Tilgate Park Zookeeper

We have an exciting opportunity for a Zookeeper at Tilgate Nature Centre where we are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join our team.

Tilgate Park Nature Centre is a top tourist attraction having been inducted into the Trip Advisor Hall of Fame and the park as a whole receives upwards of 750,000 visitors per year.

As part of a dynamic team caring for a collection of around 500 animals you will be involved in all aspects of the zoo, from visitor experience and enclosure creation through to animal welfare and conservation.

You will have relevant practical experience in the husbandry of a wide range of species and have an animal care qualification. The responsibilities of the role also include routine cleaning, enclosure and grounds maintenance tasks.

You will have responsibility for a wide range of animals including exotic animals and have experience across taxa.

If you think you might be the person we are looking for, please fill in the application form and tell us all about yourself.

We recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible, as we may close this advert before the stated closing date if enough applications are received.

To learn more and/or apply please click HERE

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Zoo Manager

 

Zoo Manager
Tilgate Park

We have a rare and exciting opportunity for a new full-time Zoo Manager to join our team here at Tilgate Park!

Curating a collection of around 500 animals and leading a dynamic and creative team, you will be managing all aspects of the zoo, from visitor experience and education through to animal welfare and conservation.

Essential qualifications and experience: The successful candidate must have a degree or equivalent ability in relevant biological subject or animal care/husbandry, management, health and safety at work and a full driving licence.

For more information and to apply, please visit: https://crawley.gov.uk/.../curre.../tilgate-park-zoo-manager

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ONLY IF YOU ARE SERIOUSLY LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT PERSON(S)

 Do you have a zoo or aquarium role to advertise? Do you want to take advantage of our social media following of over 129,700+ engaged zoo and aquarium industry professionals? ZooNews Digest has been reaching people longer than the rest.

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Peter Dickinson Independent International Zoo Consultant +66 (0) 93 0835 862 | elvinhow@gmail.com https://iizc.org/ | Skype: peter.dickinson48

Nature Centre Assistant

 

Nature Centre Assistant

 

Tilgate Nature Centre

 

Tilgate Nature Centre is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join our team as a Nature Centre Assistant.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the daily husbandry of the Nature Centre’s animals; they will work primarily in our Madagascar Zone, which includes species such as radiated tortoises, Dumeril’s boas, vasa parrots, pin-stripe dambas and ring-tailed lemurs.

In addition they will be required to carry out routine enclosure and grounds maintenance tasks.

They will have relevant practical experience in the husbandry of a wide range of species and have an animal care qualification.

If you think you might be the person we are looking for, please fill in the application form and tell us all about yourself.

To learn more and or apply please click HERE

FYI

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.

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Peter Dickinson Independent International Zoo Consultant +66 (0) 93 0835 862 | elvinhow@gmail.com https://iizc.org/ | Skype: peter.dickinson48

Seasonal Education & Nature Centre Assistant

Seasonal Education and Nature Centre Assistant

Salary dependent on experience: £20,571 – £21,562 pro rata

Fixed Term Contract until 28th September 2018

Tilgate Nature Centre is looking for an enthusiastic and outgoing individual to join our education team. The main purpose of this role is to interact with our visitors, telling them all about the wonderful world of animals in our very popular public talk programme. You will also be responsible for hosting animal encounter experiences such as Meet the Meerkats.

The successful candidate will be passionate about the world of wildlife and sharing it with others. They should have excellent customer service skills and experience in public speaking.

This position is a part-time temporary position of 24 hours a week, with days of work Friday to Monday. Bank Holiday and early evening working will be required.

Satisfactory clearance of Disclosure and Barring Service will be a condition of employment.

If you think you might be the person we are looking for, please fill in the application form and tell us all about yourself.

Closing date: 15 May 2018

Proposed Interview date: 23 May 2018

To apply please click HERE

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