BIAZA Small Mammal Sub Group Co-Chair Vacancy

BIAZA

Closing date for applications is: 30th Apr 2021

Sector:	BIAZA Committee/Working Group Vacancies
Type:	Volunteer

The BIAZA Small Mammal Sub Group (SMSG) is one of the teams that form the Mammal Working Group.

SMSG Mission Statement:

Our mission is to empower keepers within the BIAZA community to apply their acquired skills and knowledge, to contribute to the highest standards of husbandry and care for small mammal species.

SMSG aims:

1. Support the education of small mammal keepers within BIAZA collections.

2. Promote advances in the husbandry of small mammal species within BIAZA collections.

3. Raise awareness of conservation issues facing small mammal species in-situ.

4. Contribute to and support the availability of husbandry resources relating to small mammal species.

SMSG co-chair role description

The SMSG aim to support these objectives by:

Supporting the MWG Chair and vice chairs in working with the BIAZA Office
Attending at least three yearly meetings (one of which is the annual Mammal Working Group conference).
Facilitating and encouraging cooperation and collaboration with other BIAZA committees and Working Groups. Responding to, advising on, and contributing to best practice guidance on matters of animal husbandry.
Contributing to relevant BIAZA communications and resources e.g. articles for the BIAZA website, updates for BIAZA BiteSize newsletter, presenting at conferences etc.
Supporting the Chair and BIAZA Office in responding to ad hoc queries from the membership.

Please note these roles can only be filled by a staff member from a member collection, you must have support from your institution to sit on the group.

Apply for this job:

Please send a brief expression of interest to frankie.lawrence-thompson@biaza.org.uk identifying why you would like to sit on the group, your background and what you would bring to the role.

Reach the right people. Advertise here.

This vacancy has been posted out to the many thousands who read the popular Zoo Jobs Blog Page and then on to the 129,400 plus followers of the ZooNews Digest Facebook Page. It is then immediately forwarded on to Twitter and then to Pinterest and Linkedin (8,000+ connections). Many vacancies are shared to individuals and groups. In short your vacancy will have the potential of reaching something in the region of some 80,000 plus people within 24 hours. Most of these people are working in a zoo environment, Keepers, Curators, Vets, Zoo Directors, Trainers, Aquarists and more.

ZooNews Digest has subscribers in over 1200 Zoos in 150+ countries. Zoo professionals are International.

The number of people who will actually read the posted vacancy will actually be considerably less. Usually this will be between two hundred and three thousand. This will depend on the type of post, the time of the year and where it is located…of course not all will apply. I wish you the very best of luck in finding the right candidate for your post.

To make a donation to help with the continuation of the work of ZooNews Digest please click on the DONATE button on top left of this page. Thank you. I will be most grateful. elvinhow@gmail.com