Wild Connections Zoo Keeper
Chessington World of Adventures
We are Chessington
World of Adventures Resort and we are part of the magical Merlin
Entertainments!
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 &
passion to interact with the public
·Enthusiasm to learn
& develop in the role
·Good level of
understanding of animal behaviour and the care of animals
·Strong
communication & 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 & bank holidays; flexibility is required to meet the needs of the
business.
Alongside a
competitive annual salary up to £17,333 and 28 days holiday (including bank
holidays) you can look forward to enjoying a great benefits package including a Group Personal Pension Plan,
Merlin Magic pass, Employee Assistance Programme, Life Assurance, 25% discount
in our retail shops and restaurants, 40% discount online off of LEGO, and much
more!
Closing date for applications is: 13th May 2019
To apply please
visit - https://merlin.csod.com/ats/careersite/jobdetails.aspx?site=2&c=merlin&id=2553
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