Animal Curator
Hobbledown
Responsible to: General Manager of each site
and the Directors of the business
Responsible
for: Animal Team and
Animals
Hours per week: 40 – 45 including at least two
weekends per month
Salary: £27,000 -
£32,000pa
Location: Predominately based
in Hounslow, West London when it opens with weekly visits to Epsom, Surrey.
Starting: From March 2020
– Dependent on successful candidate’s notice period
Hobbledown is an
award-winning visitor attraction welcoming over 300,000 guests each year to our
magical mix of animals and adventure play. Situated in Epsom, Surrey with a
second Hobbledown under construction in Hounslow, West London, due to open in
Spring 2021, our vision is to transport families into a magical, mysterical
adventure for an unforgettable day out. Our unique cast of characters provide a
wonderful friendly place to work where everyone is united by fun and the chance
to delight our guests through stimulating and interactive adventures. We offer
something for adults and children from tots to 12-year olds and this year, in
2020, we are investing over £500,000 in new animal walkthroughs and play
structures. This is your chance to be part of the adventure. See more at http://www.hobbledown.com
Responsibility and Expectations
Zoos hire animal
curators to manage their animal collections and their team. An animal curator's
job responsibilities range from acquiring new animals and supporting senior
keepers in the supervision of the keepers that handle day-to-day animal feeding
and care, to scheduling veterinary visits and assisting in designing exhibits.
Curators' duties are broader than those of keepers, although curators will
assist keepers in the handling of animals from time to time.
- You will have overall responsibility for a collection of domestic and exotic animals to include all day to day husbandry and feeding schedules at both Hobbledown Locations but day to day responsibility at our new west London location where you will predominantly be based from September 2020
- You will have the incredible opportunity of joining our business at the point where we are just starting to develop our new West London Location. The responsibility will include all enclosure design (Hobbledown Style) and sourcing of all the new animals, Applying for the Zoo licence, new memberships to trade groups and organisations, NFAN, BIAZA etc
- Maintain all legal and ethical documentation including daily checks; clinical, operational and welfare at both Hobbledown locations
- Aspire to develop and increase a current collection including the acquisition of species, enclosure design and breeding programme / control, whilst being aligned to the current and future theme of Hobbledown Epsom and Hobbledown West London
- Manage all veterinary protocols and schedules, both routine and ad hoc at both locations
- Manage a team of Head keepers, Keepers and volunteers on a day to day basis with the responsibility of their training, welfare and discipline
- Develop a Volunteer Programme
- Maintain and develop a customer/animal interaction programme, ideally unique to both Hobbledown sites
- Create and develop an education and conservation programme at both sites which is line with Hobbledown.
- Super positive attitude with the courage to try something new.
- Hobbledown senior team lead by example, so there is nothing we would ask our team to do that we wouldn’t do ourselves.
Experience and Qualifications
- Very Experienced Head Keeper ready to progress
- Thorough Understanding of Zoo Licence criteria
- Experience with breeding programmes, zoonosis protocol, enrichment and preventative medicines
- Good contacts within existing Zoos and wildlife parks
- Managed / Supervised a team
- Ambassador of Customer Service
Send your CV and a
cover letter evidencing some of the stated requirements to
recruitment@hobbledown.com with ‘Animal Curator Vacancy’ as the subject of the
email.
Deadline for applications is 15th February 2020
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