animal care technician Haywards Heath, England
Job description
Nursery: Rose Cottage Day Nursery and Preschool
Job Type: Part Time (weekend work) / Permanent / 5 hours per week
Job Title: Animal Carer
Salary: £10.40 - £10.60 per hour
Location: Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16
Why Bright Horizons?
We care for over 10,000 children across the UK, across our portfolio of over 300 nurseries, 98% of which are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. We are on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.
As well as providing high quality childcare, we also have some wonderful animals onsite at our Rose Cottage Day Nursery which include 2 pygmy goats, 2 khaki Campbell ducks, 4 chickens and 2 guinea pigs!
What you will be doing?
- The job will consist of feeding the animals between 7:30am-9:30am Saturday and Sunday, and then feeding them between 6pm-7:30pm Saturday and Sunday evenings.
- Whilst at the setting you will be required to ensure food and water levels are maintained along with checking that all animal areas are in working order.
- The role wold require you to clean all animal areas at some point over the weekend (this was previously done on Saturday mornings at opening but it’s flexible to whenever best suits you over the weekend.)
- A key aspect will be to ensure the animals are cared for at a high level and report any concerns in relation to their health or environment to the Nursery Manager.
- Some Bank Holiday work may be required.
What we’re looking for
- Experience of caring for animals is desirable.
- The ability to communicate to management about how the animals are, and request feeds when they running low to ensure supplies do not run out.
Due to the requirement to lone work and have direct contact with animals, we require applicants to be over the age of 18 years.
We look forward to receiving your application!
If you experience any problems, please email [email protected] and we will be happy to help.
