Zoo Jobs: Zoological Curator

Zoological Curator

The Living Rainforest and the Trust for Sustainable Living are Co-Authors in a vision that combines 3 glasshouses providing a unique, sensory and immersive experience creating wonder and curiosity about the environment and life sciences with a mission to inspire the next generation to reach out to a sustainable future though imagination and leadership. Our Educational charity ensures that we are a highly sought after centre for schools right across the South of England and our Zoological team provide the canvass on which we all work

The Living Rainforest Centre has a highly talented, knowledgeable and enthusiastic zoological team who maintain the animal collection and constantly review the collections management, standards and practices. Equally importantly they develop our collection to offer a unique blend of taxa diversity and an authentic rainforest feel to ensure our visitors have an inspiring visit.

This is a great opportunity to work with a wide variety of species from Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians to Fish and Invertebrates. This is a perfect first step for a senior keeper to gain curatorial experience.

The Role

As Curator you will lead a dedicated and enthusiastic team

· to ensure the highest standards of animal husbandry, welfare and exhibit
· Overseeing budgets and developing conservation projects in keeping with the ethos of the organisation
· Oversee department staff and volunteer development, training and evaluation both in animal management and customer service
· Develop public engagement
· Set and implement protocols to allow safe and legal functioning of the department and maintain welfare standards.
· Implement all developing zoo and other relative legislation (including Zoo license, CITES, BALAI, Article 30 and 10, records and more)
· The team is small so this is a hands-on role which is both fulfilling and challenging