Wild connections zoo
keeper
Chessington World of
Adventures
As a member of our
wild connections team you will be responsible for the daily husbandry of the
animals on the section including cleaning, diet preparation, record keeping and
enclosure redesign. Other duties will include planning, evaluating and executing
environmental enrichment for the animals under your care and delivering
first-class animal presentations, shows, meet and greets, commercial activities
and memorable experiences to our adventurers. You will be required to use
positive reinforcement to train a wide variety of species for husbandry, guest
interactions and presentations. To excel in this role you will need good
initiative to come up with new ideas to help move the section forward and to
increase revenue and minimise costs, whilst maintaining standards.
As a member of the
wild connections team you will be required to work alongside the wider zoo team
as well as employees from all over the resort and mentor, coach and supervise
work-experience students and interns.
We are looking for the following skills and
experience;
• Extensive
practical experience working with a wide range of species
• Exceptional
presentation skills
• The ability and
passion to interact with the public
• Enthusiasm to
learn and develop in the role
• Good level of
understanding of animal behaviour and the care of animals
• Strong
communication and computer skills
• Efficient time
management and organisational skills
This role is
permanent working full time 40 hours; 5 days out of 7. Shifts include weekdays,
weekends and bank holidays; flexibility is required to meet the needs of the
business.
Alongside a
competitive annual salary and 28 days holiday you can look forward to enjoying
a great benefits package including a
Group Personal Pension Plan, Merlin Magic pass, Employee Assistance Programme,
Childcare Vouchers, Life Assurance, 25% discount in our retail shops and
restaurants, 40% discount online off of LEGO, and much more!
Closing date for
applications is: 12th Mar 2018
To submit an
application please follow this link.
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant        |
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