Animal Care Technician

Animal Care Technician

Role Information:

Reference: REQ001314
Location: Stroud Campus
FTE Salary: £24,312.00 (Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience)
Actual Salary: £ 8,542.05
Contract Type: Permanent, Part-Time
Working Hours: 13 hours per week

The working pattern will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

SGS is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Financial Rewards and Benefits:

• Opportunity to make a positive impact within the community and on learners’ lives
• Competitive Pension Scheme- Corporate and support roles have access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), a flexible and pension accessible from the age of 55, with generous employer contributions of 16%.
• Generous Annual leave entitlement plus the 8 bank holidays- 25 days corporate and support functions, increasing to 30 days after 5 academic years’ service (Full-Time Equivalent).
• Extensive professional development with ongoing support for your personal & professional development, including 25% tuition discount for immediate family of SGS employees.
• Family friendly policies and a proven commitment to supporting flexible working practices
• Access to ‘My Lifestyle’ discounted shopping benefits, cycle to work scheme and a Technology Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Free Annual Eye test
• All staff members can buy a TOTUM card(formerly known as NUS Extra cards), as part of being an affiliate member of the Students' Union 
• Staff have access and supported to be part of inclusive or sustainable staff networks and communities
• Free car parking at all campuses (Except Queens Road Art School)
• Access to a wide variety of external health and wellbeing resources
• Subsidised onsite catering services including Costa Coffee

South Gloucestershire & Stroud College has an excellent reputation for delivering further education and work-based programmes in a range of subjects – from business to sport, construction to media, GCSE’s and A Levels to Honour Degree level programmes.

Our experienced and passionate staff work hard to help students and colleagues achieve their personal challenges and career goals. We are proud of SGS and committed to making the College the best it can be. We are currently working hard to achieve “Outstanding” status after being classified as “Good” in our last inspection. For more information, please visit https://www.sgscol.ac.uk/

SGS College are looking for an Animal Care Technician to join our Stroud team. Key responsibilities will be maintaining the highest animal welfare standards of the college’s animal collection. Duties will include overseeing all animals within the animal collection, including feeding animals and cleaning pens, checking animals for signs of ill health, enclosure maintenance and ensuring that environmental parameters remain optimal across a range of taxa. 

Due to the nature of the role the successful candidate will be needed to work the College holidays to look after the animals.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• To be an excellent team player in an evolving team focused on expanding and improving the animal collection
• To manage the day-to-day husbandry of all species within the animal collection as well as to support, where needed, other members of staff, including the lecturing team.
• When needed, to supervise and train groups of learners whilst they carry out industry experience within the Animal Centre

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

• Level 3 qualification or higher in an animal related subject
• Minimum of 1 years’ experience working in the animal industry
• Previous experience of supervising work experience students and/or volunteers
• Knowledge of animal nutrition, health and safety requirements and animal welfare legislation
• Have a wide range of knowledge in small animal species, and experience with building and creating enrichment.
• Basic Health and Safety Qualifications

Please apply online by: Monday 18th August 2025

Expected Interview Date: To be confirmed

If you have any queries please contact [email protected]

SGS College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and any offer of employment will be subject to a number of conditions including a requirement for providing satisfactory references. In line with KCSIE and having regard to all relevant guidance, a range of checks and online searches will also be conducted for successful candidates, and a satisfactory DBS Enhanced Disclosure will need to be obtained as a requirement of the job.