Director of Operations
Wildwood Trust
Salary £45,000 to
£60,000
About Wildwood Trust
Wildwood Trust is a
charity running a unique British animal park and visitor centre, dedicated to
rewilding Britain through the restoration of wild habitats and reintroduction
of extinct species. Wildwood became a Charity in 2002 and now works solely for
wildlife conservation and public education. The animal park is central to our
charitable and business objectives, and also supportive of our ambitious
objectives to enthuse and educate people and to support conservation and
rewilding efforts across the UK. Wildwood (Canterbury) has recently been joined
by Wildwood (Escot) thus, management of the animal collection and keeper team
spans over the two parks. The post is based at Wildwood Park Herne Common Herne
Bay Kent but will be responsible for operations across both sites.
The Post
This exciting new
role of Director of Operations will lead the park operations and commercial
activity of our charity, dedicated to giving our visitors a great day out.
Reporting to the Chief Executive with a remit to develop, exploit and manage
all our operations to achieve our strategic goal of developing the parks
ability to deliver:
• An
excellent day out for our visitors and members
• Managing
and developing our animal collection and exhibits
• Managing
and developing staff cohesion and efficiency
• Project
management and reporting
• A
safe environment for our staff and visitors
• Enhanced
profitability of our commercial operations
As Director of
Operations you will have a proven track record of achievement in delivering
customer service, facilities management, health and safety and project
management and delivering significant income generation from a variety of
streams.
You will be an
experienced senior operational professional, ideally with zoo or leisure
experience, an accomplished and experienced team leader, combining strategic
and business awareness with the ability to influence and collaborate across the
whole organisation. You will understand Zoo or leisure best practice in the UK
and have delivered steady growth and innovative commercial developments in a
customer focused industry.
This role will be
part of a small team of Directors under the Chief Executive and it is essential
that this post works in close co-operation with that Senior Management Team.
This is a full time
post 37.5 hours per week.
For a full job
description and personal specification please go to our website http://www.wildwoodtrust.org/recruitmentothervacancies.html
Or call 01227 712111
CV and covering
letter should be sent to:
Eileen Bartlett
Office Manager
Wildwood Trust
Herne Common
Herne Bay
Kent
CT6 7LQ
Closing date is 7th
October 2016
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant        |
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