Group Leader - Animal Care

Group Leader - Animal Care

Annual Salary - £31,500

This is a full-time, permanent role working daily on site at our Hillcrest site in Belton, just outside of Loughborough.

• Perform all duties of a Senior Technician
• Teach animal care skills and techniques to new technicians
• Oversee and suggest improvements in the work and procedural compliance of animal technicians assigned to their group
• Ensure animal and cage observation requirements are met daily
• Assure compliance with assigned inventory levels colony levels and production goals
• Assure compliance with meeting reporting deadlines of colony and inventory information
• Coordinate and oversee the shipping of animals without supervision
• Perform other duties as assigned by management
• Continually monitor, practice and enforce proper biosecurity concerns
• Assist supervisor in developing and maintaining employee work schedules for their assigned rooms
• Assist supervisor in addressing employee disciplinary and performance issues
• Assist with the preparation of yearly reviews and PMD’s (Performance Management Development).

• Must have all the qualifications of a Senior Animal Technician and be able to:
• Have and practice good/strong leadership and human relations skills
• Participate in regular staff meetings
• Strong interpersonal skills are required to interface with teammates
• Assists with coordination of training/development/mentoring of personnel
• Work with a minimum level of supervision
• Evaluate the work of others in an impartial manner
• Work in a standing position that will require bending and stretching of arms and legs
• Lift and move objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Competency Level IV required in Training Record
• Understand and utilization of R.A.T.S (Recognize, Act, Tell, Sustain)
• Understand and ensure AAALAC requirements are being followed
• Evaluation of staff utilizing the Technician Advancement Program (TAP)

We offer benefits including:

• Competitive Salary
• Generous holiday allowance
• Auto enrolment into company pension scheme
• Option to enrol into private healthcare, dentalcare and more
• Retail discounts
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Much more!

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