Animal Technician, AstraZeneca Gothenburg

Job description
We have an exciting opportunity to join AstraZeneca and work with animal care and welfare. Do you have experience in working with laboratory rodents and are looking for the next step in your career? Apply now!

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. We are proud to have a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.

The Animal Sciences and Technologies (AST) is a global department that delivers in vivo studies, animal care, and welfare that is compliant to internal standards and external regulations. Principles of the 3Rs are applied to all aspects of animal care and study conduction.

This is a consultant assignment on 50%, starting immediately.

Responsibilities
•Performs daily animal husbandry tasks for rodents, routine facility operations tasks, and maintains the highest standards of animal care & welfare.
•Responsibilities may include more technical procedures such as collecting biological samples, weighing and administering medicines/compounds
•Maintains daily record keeping for animals and environment
•Performs preventative maintenance and maintains service records on racks and caging equipment
•Is required to work flexibly across different areas, and participate in provision of weekend and out of hours support.
•Ensures that work is performed in accordance with appropriate Safety, Health & Environment (SHE), quality and compliance standards, e.g. Good Laboratory Standard (GLS)

Qualifications
•Experience in working with laboratory rodents and strong interest in animal care and welfare.
•Ability to perform work independently and consistently to the required standard on a consistent basis.
•Understand principles and concepts associated with Laboratory Animal Science particularly on animal welfare and the 3Rs.
•Good communication skills.
•Laboratory Animal education by NCLASET or other relevant Laboratory animal science (LAS) course. This may be optional, if the candidate proves to relevant experience in animal care.

Application
2020-10-20, selection and interviews will be ongoing. The position may be filled before the last day of application, therefore, apply as soon as possible.

For more information: Linnea Öster, linnea.oster@randstad.se

About the company
Randstad Life Sciences is specialized in competences within Life Science. As a consultant with us, you get a competitive salary, benefits and collective agreements. Your consultant manager is always there for you and ensures that you get varying and developing assignments at different companies, within different industries. At Randstad Life Sciences, your personal development is in focus, and you are offered a large network and many social activities.

Randstad Life Sciences is a part Randstad, the world leader in recruitment and consulting with operations in 38 countries. With this global network, in combination with our strong local foundation, we can offer a wide range of varied and developing assignments and jobs for you who are a specialist in life science. Our mission is to help you reach your true potential with your career in focus!