Fish Facility Technician

Working under supervision you will be involved in the daily care welfare animal checks and general husbandry of experimental fish colonies. You will perform basic experimental procedures keeping necessary records and entering data onto computer systems.

Your role:

Animal husbandry care and use

• Provide day to day routine husbandry maintenance and care of LAR fish colonies (zebrafish medaka killifish).
• Maintain and establishing breeding schemes in liaison with researchers and LAR area supervisor.
• Perform scheduled water quality checks.
• Perform flow systems cleaning and basic maintenance (filters valves etc.).
• Follow Standard Operating Procedures for fish husbandry and procedural work.
• Maintain detailed and accurate records relating to environmental conditions animal details breeding and experimental procedures.
• Participate of a Culture of Care including the 3Rs and our core values.
• Support the health and welfare of fish colonies by performing routine animal welfare checks and other related tasks.
• Assist with receiving new fish and reporting any observed incidences.
• This position requires strict adherence to established protocols and biosafety practices and the ability to work effectively as part of a team in a research setting.

Policies and compliance

• Understand and follow EMBL institutional policies.
• Participate in LAR meetings rounds and training events as required.
• Keep animal environment in compliance with EMBL policies LAR SOPs and IACUC directions.
• care housing and husbandry tasks according to EMBL SOP and policies.
• Follow H&S and other relevant EMBL policies.

Research support

• Help researchers in the conduct of animal related procedures as appropriate.
• Provide technical assistance with experimental protocols to include dosing observations and health status checks.
• Work with LAR team to address investigator non-standard husbandry requests.

You have:

• Experience of at least 3 years in a fish facility.
• Function A C and D as per European Directive 2010/63/EC.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work as a team member in a complex environment.
• Positive attitude towards learning and developing new skills.
• Ability to follow instructions and very good attention to detail.
• Computer skills.
• Able to communicate in English in a professional environment.

Contract length: 1 year

Salary: Grade 3

Why join us

EMBL is curiosity-driven community-oriented and international. As an inclusive equal opportunity employer we believe that diversity enables us to collaborate more effectively and be innovative in our approaches. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation.

We encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing team we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and personal experiences reflect the diversity of the populations that our science serves. We actively encourage applications from all genders and cultures ethnic groups and all demographics to help us avoid perpetuating biases and oversights at this transformational point in our people strategy.

Enjoy lots of benefits:

• Financial incentives:Salary free of income tax monthly family and child allowances annual salary review pension scheme death benefit long-term care accident-at-work and unemployment insurances

• Flexible working arrangements

• Private medical insurancefor you and your immediate family (including all prescriptions and generous dental & optical cover)

• Generous time off:30 days annual leave per year in addition to public holidays

• Campus life:Free shuttle bus (select sites) on-site library subsidised on-site gym and cafeteria casual dress code extensive sports and social club activities (on campus and remotely)

• Family benefits: Kindergarten (Heidelberg) 10 days of child sick leave generous paid maternity/parental leave and monthly family & child allowances

• For detailed information please visit our employee benefits page here

What else you need to know

• EMBL is a signatory of DORA. Find out how we apply DORA principles to our recruitment and performance assessment processes here.

• Diversity and inclusion: At EMBL we strongly believe that inclusive and diverse teams benefit from higher levels of innovation and creative thought. We encourage applications from women LGBTQ & individuals from all nationalities.

• How to apply: To apply please submit a cover letter and a CV through our online system. Applications will close at 23:59 CET on the date shown below. We aim to provide a response within two weeks after the closing date.

Closing Date