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Animal Keeper – Great Apes
Based in the heart
of England, Twycross Zoo (TZ) is an award-winning conservation charity and
rapidly growing visitor attraction. We’re committed to supporting global
welfare and conservation efforts in the captive breeding of endangered species
whilst supporting projects from many different countries around the world,
including Ape Action Africa, Lola Ya Bonobo and the FFI Cao Vit Gibbon Project.
In 2014, we launched
our 20-year, £55million Masterplan. Since this time, new habitats which have
opened to the public include Giraffe Savannah and Gibbon Forest. Recently,
we’ve opened a new £3.5 million world-class chimpanzee habitat, Chimpanzee
Eden, and are looking forward to building on this continued growth and success.
We are the only zoo in the UK to accommodate all four Great Apes.
What will this role of Animal Keeper entail?
As an Animal Keeper,
you’ll play a key role in caring for our Great Apes, ensuring that animal
keeping is carried out to the Zoo’s required standards. Your duties will
include but not be limited to;
• Preparing and
distributing food and water to animals
• Learning about the
animals and reporting any animal health concerns to the Section Head
• Assisting with
maintaining enclosures, food preparation and public viewing areas to a high
standard of hygiene, cleanliness and exhibition
• Motivating and
encouraging colleagues, assisting with the development of Trainee Keepers and
providing guidance to work experience students and apprentices
• Answering
enquiries from the public in a helpful and polite manner, whilst working
closely with the visitor experience team and delivering Animal encounters
What will I need to be considered for this Animal
Keeper vacancy?
• At least 3 years’
experience as a Zoo Keeper, which must have included working with Great Apes
• An appropriate
animal related qualification
• Enthusiastic, high
performing and motivated with a proven track record in zoo animal
management
• Superb knowledge
of the natural history and management of Great Apes
• Ability to work
effectively in a team and without supervision, with a flexible approach to
duties and working hours
• A passion for the
Zoo’s work and purpose
What will I receive in return?
As an Animal Keeper,
you’ll receive a salary of £19,695, along with the following additional
benefits including 31 days holiday per annum inclusive of bank holidays, along
with the benefit of a staff membership card, giving you free entry to the Zoo
on your days off and discounts in our retail and food outlets, and free onsite
parking.
Contract: Permanent, working 42 hours per week
on a set 3-week rota. You’ll work 5 days out of 7 between the hours of 8am to
6pm during the summer and 8am to 5pm during the winter months.
More about us:
At TZ you’ll be part
of an evolving and progressive organisation, with staff engagement at its very
core. We offer a diverse range of roles and are committed to the fundamental
approach of equal opportunities in employment. Our team strives to educate and
inspire everyone to care about, and therefore contribute to saving, the other
species with which we share our planet.
With our dedicated
and enthusiastic team of colleagues at the heart of everything we do, we aim to
become a recognised “Centre of Excellence” that continues to make a significant
contribution to the welfare and conservation of animals, especially primates,
and remain at the heart of conservation.
We’re based in
Atherstone, Warwickshire, on the A444 which is easily accessed via the A5 and
the M42 Junction 11.
All applications for
this Animal Keeper vacancy are to be submitted online, and strictly no
agency calls or
agency CV submissions.
To apply for this
position, please head over to http://jobs.twycrosszoo.org,
where you will be able to select this role and submit your CV for
consideration.
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