Grade UE03: £24,729 - £25,804 per annum
Corporate Services / Bioresearch & Veterinary Services
Full Time: 35 hours per week
Open Ended: permanent
The Opportunity:
As an Animal Technical Assistant – Cage Wash team member, you will play a key role in supporting Bioresearch & Veterinary Services. As part of the team you will be a dedicated and dependable individual prepared to undertake day-to-day housekeeping and cleaning within our facilities. We are a place where everyone is welcome. Responsibilities include essential sterilisation support in the wash-up areas, such as cleaning used rodent cages and rodent drinking water bottles. The role is physically demanding, so being fit and active is beneficial. There are no minimum qualifications, making this post suitable for all ages. Knowledge of animal welfare and husbandry is advantageous. You will be primarily based at the Western General, and King’s Buildings, with potential requirements to cover colleagues’ leave at BioQuarter and Easter Bush.
Try something new. Be part of something bigger.
With roles from hospitality to research, there’s a career for everyone at the University of Edinburgh. We can offer opportunities for you to develop in your career and make a real difference in the communities around us while contributing to the world at large.
Technician
Our technical staff are essential to supporting teaching, research, and the smooth operation of our facilities. Whether you're maintaining cutting-edge lab equipment, facilitating ground-breaking research, developing new techniques, or enhancing student and staff experience with top-notch facilities, your work will have a lasting impact that stretches far beyond our academic community. We value colleagues with drive, determination and a passion for what they do.
A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:
- Excellent benefits and support
Contributing to the work of and supporting our world leading research at the University.
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This post is full-time (35 hours per week).
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How to apply
Please include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
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, including generous annual leave entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, a wide range of staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the value of your pay and benefits.
Bioresearch & Veterinary Services (BVS) are responsible for the housing, care and management of animals used in biomedical research at the university. Around 100 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: C aring for animals, A ctive communication, R especting others, E xcellent 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
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 a Stonewall Proud Employer, actively promoting LGBTQ+ equality.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and are committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
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 right to work webpages (opens new browser tab)
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 23 September 2026.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm UK time. 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 5 October 2026 .
