JOB TITLE
Assistant Animal Keeper - Birds & Herpetology
WAGE/SALARY (£)
£23,795.20
COLLECTION NAME
Marwell Zoo
WEBSITE
WORK ADDRESS
Thompson's Ln, Colden Common, Winchester SO21 1JH, UK
JOB DESCRIPTION
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Animal Keeper, working 40 hours per week over 5 days to join our Birds/Herpetology team on a permanent contract. Responsibilities will include ensuring high standards of animal welfare, health and animal husbandry at all times and keeping daily checks and records. The successful candidate will be able to work well as part of a team, have the ability to use their initiative and possess strong communication skills, as talking to members of the public is an essential part of the role. An interest and previous experience with birds, reptile, amphibian, fish and invertebrate species would also be an advantage. Applicants must hold 5 GCSE’s or equivalent and have a demonstrable interest & enthusiasm for animal conservation, management & welfare. This post offers a fantastic opportunity to work with a wide range of Bird, Amphibian and Reptile species and contribute to captive breeding programmes.
WORKING HOURS
40 hours per week
JOB TYPE
Full time
THE CANDIDATE WILL BE EXPECTED TO WORK ON:
Bank Holidays, Public Holidays
STAFF BENEFITS
Not provided
MORE INFORMATION
A Marwell Wildlife application form must be completed to be considered for all vacancies. Please send your completed application form to jobs@marwell.org.uk. Please contact us if you require any reasonable adjustments to assist with your application and please read our dress code policy before applying.
We welcome your application against any of our current vacancies, however, please be aware that our roles are very popular and our HR team is very small so if we haven’t contacted you within 28 days from the closing date your application has unfortunately not been successful on this occasion.
Sadly we will also be unable to respond to any speculative enquires and whilst each application will be considered on a case by case basis, Marwell Wildlife’s usual policy is not to re employ former employees.
Successful applicants for vacancies with Marwell Wildlife may be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as a condition of employment. Marwell Wildlife is an equal opportunities employer.
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:
07-Jul-2024
INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD FROM:
08-Jul-2024
COVER LETTER REQUIRED?
No
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