Animal Caretaker 100% for Laboratory Animals at the Experimental Animal Center (EAC) 100%

Publication date:14 October 2025
Workload:100%
Place of work:Bern

Job summary

Join the Experimental Animal Center (EAC) as an Animal Caretaker. Exciting opportunity with a supportive work environment and potential for extension.

Tasks

Provide expert animal care and monitor their health accurately.
Breed genetically modified animals for biomedical research.
Maintain hygiene standards and manage animal data effectively.

Skills

Completed vocational training in animal care or agriculture required.
Strong sense of responsibility and reliability is a must.
Good communication skills and teamwork are essential.

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About the job

We are looking for an animal caretaker for laboratory animals at the Experimental Animal Center (EAC) to start immediately or by arrangement.

The position is initially limited to 1 year with the option of extension.
The laboratory animal facilities of the Experimental Animal Center (EAC) breed and keep rodents, rabbits, and fish for biomedical research at the University of Bern in compliance with legal and ethical guidelines and regulations, the 3R (Reduce, Refine, Replace) principle, and the "Culture of Care".

Tasks

• Professional animal care as well as monitoring and recording animal health
• Breeding of genetically modified laboratory animals
• Maintaining hygiene status
• Recording animal data in the IT system
• Specific services (i.e. taking skin biopsies for genotyping)
• Cleaning of materials, equipment, and rooms according to hygiene requirements
• Assistance in operational maintenance of equipment as well as in goods receipt and storage
• Animal care service on a rotating basis on weekends and public holidays

Requirements

• Completed vocational training in animal care or in the agricultural sector
• Sense of responsibility towards the entrusted animals
• Reliability, quick comprehension, resilience, as well as precise and efficient working methods
• The agile service operation requires a communicative working style, flexibility, and enjoyment of teamwork
• Knowledge of IT (MS Word and MS Excel)
• Good German skills, English skills (level A2) are an advantage

We offer

Interested?

For questions about the position, please contact admin.eac@unibe.ch .

Please send your application with the usual documents
electronically to admin.eac@unibe.ch .