SENIOR KEEPER BIRDS & REPTILES

SENIOR KEEPER BIRDS and REPTILES

Experienced Senior Keeper Bird/Reptile Section (Ref No: AD/B2/11)

Experienced Senior Keeper, to oversee the day to day running of Bird/Reptile Section within the zoo. The role dictates that a ‘hands on’ approach will be required and an emphasis on coaching of individuals and team building.

As well as being responsible for your section, you will also assist and deputise for the head keeper of your area with some of their work and help in developing and moving forward your section within the framework of the animal department's aims and objectives in a new and exciting period within Blackpool Zoo’s history.

You will need to be hard working, physically fit, enthusiastic and reliable. A minimum of 5 years zoo keeping experience with a minimum of three years experience working with exotic birds in a zoo environment plus proven people management skills and the Advanced Zoo Animal Management course, or equivalent, are essential.

For the above we offer a competitive salary, inclusion in the company’s pension scheme and the opportunity to further your career within the zoological world.

Subsidised single occupancy (on site) accommodation will be available with these posts, if required.

Blackpool Zoo is ideally and conveniently located on the outskirts of the "UK most popular holiday resort". Less than a 5 minute drive from the M55 motorway, the zoo’s site is also easily accessible from numerous rural villages in the surrounding area. The zoo itself is situated in a well established green belt area of the town and is only a 10 minute drive away from the town centre, which offers a veritable feast of nightlife, entertainment and shopping as well as the famous Golden Mile coastline. Blackpool can genuinely offer "something for everyone", from singles to families, yet
within an hour drive of this vibrant town you can be in the Lake District, Manchester or even the Yorkshire Dales

The closing date for applications is the 23rd May 2011.


A job description for the post can be obtained from the Personnel Department

Please apply, in writing enclosing a full CV and quoting the Reference number
of the post, to:

Personnel Department
Blackpool Zoo
East Park Drive
Blackpool
FY3 8PP

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EXPERIENCED PRIMATE KEEPER

Ref - AD/PK/11


Blackpool Zoo is looking for an experienced Primate keeper to assist in the daily care and husbandry needs of over twenty species of Primates that it currently maintains, many of which are managed as part of captive breeding programmes including Gorillas and Orang-utans.

You will need to be hard working, physically fit, enthusiastic and reliable. You should possess the Advanced National Certificate in the Management of zoo Animals or an equivalent and have a minimum of three years Primate keeping experience. Some experience with Great Apes would be advantageous although not essential.

In return we offer a competitive salary, pension scheme and the opportunity to further your career within the zoological world.

Subsidised single occupancy (on site) accommodation is available with this post, if required.

Blackpool Zoo is ideally and conveniently located on the outskirts of the "UK most popular holiday resort". Less than a 5 minute drive from the M55 motorway, the zoos site is also easily accessible from numerous rural villages in the surrounding area. The zoo itself is situated in a well established green belt area of the town and is only a 10 minute drive away from the town centre, which offers a veritable feast of nightlife, entertainment and shopping as well as the famous Golden Mile coastline. Blackpool can genuinely offer "something for everyone", from singles to families, yet, within an hour drive of this vibrant town you can be in the Lake District, Manchester or even the Yorkshire Dales

The closing date for applications is the10th April 2011.

Please apply, in writing enclosing a full CV and quoting the
Reference number of the post, to:

Personnel Department
Blackpool Zoo
East Park Drive
Blackpool
FY3 8PP

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SENIOR KEEPER BIRD SECTION - BLACKPOOL ZOO

SENIOR KEEPER BIRD SECTION

 (Ref SK/AD/B10)

(ANIMAL DEPARTMENT)

BLACKPOOL ZOO

Attractive Salary Package: Commensurate with experience.

Single accommodation is available with this post, if required.

Blackpool Zoo is looking for an experienced Senior Keeper, to assist

the Section Head, in the day to day running and future development

of the Bird/Reptile section within the zoo. As well as being a key member

of your section, you will assist the Section Head in developing and moving

forward the section within the framework of the animal department's aims

and objectives.

A minimum of 4 years zoo keeping experience, 3 years of which will

have been spent working with exotic Birds and a strong interest in Reptiles in a

similar environment plus proven people management skills and the Zoo

Animal Management Course, or equivalent, are essential.

You will need to be hard working, physically fit; enthusiastic and reliable.

