Experienced Animal
Keeper – Full time Position
Location: Highland
Wildlife Park
Salary: Competitive
About Us
The Royal Zoological
Society of Scotland (RZSS) owns and manages Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland
Wildlife Park. Both parks are premier
visitor attractions, offering visitors a fantastic day out. Of equal importance is our excellent
international reputation for our conservation and education programmes and we
are looking to the future with confidence. We've been a charity since our founding in 1909 and maintain a keen
commercial edge to ensure we can sustain our excellent reputation. Our mission is to connect people with nature
and safeguard species from extinction.
Experienced Animal
Keeper – Full Time Position
A vacancy has arisen
for an experienced Animal Keeper to work within the Living Collections
Department at the Highland Wildlife Park, specifically on the ungulate section.
Working on this section, it is essential that the successful candidate has
ungulate experience and it is strongly preferred that they will have passed the
Diploma in the Management of Zoo and Aquarium Animals or an equivalent zoo
biology focused qualification. The
successful candidate will be expected to care of all the species on the section
and supervise junior members of staff and assist with our resident keeper
volunteer programme, under the supervision of the section’s senior keeper and
head keeper.
About You
To operate
effectively in this role, practical experience in a zoo environment is
essential and experience of working with a range of wild animal species
desirable. You must also have up-to-date knowledge and understanding of zoo
legislation and best practice, along with a sound basis of practical knowledge
and skills about good zoo animal management. You must hold a full driving
license, which must be detailed in your application, and if the successful
candidate is not formally qualified, you must be willing to acquire the Diploma
in the Management of Zoo and Aquarium Animals.
Working hours are
37.5 hours per week (annualized figure) and the post involves weekend and
occasional evening work.
Salary range for
this post will be £15,000 - £17895
dependent on qualifications and experience
Closing Date:
Thursday 21 August 2014.
For full information
on how to apply, please visit the Highland Wildlife Park vacancy page http://www.highlandwildlifepark.org.uk/working-with-us
and follow the instructions.
Registered charity
number: SC004064
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