Animal Technician - £1000 sign on bonus available!

<h2>Job Overview:</h2><p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Now recruiting for May start dates</strong></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>If successful, you will be eligible for a £1000 sign on bonus and a competitive starting salary! </strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Do you have a level 3 or higher qualification (certificate, diploma or NVQ) in animal care, animal management or animal technology</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">?  </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"> </span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Are you interested in using your qualifications to develop a rewarding career working with a range of laboratory animals?</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Do you want to be a part of the world's leading drug development company?</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 33.15pt .0001pt 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">At Covance by Labcorp in <strong>Alconbury, Cambridgeshire</strong>,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">we are looking to recruit Animal Technicians to join our expanding team.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Job responsibilities include:</span></strong></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Recording routine study data both manually and using electronic data capture systems.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Providing food, water and bedding to the animals.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Changing cages and associated equipment.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Assisting in the handling of animals for various procedures.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Performing cleaning duties within the animal rooms and facility.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Preparing equipment and materials for use on studies.</span></li></ul><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Covance by Labcorp has helped pharmaceutical and biotech companies develop one-third of all prescription medicines in the market today. Chances are, you or someone you know has benefitted from a medicine or medical device that Covance by Labcorp helped develop. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What Covance can offer you:</span></strong></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Three months of training and personal development to prepare you for your exams and the responsibility of holding a Home Office personal license under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Once you have obtained a Home Office personal license, you will continue to learn and develop, receiving training and support to progress through our career development programme. </span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You will be required to work 1 in 3 weekends as part of your working week, paid at a shift pay enhancement. There will be an opportunity to work additional overtime during the week and weekends that are not part of your scheduled week. </span></span></p><h2>Education/Qualifications:</h2><ul class="ul1"><li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt;">Animal Care or Animal Management qualifications at Level 3 or higher</span></li></ul><h2>Experience:</h2><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The ability to learn and have empathy with the animals; as well as the capability to develop the requisite skills</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Previous experience working with or handling animals within industry</span></li></ul>