Senior Animal Keeper
Colchester Zoo
Colchester Zoo are
looking to recruit a full-time senior animal keeper to work on one of its
busiest and most demanding sections comprising of three of the zoo’s
walkthrough enclosures and animal handling and feeding areas.
This post provides
the opportunity to work with rainbow lorikeets, aldabra, sulcata and
spur-thighed tortoises, wallabies, darwin’s rhea, corn snakes and royal
pythons, pygmy hedgehogs and a range of domestic species in a high visitor
concentrated section. The successful applicant will be part of a large team
entrusted with the care of the above animals and will be required to carry out
daily interactions and experiences with our guests, input ideas for the
continual progression and development of animal husbandry and enclosure design
as well as maintain high standards of enclosure presentation, animal care and
breeding management.
We are looking for
an individual who is highly motivated and hard working, with a minimum of 5
years’ experience working in a zoological collection and a keen interest in
visitor engagement. Excellent customer service, communication and animal
husbandry skills are essential and some experience of supervising staff would
be preferable.
Applicants should
have the Diploma in the Management of Zoo Animals and Aquaria or an equivalent
qualification and have a full valid driving licence.
This is a permanent
position with a start date as soon as is possible and salary is dependent on
qualifications and experience.
To apply for this job:
Please send a
completed application form which can be found HERE, CV and covering letter for
the attention of Miss Sarah Forsyth, Curator, by email –
vacancies@colchesterzoo.org
or by post to – Colchester Zoo,
Maldon Road,
Stanway
Essex
CO3 0SL
Closing date for applications - 11th August 2017
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant        |
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