Deputy Team Leader -
Great Apes
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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. Renowned as a specialist primate
zoo, we care for a wide variety of monkeys and apes, and we are the only zoo in
the UK to accommodate all four Great Apes.
What will this role
of Deputy Team Leader - Great Apes entail?
Working in the only
zoo in the UK to accommodate all four Great Apes, you’ll take a hands-on
approach to working with all four species, mostly in a breeding situation.
You will lead a
medium sized team and supervise all areas of daily animal operations, with
duties to include but not be limited to:
• Managing
all areas of animal husbandry
• Reviewing
diets and ensuring the correct diets are prepared and distributed
• Leading
and supervising introductions of new animals into social groups
• Monitoring
pregnancies and births
• Liaising
with the on-site veterinary team to ensure optimal health of all animals
• Checking
and ensuring enclosure structure security, reporting any concerns immediately
In addition to the
above, you will also:
• Reporting
in to the Team Leader, you will manage and supervise a team of up to 10 animal
keepers, alongside another Deputy Team Leader
• Assist
the Team Leader with the training and development of Great Apes keepers,
including conducting 121’s, performance reviews and suggest performance
improvements
• Participate
in on-site research projects (mostly behavioural, cognitive and welfare
studies)
• Supervise
and encourage work experience students and apprentices
• Engage
with visitors and answer enquiries
What will I need to
be considered for this Deputy Team Leader - Great Apes vacancy?
• Proven
experience of zoological animal management, with a strong track record of
working with Great Apes
• Demonstrable
working knowledge of the natural history and management of large mammals
• An
animal related qualification, i.e. ANCMZA or DZMAA
• Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills
• Good
team player with a positive and enthusiastic outlook
• Ability
to adapt to change
• Good
IT literacy with working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
What will I receive
in return?
As a Deputy Team
Leader – Great Apes, you’ll receive a salary of £23,205 along with fantastic
additional benefits including 31 days holiday per annum (inclusive of bank
holidays), a uniform, 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. Free onsite parking.
You will be employed
on a permanent contract, working 43 hours per week on a rota system, which will
include weekend duties.
More about us:
You’ll be part of an
evolving and progressive organisation, with staff engagement at its very core.
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.
Location:
Atherstone, Warwickshire (on the A444, which is easily accessed via the A5 and
the M42 Junction 11).
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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