Head of Animal Behaviour - Chessington World of Adventures and Zoo
About the role:
Heading up our Animal Behaviour team, you’ll be in charge of how we present our animals to our guests.
But it’s not just about running the various displays and wowing our adventurers with amazing facts. We also want you to bring your own ideas for new shows, new animals and new ways we could interact.
Key Objectives:
• To lead, motivate and develop the Presentation team, ensuring all delivery is of an excellent standard of Safety, Guests Service, Education and Animal Welfare.
• To assist and support the Zoo Manager and other Head of Sections in animal husbandry and staff management.
• To research, develop and implement the most current animal training techniques and procedures with the team and stock
About you:
Ideally you will be qualified in animal management, and you’ll certainly bring plenty of husbandry and training experience, but every bit as important as your practical knowledge will be your creativity and head full of bright ideas.
You will be a logical thinker, pioneering in your approach to guest service.
You will embrace our vision of untamed fun at Britain’s Wildest Adventure.
You will have experience of recruiting, training and leading a team, to delivering KPI’s in line with business objectives.
You will have working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
About us:
Chessington World of Adventures offers explorers of all ages the chance to go wild and leave the dull restraints of everyday life behind.
With our extraordinary blend of rides and wildlife, we focus on providing a great day out for all the family.
Not only will you be working at the heart of a brand that’s all about freedom, discovery and fun-filled challenges, you’ll also be joining a business that’s part of the massively successful Merlin Entertainments Group – the world’s second largest visitor attraction operator attracting over 32.5 million visitors a year.
Based at Chessington World of Adventures you will work 5 days out of 7, however, working hours will be flexible and include weekends, bank holidays and evenings.
Flexibility is required to meet the business needs.
Working pattern:
Based at Chessington World of Adventures you will work 5 days out of 7, however, working hours will be flexible and include weekends, bank holidays and evenings.
Flexibility is required to meet our business needs as there may be a need to undertake occasional travel to other attractions.
To apply for a job with a little more adventure, go to http://www.chessingtonjobs.com/
Closing date for applications 28.07.10
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