Start date: 5 May
Fulltime Permanent
Onsite, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
Reporting to: BioCORE Facilities Manager
You're passionate about animal care and want your work to meaningfully support world‑class medical research. You take pride in providing high‑quality husbandry and understand the importance of animal welfare, accuracy and consistency in a regulated research environment. You enjoy working as part of a skilled, collaborative team and are motivated to continue building your career in laboratory animal science.
At the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, you'll join a dedicated animal care team using modern facilities, technologies and best‑practice standards to support vital research into heart disease.
As an Animal Technician, you'll play an essential role in the daily care and wellbeing of animals housed within BioCORE, predominantly working with rodents, with some involvement in aquatic species such as zebrafish and frogs. You'll contribute to the smooth operation of our animal facilities by delivering consistent, high‑quality husbandry and supporting research activities alongside experienced colleagues.
This is a permanent, full‑time onsite role working across a 6‑day rotating roster, which includes some weekends and public holidays to ensure continuity of care.
- Providing professional daily animal care, including feeding, watering and maintaining clean housing
- Delivering high‑quality animal husbandry, including breeding and colony management
- Supporting animal health and welfare through routine monitoring and accurate recordkeeping
- Operating and maintaining washing, sterilising and facility equipment
- Maintaining clean, compliant animal rooms, procedure areas and equipment
- Liaising with researchers to support optimal animal care under approved protocols
- Assisting with animal handling, issuance and research procedures under guidance
- Upholding compliance with animal ethics, gene technology, quarantine and WHS requirements
- Perform euthanasia, as required.
- You're enthusiastic, motivated and genuinely care about animal welfare
- You have completed, are close to completing, or are studying towards a qualification in animal science, animal technology, animal care, biological science, vet nursing or a related field
- Experience (or strong interest) in working within an animal research or laboratory setting
- Comfortable working both independently and as part of a collaborative team
- Strong attention to detail and are confident using electronic record systems
- Ability to communicate clearly and build positive working relationships with diverse stakeholders
- Comfortable working with rodents and small animals and approach this work with care and professionalism
- Available to work weekends and public holidays as part of a rotating roster
The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (the Institute) is dedicated to finding cures for cardiovascular disease and is one of the most respected heart research facilities in the world. Renowned for the quality of its breakthroughs, the Institute was established in 1994 and has grown to a team of more than 200 researchers from around the globe, working across five divisions.
A global centre-of-excellence, it integrates Cardiac Physiology and Transplantation, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Molecular Cardiology and Biophysics, Structural and Computational Biology, as well as Vascular Biology. At the Institute, we translate our discoveries into new diagnostics, prevention, and treatment of cardiovascular disease - reducing the incidence, severity, and impact of heart disease.
Being part of an Institute that is not only dedicated to finding cures for cardiovascular disease, but one that also strives to ensure our employees and students enjoy a great working environment. We value and are committed to providing a safe working environment that embraces diversity, gender equity and promote flexible working arrangements for all employees.
We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply. We also welcome applicants with diverse educational backgrounds, professional knowledge, personality types, thinking styles and life experiences. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
- Salary packaging (including a $15,900 tax-free component, plus meal and entertainment allowances, holiday accommodation/venue hire plus many more).
- Banking & lifestyle benefits with Commonwealth Bank, including lending offers, discounts from participating retailers and financial wellbeing webinars.
- Fitness Passport
- Excellent environment with new state-of-the-art equipment.
- Collaborative team environment.
- Continuous learning and development opportunities.
We are only accepting applications from candidates with full working rights in Australia.
Early applications are encouraged, we are reviewing and conducting interviews on a rolling basis upon receiving applications.
Come and work with us & help make a difference.
