Trainee Primate
Keeper – Part Time
(3 days per week)
Howletts Wild Animal Park in Canterbury, Kent
is recruiting for the position of Trainee Primate Keeper, working 3 days per
week 8am – 5pm.
Howletts is a world
class wildlife park run by the international conservation charity The Aspinall
Foundation, and works to support a number of overseas conservation projects
including the Java Primate Project in Indonesia. We are home to a collection of
rare and endangered primates, including Javan gibbons, Dusky langurs, Sulawesi
macaques, Pied tamarins and Gelada baboons to name a few.
The ideal candidate
will have previous experience in a mainstream zoological collection, an
awareness of current conservation issues and a genuine passion for animal
welfare. They must posses good all round animal husbandry skills and be
enthusiastic in contributing to the enrichment of the primate species around
the park. An relevant animal management qualification or similar would be
advantageous. You must hold a full valid driving licence.
A practical and
proactive approach coupled with good organisation and communication skills and
an overall understanding of the role of the modern animal collection is
essential.
Working 3 days per
week, including weekends and bank holidays, the successful candidate will have
a genuinely flexible approach to working hours.
Salary is in line
with national living/minimum wage.
All applicants must
have right to work in the UK.
Closing date: Friday
20 April 2018
To apply - please
email a CV along with a covering letter to: personnel@aspinallfoundatio.org
Or post to: Human Resources, Port Lympne Wild
Animal Park, Lympne, Kent CT21 4PD.
Visit our website at
www.aspinallfoundation.org for
further information.
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant        |
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