Animal Keeper –
Animal Encounters
The Department of
Animal Welfare & Conservation is currently recruiting for a dedicated,
reliable, confident team member. This position is offered on a permanent, full
time basis.
Working as part of
the successful Animal & Welfare Department you will be responsible for
maintaining a safe environment for both yourself and the public by adhering to
associated risk assessments and protocols without exception.
Working as part of
the demonstrations team, you will be expected to deliver high quality
educational and entertaining displays of natural behaviours. The successful
applicant will have the opportunity to work with and train an exciting
collection of birds, reptiles and mammals, including, but not exclusively;
raptors, psittacines and Californian sea lions; and be a part of continually
developing and improving the daily displays.
The zoo animal
management qualification (DMZAA) is desirable but not essential for this
position, however; the successful candidate would be expected to work towards
achieving this qualification.
The successful
applicant will need to be a highly motivated, hard working individual who has a
good understanding of animal behaviour and previous experience training and
working with a variety of species. The ability to take part in public
presentations is essential as well as exceptional animal husbandry skills, high
standards of animal care and excellent communication skills. Previous
experience with the species we hold is preferable however those candidates’
with comparable experience will be considered.
Preference will be
given to applicants that have worked and/or volunteered within the following
fields: Zoo’s, Safari Park’s,
Farming/Agriculture & Equestrian.
Applicants will need
to be flexible as regular weekend working is required to meet the needs of the
business.
For further
information and details on how to apply, please visit our website www.woburnsafari.co.uk.
Closing
date: 26th
August 2016
If you have not
heard from us within 21 days of the closing date please consider your
application unsuccessful on this occasion.
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant        |
