Internship Vacancy
The Living Rainforest is inviting
applications for an unpaid voluntary work placement with the Animal Department.
Our internship programme has now been running successfully for two years and
for the first time we are offering the vacancy to external candidates.
Trust for Sustainable Living is a
registered charity based near Newbury, Berkshire. At our visitor centre, The
Living Rainforest, the animal collection is contained within two tropical
glasshouses and consists of more than 60 species. These include callitrichids,
toucans and turacos, snakes, chelonian, stingrays, dendrobatids, and invertebrates.
Role
and Responsibilities:
·
The primary role of the intern
will be to participate in the daily husbandry and daily routines of the animal
department. This includes feeding animals, maintaining enclosures, daily record
keeping and animal health checks.
·
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As an intern, you will also help with the daily supervision of
existing volunteers and participate in the training of new volunteers and work
experience students.
As an intern, you will also help with the daily supervision of
existing volunteers and participate in the training of new volunteers and work
experience students.
·
You will also receive training and
be expected to participate in keeper talks, workshops and keeper experience
days which run through holidays and at weekends.
·
You will have the opportunity
to gain knowledge of the different aspects of the department such as veterinary
treatment, enclosure design and record keeping.
·
You may also be invited to
attend both internal and external meetings. This may include ethics committees,
BIAZA taxon working groups and staff meetings.
·
Where suitable, there may also
be opportunities for research projects to be undertaken.
Terms
of placement:
·
This is a six month voluntary
work placement for a registered charity, from March 2014 to September 2014.
·
It is preferred that interns
are able to work from 9am to 5.30pm five days a week on a rota basis. This will
include some weekends and bank holidays as necessary.
·
This is an unpaid internship;
however travel and lunch expenses will be reimbursed up to the Mileage
allowance. N.B. Mileage allowance will be capped at £200 per month (four week
period) and a daily lunch allowance of £1.72.
The
applicant
·
Preference will be given to
applicants with an Animal related qualification or working towards an Animal
related qualification, who want to partake in this voluntary work placement in
order to seek further industry experience.
·
Some experience within the zoo
industry or with exotics would be desirable but not essential.
·
Applicants should be
enthusiastic, hard-working and have a willingness to learn new skills.
·
It is recommended that you have
your own form of transport to get to and from The Living Rainforest each day as
public transport is infrequent in this area.
To
Apply
The vacancy will remain open until February
5th 2014 or until the post is filled. To apply for this position
please send your CV and cover letter, including a contact telephone number to
Robyn Daniels, Human Resources:
Email: finance@livingrainforest.org
Post: The Living Rainforest
Hampstead Norreys
Berkshire
RG18 0TN
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