WEEKEND ZOO RANGER
Permanent – 21 hours per fortnight
We are Chester Zoo, and for over 80 years we’ve
been a leading conservation and education charity, and an amazing,
award-winning visitor attraction.
We’re also a team of passionate, talented, enthusiastic
and expert people, doing everything we can to keep the zoo going, from feeding
the animals to discovering new conservation ideas, and giving our 1.9 million
visitors an inspirational day out.
We work hard because we love animals, we care
about nature, we love Chester Zoo and we want to be the best zoo in the world!
If you think you can help us to achieve that,
then we’d love to hear from you.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a
Weekend Zoo Ranger to join our award winning Discovery & Learning team.
The Role:
Our Weekend Zoo Rangers deliver public
engagement around the Zoo, including one to one engagement, exhibition
supervision and other educational activities. Audiences vary from 1 to 500 or
more, and there is lots of public interaction requiring a confident and
outgoing personality.
The
successful candidate will have:
- A good knowledge
of the natural world and conservation, most likely gained through a degree
in a Zoo Biology or conservation-related field
- A dynamic and
creative mind
- The ability to
deliver high quality public engagement opportunities for our visitors
- Excellent customer
service skills, and able to work alone as well as part of a team
- Excellent verbal
and written communication skills, as the role is all about effective
communication
- Good
organisational and time management skills
A good working knowledge and experience of zoo
conservation education, including research, would be desirable, as is a good
knowledge of our animal collection and conservation work.
The
rate of pay for this role is £8.35 per hour and hours of work will be 3 days
out of 14. This includes working two days on one weekend and one day on the
second weekend, and may also include occasional evening work. In addition we
offer a range of amazing benefits which can be found at http://www.chesterzoo.org/footer/careers/working-at-chester-zoo.
Due to the nature of the organisation and the
role, this post is subject to a DBS check.
To apply for this position, please provide your
current CV and complete the application form highlighting your skills and
experience including why you believe you should be considered for our Weekend Zoo
Ranger role to http://www.chesterzoo.org/footer/careers.
Closing date for applications is Thursday 17th August 2017
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant        |
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