Practical Instructor in Animal Management
College location: East Surrey College and John Ruskin College
Salary £28,546..64
Hours: 8:45 am - 5:00 pm
Start date : 17th August 2026
Are you passionate about animals and enthusiastic about supporting others to develop hands‑on skills? Orbital South Colleges is looking for a committed and energetic Practical Instructor in Animal Management to join our welcoming and forward‑thinking team.
This role is perfect for someone who loves working directly with animals and enjoys being part of an educational environment. It offers an excellent opportunity to build experience within a college setting, gain insight into teaching practice, and play an active part in shaping learners’ skills, confidence, and professional behaviours as they prepare for careers in the animal care sector.
As a Practical Instructor, you will help bring our Animal Management curriculum to life. You’ll run engaging practical sessions that develop core industry skills, including safe handling, husbandry routines, feeding and enrichment activities, and general day‑to‑day care. Working closely with teaching staff, you’ll guide students through practical tasks, support their learning, and help them grow into capable and confident animal professionals.
You will also take responsibility for maintaining high standards of animal welfare within the collection, ensuring that all health and safety procedures are followed during every activity.
You’ll be joining a vibrant and supportive team who are truly passionate about what they do and dedicated to making a positive difference to our students’ experience.
If you are motivated, compassionate, and excited about inspiring the next generation of animal‑care specialists, we would love to hear from you.
The successful candidate must have:
* Level 3 qualification or higher in an animal care discipline e.g. City & Guilds or BTEC Diploma / Extended Diploma
* Ability to instruct and assess practical skills in Animal Management and Care
* Commitment to maintaining high standards of animal care, welfare, and ethical conduct.
* Minimum Maths & English GCSE / Level 2 equivalent
If this sounds like you and you will enjoy working in a forward thinking, friendly, fast paced, changing environment with state of the art facilities, we would love to hear from you. In return, we offer a competitive salary, as well as staff benefits such a choice of two excellent pension schemes, a brilliant holiday package, free onsite parking and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in house Spa and Salon treatments.
*Applications will however be shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. As much as we would love to respond to all applicants, due to the sheer volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful candidates. If you have not heard from us within 14 days of sending your CV, unfortunately you have not been selected for the position.
Please refer to the attached Job Description, Person Specification and Competency Framework and apply using the button below.
Orbital South Colleges Group are committed to Equal Opportunities, encouraging applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population. We are also committed to PREVENT and Safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Both College Campus’ are smoke‑free zones.
As part of our pre‑employment checks, successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS, references will be taken and evidence of all qualifications and awards will also be required before commencement of employment. Failure to do so may lead to offers being withdrawn.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits, and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.
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