Animal Technician: Zoo Mammals and Birds
Berkshire
College of Agriculture
The College
is seeking to appoint an Animal & Education Centre Technician: Zoo Mammals
and Birds to contribute to the College’s zoo licensed and BIAZA
member Animal Management Centre.
You will be
responsible for the day-to-day care and husbandry of the animals housed on the
zoo section of the AMC. The section consists of a zoo courtyard and nocturnal
room which house a diverse range of birds and mammals. Species under your care
include primates, Asian short-clawed otters, Bali starlings, Tawny frogmouth,
raccoons and meerkats amongst others.
The key
responsibilities of the role are developing and maintaining high standards of
husbandry and animal welfare as well as the direct supervision of students
during their practical sessions and skills development.
As an AMC
technician: Zoo Mammals and Birds you will be expected to have proven knowledge
and experience of working with a range of zoo animal species, experience of
working with young people. You should have a forward thinking and progressive
approach to animal training and enrichment.
An important
element of the role is ensuring that the student experience is both positive
and rewarding. To meet this aim it is essential the post holder has a clear
commitment to providing high quality support to our learners as well as
demonstrating exceptional standards of animal welfare.
Reasons to
join us:
- Generous annual leave
entitlement and pension scheme
- A wide range of learning and
career opportunities
- Childcare, cycle to work and
local business employee corporate discount schemes
- Free on-site parking
- Various health and wellbeing
benefits (including free use of the College gym)
To apply for
this exciting role, complete an application form which can be downloaded from
FE jobs:
Completed
applications forms can be uploaded directly by selecting ‘Apply Now’ or emailed
to the HR Department . For any queries, please contact the HR team who will be
happy to help you.
Closing
date: Midnight Friday 8th January 2021
Interview
date: Week commencing 18th January 2021
Please note
that due to the Christmas break, the HR team will be unable to answer queries
received between Saturday 19th December 2020 and Sunday 3rd January 2021. The
HR team will respond to any queries received during this time as soon as
possible on their return during the week commencing Monday 4th January 2021.
Candidates will be notified whether they have been shortlisted for interview
during the week commencing Monday 11th January 2021.
FYI
This vacancy has been posted out to the many thousands who read the popular Zoo Jobs Blog Page and then on to the 129,400 plus followers of the ZooNews Digest Facebook Page. It is then immediately forwarded on to Twitter and then to Pinterest and Linkedin (8,000+ connections). Many vacancies are shared to individuals and groups. In short your vacancy will have the potential of reaching something in the region of some 80,000 plus people within 24 hours. Most of these people are working in a zoo environment, Keepers, Curators, Vets, Zoo Directors, Trainers, Aquarists and more.
ZooNews Digest has subscribers in over 1200 Zoos in 150+ countries. Zoo professionals are International.
The number of people who will actually read the posted vacancy will actually be considerably less. Usually this will be between two hundred and three thousand. This will depend on the type of post, the time of the year and where it is located…of course not all will apply. I wish you the very best of luck in finding the right candidate for your post.
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