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Technician in Animal Behavioural Welfare (Part Time, Fixed Term)
Department of Life Sciences
Location: Lincoln
Salary:
From £23,754
pro rata
Please note this post is part time at 25.5 hours per week and fixed term for 10 months
Closing Date:
Monday 16 March 2020
Interview Date:
Thursday 09 April 2020
Reference: COS742
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Technician to join the Animal Behaviour, Cognition and Welfare Research Group at the University of Lincoln. The post will be part of a project examining the impact of changes in the environment on dog performance and will be available from 01/05/2020 or possibly earlier for a duration of up to 10 months.
Applicant Profile
You will be experienced in training dogs, communicating via digital media, conducting behavioural experiments and processing behavioural and physiological data using coding programmes such as BORIS.
The University of Lincoln is a forward-thinking, ambitious institution and you will be working in the heart of a thriving, beautiful, safe and friendly city. The Schools provide a stimulating environment for academic research, and are based in high quality, newly developed facilities.
If you would like to know more about this opportunity please contact either Professor Anna Wilkinson (awilkinson@lincoln.ac.uk), Professor Daniel Mills (dmills@lincoln.ac.uk) or Dr Carl Sousbury (csoulsbury@lincoln).
As an institutional Athena SWAN Bronze Award holder we are committed to advancing gender equality in STEM, therefore female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Tier 2.
Further details:
You can find out more about working at Lincoln, and everything that we have to offer, at:
https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/jobopportunities/
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