Zookeeper

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom ZSL Full time

**Purpose of the role**:
**Overview of the role**:
**Ke**y responsibilities**:

- Carrying out all aspects of animal husbandry including feeding, cleaning, and preparation of diets.
- Assisting in artificial incubation and hand rearing when needed and appropriate.
- To maintain and create appropriate avian environments to encourage on-show conservation breeding.
- Ensuring that safety and emergency procedures are always followed.
- Reporting defects and repairs required to the Team Leader and Section Manager.
- Maintaining the animal exhibits to a high animal husbandry and welfare condition.
- Communicate efficiently with public to increase public satisfaction and support the ZSL mission.
- Be actively involved in public engagement including giving talks and exhibit feed talks.

**About You**:

- Proven practical experience of animal management with a large range of bird species.
- Passion to work on evolving husbandry management within zoological collections creating positive environments for birds to thrive.
- Currently experienced in the core skills needed to work in a conservation breeding set up.
- To be able to demonstrate a good understanding of avian propagation - artificial incubation and hand rearing.
- Be a positive influence on section and work well in a team environment.
- Have a qualification in a relevant field at university level and/or diploma in the DZMAA Keeper’s course/ keeper apprenticeship or equivalent work experience.

**About Us**:
We’re ZSL, an international conservation charity. Through our unrivalled animal experts in our two zoos (London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo), the work of our pioneering scientists, our dedicated conservationists, our purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals going extinct. Our vision is a world where wildlife thrives and we’re working every day to achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and wildlife live alongside each other, we are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink of extinction.

**What do we offer?**

At ZSL, we are proud of our approach to employee benefits. Our benefits include:

- Our vision and purpose - you’ll work alongside colleagues who are passionate about science-led conservation, knowing that you will help us to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wildlife going extinct
- Pension scheme - we offer a generous pension scheme with up to 12% contributory pension.
- Flexible working - talk to us about your flexible working requirements and we will do everything we can to make sure you work in a way that suits you
- Holidays - 25 days annual leave allowance, plus UK bank holidays
- Wellbeing - access to a blended programme of wellbeing initiatives, including confidential access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Life assurance - eligible employees will be enrolled in ZSL’s life assurance scheme from their first day
- Complimentary tickets - annual allocation of Whipsnade Zoo and London Zoo tickets, with a 30% discount in online and retail shops
- Cycle2Work - our cycle to work scheme enables you to lease a bicycle
- Season ticket loan - we offer an interest free loan for eligibly London-based employees to buy a season ticket for travel between home and work
- Family friendly policies - we offer enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption packages


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