Blackpool Zoo is ideally and conveniently located on the outskirts of

the "UK most popular holiday resort". Less than a 5 minute drive from

the M55 motorway, the zoos site is also easily accessible from

numerous rural villages in the surrounding area. The zoo itself is

situated in a well established green belt area of the town and is

only a 10 minute drive away from the town centre, which offers a

veritable feast of nightlife, entertainment and shopping as well as

the famous Golden Mile coastline.

Blackpool can genuinely offer "something for everyone", from singles

to families, yet, within an hour drive of this vibrant town you can

be in the Lake District, Manchester or even the Yorkshire Dales

The closing date for all applications is the 31st October 2010.

Please apply, in writing enclosing a full CV and quoting the

Reference number of the post you wish to apply for to:

Personnel Department

Blackpool Zoo

East Park Drive

Blackpool

FY3 8PP

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Voluntary Primate Keeper Internship

Wild Futures’ Monkey Sanctuary

Voluntary Primate Keeper Internship

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This is a one-year long post, which is unpaid but for which you will be provided with shared accommodation and food. It is an exciting opportunity to develop a wide range of skills, working alongside an experienced team, with the chance to earn a recommendation from a highly respected primate sanctuary. There may be an option to take an NVQ in animal care, dependant on funding. All of which are assets to anyone passionate about pursuing a career in animal welfare and conservation. Selected candidates will be invited to visit the Sanctuary and be formally interviewed for this position and selected according to demonstrated ability to fulfil the following:

Primary responsibilities
You should be aware of and have a commitment to the aims of Wild Futures. You will work primarily with a small group of monkeys. This may be Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) and a patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) or woolly monkeys (Lagothrix), depending on the needs of the groups at the time. You will be expected to learn to distinguish individual monkeys, their backgrounds and to show a sensitivity to them which indicates your suitability as a keeper. Over the course of the year, you will (under the supervision of experienced staff) become one of the monkeys' primary caregivers; cleaning, maintaining and enriching enclosures and preparing and distributing food and medication, whilst monitoring the health and well-being of the monkeys in your care. You will be responsible for maintaining daily up-to date information on the status and wellbeing of each individual through a computer database.

Other responsibilities
The Sanctuary is open to the public for six months of the year. You will need to learn about the monkeys and the ethos of the Sanctuary sufficiently, so you can talk to and educate visitors and run workshops. You should demonstrate confidence and willingness to do this.

You will also:

Be asked to supervise short-term volunteers on other cleaning routines, making enrichment and other tasks that are essential to the day to day running of the Sanctuary.

Be asked to assist with other work such as territory maintenance, grounds and gardening work, campaigns and computer work, as well as work in the shop, at the desk or in the café (especially during busy times), as the need arises.

Need to share responsibility for certain tasks with members of staff and other interns (such as cleaning the public toilets, cooking for the household and washing house laundry) via a rota system.

Be expected to develop and maintain good communications with all team members and evolve a co-operative living and working relationship with other members of the community. A monthly review process will enable you and the team to monitor your progress and mentor you through your internship.

Show that you can be flexible in your work, adapting to new situations as they arise and you will be able to prioritise work according to tasks you have been given (with monkey care always being the most important).

Be expected to work five full days a week and to be flexible about your days off.

You will have an allowance of thirty days annual leave over the course of your internship. Applicants must be UK or EU residents or have permission to work in the UK.

The next internship post potentially begins in January 2011. Please send a CV and letter of interest before 1st December 2010 to Healthcare/Internship, preferably via email. Please include a SAE if you apply by post.

healthcare@wildfutures.org

Healthcare/Internship
Wild Futures
The Monkey Sanctuary
Murrayton House
Looe
Cornwall

http://www.wildfutures.org/

Registered Charity no. 1102532

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Amazon World Zoo Park - Education / Marketing Person

Amazon World Zoo Park - Education / Marketing Person

A Unique Opportunity has arisen at Amazon World Zoo Park for an Education / Marketing Person for the Isle of Wight's largest exotic animal collection. The successful applicant must be willing to work hands on with a variety of animals, be confident at public talking, be self-motivated, dynamic, reliable, happy to work onsite and offsite with adults and children and work well in a team.


Applicants must hold a full driving licence and will be CRB checked. Accommodation is available

Closing date: 14.02.10 Please send your C.V. with a cover letter to Personnel, Amazon World Zoo Park, Watery Lane, Newchurch, Isle Of Wight PO36 0LX




Amazon World Zoo Park
Watery Lane,
Newchurch,
Isle of Wight
PO36 0LX
UK
Tel +44 1983 867122
Fax +44 1983 868560

E-mail: info@amazonworld.co.uk
Web: http://www.amazonworld.co.uk/

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