Title
Deputy Head Animal Keeper
Application deadline
24/April/2015
Position Type
Paid
Job description
Bioparc Valencia currently has a vacancy for a Deputy Head Animal
Keeper. The successful candidate will oversee all aspects of the animal care
and husbandry, and will ensure excellent enclosure presentation.
REQUIREMENTS:
· We are looking for someone with
extensive knowledge and expertise in animal husbandry and management, with a
minimum of 10 years of experience working in a zoo or safari park.
· Leadership qualities; experience of
supervising a team and be able to manage and prioritize a diverse workload
within a dynamic environment.
· Good understanding of risk assessments is also
essential to ensure that animal keepers are fully aware of safety and
management procedures and protocols.
· Good physical condition and ability
to work under stress.
· Prepared to work weekends.
· Fluency in or advanced knowledge of
Spanish. Competent in both oral and written English is desirable.
· Capable of working with relevant
computer software (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.).
· Desirable experience of working
with large ungulates, particularly elephants in hand-off, and great apes.
WE
OFFER:
We are offering a very challenging job with a lot of responsibility in
an open, and professional organisation.
· The salary ranges between €
22.000,00 - and € 27.000,00 (gross –“bruto”- salary) per year depending on
relevant work experience.
· We prefer someone who is available from June
2015.
City / Country
Valencia / Spain
Organisation
Bioparc Valencia
Organisation details
Bioparc Valencia is a medium-size zoo opened to the public on February
2008, and full EAZA member, where Madagascar, Equatorial Africa, African
Wetlands, and the African Savannah are recreated. The exhibits of the Bioparc
Valencia are designed as naturalistic zoo-immersion exhibits, keeping social
groups with a behavior as similar as possible to the natural behavior. The
animal collection focuses mainly on African mammals: different primates
(lemurs, guenons, mangabeys, gorillas, chimpanzees etc), carnivores (lions,
leopards, spotted hyenas, mongooses spp, otters, fossa etc), ungulates
(elephants, white rhinoceros, giraffes, hippopotamus, dwarf buffalos, impalas,
blesbock, gazelles, dik-diks etc) and other mammals (aardvark, hyraxes,
porcupines, some rodents), and some birds (flamingos, storks, hammer cop etc),
and reptiles (crocodiles, tortoises).
Organisation website
Application Instructions
To apply for this position, please send a cover letter, curriculum
vitae, and the names and contact information for three professional references
by email to info@bioparcvalencia.es . Please write “Selección puesto de 2º Jefe de Cuidadores”
in the subject line.
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