Thursday, February 13, 2020

Aquarist


 Aquarist


SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium, King St & Flinders St
Melbourne, VIC, 3000
Australia

Are you passionate about Marine Life in particular Jellyfish? Would you like to work for one of Melbourne’s star attractions ensuring that our animals receive the highest level of care and our guests have a magical experience?
If you love marine life, feel passionate about conservation and love sharing your enthusiasm with others then we could have the job for you.

About the Role:

We are looking for a full time Aquarist to join our team at SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium! This role works within the Curatorial team in ensuring best practice animal husbandry ensuring that we have amazing displays of jellyfish and running a behind the scenes Jelly lab.
This will be achieved through the propagation and acquisition of a wide range of jellyfish species. You will also have the opportunity to work across all exhibits within the aquarium.
Your duties include but are not limited to:
* Perform various tasks across the aquarium - daily husbandry, management and welfare of the animal collection
* Develop and maintain excellent and innovative animal exhibits that deliver an exceptional visitor experience
* Live food culturing including artemia and rotifers
* Continual propagation of jellyfish stock to maintain year round exhibits
* Implement continually high levels of cleanliness of all the displays, food preparation areas, plus associated plant and workshops.
* Maintain and develop displays lighting, signage and interactive displays.
* Operating a variety of Life Support Systems

Please note this is a full time role that follows a three week rotating roster including regular weekend work.

About You:
In this role Jellyfish husbandry experience would be an advantage but is not essential. A relevant qualification would be useful but more important is a good understanding of aquarium life support systems, and having very good attention to detail. You will be passionate about marine animals and will display commitment, loyalty and a strong work ethic.
You will be an exceptional communicator, are solution focused, and are able to use your vast experience to work well in a successful, fast paced team. You are committed to ensuring clean, amazing exhibits and exercise best practice animal husbandry while delivering an amazing guest experience.
Your ability to multi-task and have a flexible and adaptable approach along with high attention to detail, the ability to meet deadlines and have demonstrated planning, organisational and time management skills are highly desired.
Please note that this role will require regular diving and appropriate certifications for diving will be required.

Benefits:
Alongside a fun and collaborative environment, you can enjoy our great benefits package, which includes a Merlin Magic Pass, which entitles you and your family and friends free admission to all our attractions worldwide. Perhaps the biggest benefit of joining us however, are the invaluable opportunities for further career training and development across our ever-expanding group. 

About Us:
Merlin Entertainments is a global leader in location-based, family entertainment and is the company behind iconic brands like SEA LIFE, Madame Tussauds, LEGOLAND, and Peppa Pig World of Play. As Europe’s Number 1 and the world’s second-largest visitor attraction operator, Merlin now operates 130 attractions, 20 hotels and 6 holiday villages in 25 countries and across 4 continents. Merlin’s purpose is to deliver memorable experiences to its 67 million guests around the world through its iconic brands and multiple attraction formats, and the commitment and passion of its 28,000 employees (peak season). Why do we do it? For the love of FUN!!

So if you are a team player who is vibrant and passionate about educating guests and creating memorable experiences in a great company and team who Love What We Do, we want to hear from you!


To Learn more and apply please click HERE







photo 
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant

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