities or problems to Line Manager as
appropriate.
·
Ordering feed, bedding and other
consumables for all centres as required in consultation with Line Manager. Storage, security and stock control of such
consumables.
For a comprehensive list of duties, please refer to the College Job
Description.
Essential
Criteria:
·
Experience of caring for a range of
rodents, exotic animals, birds and farm-stock on a day-to-day basis.
·
Experience of working with the public,
demonstrating good principles of “Customer Care”.
·
Level 2 qualification or higher in an
animal care discipline.
·
Good interpersonal/ communication
skills.
·
Knowledge of correct hygiene and
cleaning procedures for Animal Unit and associated areas.
·
Awareness of Health and Safety issues
with regard to own duties and the Animal Unit.
Start
date: ASAP
Closing
date: 03.08.15
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring list
check as it is within regulated activity due to Capel Manor College being
defined as a ‘specified place’.
Capel Manor College aims to employ a workforce which reflects the
community it serves. Therefore applications from minority groups are welcomed.
The College is a Two Ticks Employer (Positive About Disabled People) and
therefore where applicants indicate they have a disability and meet the
essential criteria in the person specification, they will be short-listed for
interview.
Capel Manor College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the
welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff
to share this commitment.
It is anticipated that candidates who progress from the application
stage will be asked to attend the College for an interview within three weeks
of the closing date. Therefore, if you do not hear from the College within that
time you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
If you are interested in this vacancy, please send an e-mail to Capel@r21education.co.uk.
You will then be sent the full Job Description, Person Specification and
College application form, to be completed and returned before the advertised
close date. Please note that the College will not accept CV's in place of
completed applications.
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