Assistant Curator
Full time, Permanent Position
Dublin Zoo holds the prestigious
position of being ‘Ireland’s Number One Fee Paying Family Attraction’
having welcomed in excess of one million visitors each year.
Our
purpose is to save wildlife and inspire a passion for nature – one person, one family
at a time.
An
exciting position has arisen for an Assistant
Curator to join the Dublin Zoo team.
This is a key appointment and the successful candidate will have the
required experience necessary to help Dublin
Zoo maintain and improve its standing in the world zoo community.
Reporting
to the General Curator of Animal and Plants, the successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the General Curator
in the overall day-to-day management of the Animal and Plants Department and
supporting and assisting them to ensure international best practice in animal
welfare, general compliance with health and safety regulations and consistent
performance to overall Zoo management standards whilst also being a hands on
member of the team.
Administrative duties will include provision of
information and updates to the General Curator, HR, payroll and health and
safety records as well as Animal Welfare Assessments and Health and Safety
Audits.
The successful candidate must
have at least 7 years’ hands on experience in the care and management of zoo
animals in a medium/large sized modern zoological garden/ or wildlife park and
at least 5 years’ experience in a supervisory position in an EAZA or
BIAZA collection (or equivalent) and have the ability to provide leadership and
motivation to a multidisciplinary team and communicate effectively with people
at all levels, organisations, the media and the community at large.
A tertiary qualification in an
appropriate discipline, e.g. Zoology or other wildlife related science, is essential.
The ideal candidate will have an understanding and appreciation of Zoo’s
ethics, research, education programs and conservation involvement and
experience in zoo breeding programmes, structured animal welfare assessments as
well as a wide range of husbandry procedures, including capture and restraint
and transport methods.
Applications should be made via the Dublin Zoo website
no later than 3rd October 2022
Enquiries regarding this position can be made to:
Amy Vickers,
Human Resources Department,
A full job description will
be made available to all candidates shortlisted for interview.
Dublin Zoo is an Equal Opportunity
Employer.
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