Senior Animal Care Technician

Final date to receive applications

December 08 2025

Department

Animal Care and Equine

Employment Type

Permanent - Full Time

Location

Middleton

Workplace type

Onsite

Compensation

30062 / year

We are a Further Education College and University Centre offering a range of full and part time courses employing over 600 staff on our campuses in Rochdale and Middleton situated to the north-east of Manchester. Both campuses have ample free parking and subsidised restaurants.

We offer staff a range of benefits including free gym membership at our Middleton Sports Arena and generous holiday entitlement.

We are committed to being a great place to work and have membership status of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter. We are a Living Wage employer and an accredited Disability Confident Employer. Our Equality Diversity & Inclusion statement is designed to ensure that unfair discrimination does not take place in any part of our recruitment process.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and colleagues and we expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The college complies with Safer Recruitment guidance in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education and all successful applicants are required to undertake a DBS check and other pre‑recruitment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment policy.

It is an offence to apply for a regulated role at the College if you are barred from working with children (or vulnerable adults if in a role where this applies).

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and exemption ordersand 2020.

Working at Hopwood Hall College comes with a wide range of benefits including generous holiday and sick pay entitlements.

Other benefits include :

• Career average pension scheme
• Free gym membership at our Middleton Campus Sports Arena
• Purchase loans for computers and bikes
• Staff discount at the Colleges Riverside Salon Sports Arena and Holiday Clubs
• On‑site nursery (Rochdale Campus)
• Credit union for savings low cost loans and life assurance
• Free on‑site parking
• On‑site Dog Kennels (spaces not guaranteed)
• An electric and hybrid car salary sacrifice scheme (with charging points on site)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted public transport tickets
• Generous holiday entitlement (Teaching staff : 53 days Business Support staff : 28 days plus bank holidays
• Christmas / New Year closure and the opportunity to buy additional holidays)
• Two Health and Wellbeing days per year
• Subsidised bistro and refectory

Documents

Senior IC

Senior Care,Nursing Home Experience,Hospital Experience,Acute Care,Basic Math,Computer Skills,Caregiving,Vital Signs Experience,Medical Terminology,Rota Management,Mentoring,Leadership Skill

Experience years

Vacancy 1