Primate Care Team
Manager
Charity Overview:
Wild Futures is a leader in the field of primate welfare and conservation,
environmental education and sustainable practice. Our Monkey Sanctuary in
Cornwall has over 50 years’ experience of caring for primates rescued from the
pet trade.
Job Summary
Primate Care Team
Manager:
Responsible for:
Primate Care Team and for the welfare and care of the primates at the Wild
Futures Monkey Sanctuary.
Benefits:
£20567pa 30 days annual leave
Responsible to:
Director
Summary:
The role requires a
team player who understands and works with the Wild Futures objects, aims and
ethos.
Qualifications/Experience:
5 years primate care
Management of
staff/team
The Primate Care
Team Manager will coordinate the Primate Care Team to include:
Training: Be able to
mentor, train and enthuse members of team and enable other team members to do
the same. See Carer details below. Much of the Primate Carer job description is
applicable to the manager, with time given on the rota to enable the extra responsibilities
of the managerial position.
Instruct and oversee
best practice. To be able to effectively and respectfully communicate to
colleagues of all levels regardless of their position.
Organise and track
carers’ progress, ensure that charts are updated, coordinate with trainers.
Coordinate monkey
care in consultation with experienced staff, team and veterinary practice as
appropriate.
Rotas and
recruitment
Meetings: Health
Care Team: ensure good communication of all primate care issues between staff
and coordinate work. Provide updates at All Staff meetings.
Manager Team: Weekly
meetings with the Site Manager and Director to coordinate work and report and
discuss welfare, practical, personnel and governance issues.
Trustee Meetings:
Attend and report to the statutory Trustee meetings (x4 per year).
Familiarity and
compliance with all health and safety protocols and documentation. This
includes emergency procedures, risk assessment and safe working practices.
Ability to instruct others in the above and monitor compliance.
Manage budget (as
agreed by Director and Trustees).
Report to and
consult with Director on all of above.
Primate Carer
You should be
knowledgeable about and have a commitment to the aims of Wild Futures and The
Monkey Sanctuary. You will learn to work with each of the various primate
species resident at the Sanctuary. We currently house capuchin monkeys (Cebus
and Sapajus sp), Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus), marmosets (Callithrix sp)
and woolly monkeys (Lagothrix sp). Due to the intensive and lengthy training
process, a commitment of at least two years is required for applicants to be
considered for this role.
You will become a
functional member of the Primate Care Team. This role includes the following:
You will be expected to learn to distinguish individual monkeys, to become
knowledgeable about their backgrounds, and to show a sensitivity to their needs
which indicates your suitability as a primate carer. Over the course of your
training, you will (under the supervision of experienced staff) become one of
the monkeys' primary caregivers; managing the monkeys, cleaning, maintaining
and enriching enclosures; preparing and distributing food and medication;
monitoring the health and well-being of the monkeys in your care. You will be
responsible for maintaining daily up-to date information on the status and
well-being of each individual through a computer database. You will become
knowledgeable about the behaviour and ecology of each species of monkey and
apply this knowledge in their daily care.
You will be required
to do cover (that is, stay on-site and be the responsible member of staff) one
or two overnight shifts per week.
Other
responsibilities
The Sanctuary is
open to the public for seven months of the year. You will spend a sizeable
amount of time speaking to the public, in large and small groups, about our
rescued monkeys, monkeys in the wild, the ethos and history of Wild Futures and
the Monkey Sanctuary, and more. You should demonstrate confidence and
willingness to do this.
You will also:
Be asked to
supervise volunteers on monkey cleaning routines, making enrichment and other
tasks that are essential to the day to day running of the Sanctuary.
Be asked to assist
with other work such as territory maintenance, grounds and gardening work, and
general household duties.
Be expected to
develop and maintain good communications with all team members and evolve a
co-operative living and working relationship with other members of the
community. A regular review process will enable you and the team to monitor
your progress and mentor you through your training.
Show that you can be
flexible in your work, adapting to new situations as they arise and you will be
able to prioritise work according to tasks you have been given (with monkey
care always being the most important).
Be expected to work
five full days a week and to be flexible about your days off.
You will have an
allowance of thirty days annual leave per year; to be allocated in
collaboration with other members of staff. Bank Holidays are work days.
Applicants must be UK or EU residents or have permission to work
in the UK.
Please note that
this role is physically demanding; candidates must be fit for the work.
Please send CV and
motivational letter to rachel_hevesi@wildfutures.org
Thank you!
Wild Futures:
Registered Charity no. 1102532
Peter Dickinson
Independent International Zoo Consultant        |
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