Animal Keeper –
Animal Encounters
The Department of
Animal Welfare and Conservation is currently recruiting for a dedicated,
reliable, confident team member. This position is offered on a permanent, full
time basis.
Working as part of
the successful Animal and Welfare Department you will be responsible for
maintaining a safe environment for both yourself and the public by adhering to
associated risk assessments and protocols without exception.
Working as part of
the demonstrations team, you will be expected to deliver high quality
educational and entertaining displays of natural behaviours. The successful
applicant will have the opportunity to work with and train an exciting
collection of birds, reptiles and mammals, including, but not exclusively;
raptors, psittacines and Californian sea lions; and be a part of continually
developing and improving the daily displays.
The zoo animal
management qualification (DMZAA) is desirable but not essential for this
position, however; the successful candidate would be expected to work towards
achieving this qualification.
You will also need
to be a highly motivated, hard working individual who has a good understanding
of animal behaviour and previous experience training and working with a variety
of species. The ability to take part in public presentations is essential as
well as exceptional animal husbandry skills, high standards of animal care and
excellent communication skills. Previous experience with the species we hold is
preferable however those candidates’ with comparable experience will be
considered.
Preference will be
given to applicants that have worked and/or volunteered within the following
fields: Zoo’s, Safari Park’s,
Farming/Agriculture & Equestrian.
Applicants will need
to be flexible as regular weekend working is required to meet the needs of the
business.
For further
information and details on how to apply, please visit our website www.woburnsafari.co.uk.
Closing
date: 29th
February 2016
If you have not
heard from us within 21 days of the closing date please consider your
application unsuccessful on this occasion.
Please mention ZooNews Digest should you apply for this post
Many Thanks
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