Deputy Team Leader (Great Apes)
Despite the significant challenges
that the pandemic has thrown at Twycross Zoo, we are as determined as ever to
evolve and progress with our ambitious plans.
Based in the heart of England, we
are 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, Gibbon Forest and a £3.5 million world-class
chimpanzee habitat, Chimpanzee Eden, and we are looking forward to building on
this continued growth and success.
What
will this role of Deputy Team Leader (Animal Keeper - 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 ensuring
that animal keeping is carried out to the Zoo’s required standards on a day to
day basis, and actively supporting the Team Leader.
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:
·
Report to the Team Leader, managing and supervising 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 121s, 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 (Animal Keeper - Great Apes) vacancy?
·
Proven experience and demonstrable working knowledge of zoological
animal management, with a strong track record of working with Great Apes
· Experience
of people / team management
·
Ideally have or working towards an appropriate qualification, such
as the Diploma in the Management of Zoo Animals and Aquaria
· Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills
· Good
team player with a positive and enthusiastic outlook and the ability to motivate
a team
· 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, you’ll receive a competitive salary,
along with additional benefits including 31 days holiday per annum inclusive of
bank holidays, and 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.
You’ll be employed on permanent
contract, working 43 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 are based in Atherstone, Warwickshire, on the A444 which is
easily accessed via the A5 and the M42 Junction 11.
Closing date: Closing date for applications is
27th of
November 2020. Shortlisting of applications will take place while the advert is
live. Interested candidates are therefore encouraged to submit applications as
quickly as possible.
All applications for this Deputy Team Leader (Animal Keeper -
Great Apes) 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.
Contact me? See below.
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