TEMPORARY ZOO RANGER
Discovery and Learning Division
(6 month temporary contract
starting October 2014)
Chester
Zoo, one of Europe’s leading Zoological collections, has an active and award
winning Discovery and Learning Division and is now recruiting a Zoo Ranger.
Our
Zoo Ranger team are a vital part of enhancing the visitors’ experience and are
involved in developing and delivering public education around the Zoo. This will include animal talks and tours, one
to one engagement, exhibition supervision, interpretation and other educational
activities. Audiences vary from 1 to 500
or more, and there is lots of public interaction requiring a confident and
outgoing personality.
The
successful applicant must have a Zoo Biology/Conservation degree or equivalent
and have a wide ranging knowledge of natural world and animal behaviours.
They
will have good working knowledge and experience of zoo or conservation
education (including researching & delivering talks to public).
They
will be able to provide excellent customer service, work on their own and
organise time effectively, and have experience of working as part of a
team. Good communication skills, both
verbal & written are essential. The
successful candidate will be computer literate with particular working
knowledge of Windows and Microsoft Office packages.
The
successful candidate will ideally have good knowledge of Chester Zoo’s animal
collection and conservation work. They will ideally have experience of dealing
with the visitors/public in a visitor attraction setting.
This
post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Work is 10 days in 14, including Bank
Holidays and every other weekend.
Salary is £18,711 per annum for a 35 hour week.
For an application form please contact the recruitment line on recruitment@chesterzoo.org or 01244
389477.
Closing
date for applications is Monday 11th August 2014.
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