Senior Keeper Vacancy
The
Living Rainforest currently has a vacancy for a Senior Keeper within the Animal
Department.
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.
The Role:
·
This is primarily a hands on, practical role, working
with a diverse range of tropical animals from all taxa and reporting directly
to the Animal Curator. You will be expected to effectively manage both your
time and that of the rest of the department in order to meet daily, weekly and
monthly goals.
·
You will be expected to assist with record
keeping, diet assessments, welfare audits, medical treatment, collection
planning, enclosure construction, informal education, research projects, health
and safety assessments and much more in this diverse role.
·
This role will also involve providing support to
the Animal Curator with regards to collection planning and maintenance,
husbandry policy and legislation requirements. Therefore you are expected to
have good understanding of Zoo licensing and associated legislation.
·
You will assist in the supervision and training of
Junior Keepers, volunteers and work experience students to ensure consistently
high standards. You should have experience of managing a small team and
teaching relevant skills.
·
Public education is important to The Living
Rainforest therefore you will be trained as a tour guide and will be required
to undertake some school tour guiding and keeper talks.
·
The job is physically demanding and will involve
some heavy lifting and some construction and maintenance work. Therefore you
should be physically fit. Practical experience of enclosure planning and
construction will be useful, but is not essential as training will be provided.
·
The Living Rainforest is continuing to increase
our involvement with the BIAZA working groups and other external institutions.
We hope to provide opportunities to attend meetings and training sessions, and
will be supportive of staff contributions to research, articles for
publication, or other projects, providing that they are relevant to our
collection and staff time is available.
·
Working hours are approximately 9.00 – 5.30pm five
days per week on a rota’d basis. Some weekend and bank holiday work will be
required.
·
Salary will be commensurate with level of
experience, between £16 – 18k per annum. The holiday allowance is 20 days per
annum plus bank holidays. TSL participates in a group stakeholder pension
scheme.
·
Accommodation and transport are not provided with
this post.
Applicants:
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Applicants should have a minimum of three years zoo
industry experience (full time employment).
·
Applicants should have an animal related
qualification at Level 4 or above.
·
Experience of public education is important along
with some basic knowledge of rainforests and exotic species.
·
A full driver’s license and own vehicle will be
necessary for travel to and from the workplace as public transport is
infrequent. There may also be occasions when travel is required as a part of
your job role and therefore access to your own vehicle will be essential.
·
The Living Rainforest is an equal opportunities
employer.
Please fill out an
application form and send back, along with a one page cover letter and CV to Robyn
Daniels, Human Resources. If you are unable to download the application form,
please request an emailed copy from us. The closing date for applications is February 7th 2014 ,
with first interviews anticipated to be held the week of February 17th.
Email:
finance@livingrainforest.org
Post:
HR department
The Living Rainforest
Hampstead Norreys
Thatcham
RG18 0TN
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