Job Description
Grade UE06: £34,610 – £39,906 Per Annum
Corporate Services Group / Bioresearch & Veterinary Services (BVS)
Open-Ended (Permanent)
Full Time: 35 Hours Per Week
The Opportunity
To ensure the day-to-day activities within a BVS animal facility at the University of Edinburgh are completed to the highest standards and assist I maintaining the effective operation of the Facility. To provide training and support to BVS technicians.
Essential
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Relevant academic/vocational qualifications at HNC level and significant work experience at a senior grade in an animal facility (Desirable).
- Hold a Home Office Personal Licence.
- NACWO qualification (Desirable).
- Proven ability to supervise and mentor members of staff.
- Proven ability to effectively and clearly communicate to a wide variety of staff and researchers at all levels
- Demonstrable knowledge of IT systems including Word, Excel and databases.
- Ability to provide authoritative technical advice to management and other staff members.
Desirable
- Registered Animal Technician (RAnTech) professional status
- Experience in the maintenance of complex transgenic breeding programs.
- Experience in surgical techniques
- Experience specifically with Tick@Lab Facility Management database.
- Experience in working with immunocompromised colonies
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
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The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is
12 January 2026.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews will be held
w/c 26 January 2026.
If you do not hear from us by 19 January 2026, we will not be taking your application any further and we thank you for your interest in the post and our department.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About The Team
Bioresearch and Veterinary Services
Corporate Services Group
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About The Team
Bioresearch & Veterinary Services (BVS) are responsible for the housing, care and management of animals used in biomedical research at the university. Around 120 BVS staff provide Home Office, veterinary, and technical support for our researchers to ensure optimal animal welfare, high quality research, and compliance with all relevant legislation across multiple sites.
For more information see our website Bioresearch & Veterinary Services | The University of Edinburgh
Our vision is to provide an excellent professional service that prioritises animal welfare whilst supporting our world leading research. We endeavour to work according to our CARE values:
Caring for animals,
Active communication,
Respecting others,
Excellent service. We are also a UK Leader in Openness, engaging wherever possible with opportunities to discuss our work, including our public website Animal research | The University of Edinburgh
