Colchester Zoo hiring two senior animal keeper posts

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 3 Nov, 23:46 · Archive

Colchester Zoo is recruiting two senior animal keepers for its Carnivore and Familiar Friends sections at £29,432 per year.

Colchester Zoo has advertised two full-time Senior Animal Keeper positions within its Carnivore and Familiar Friends sections. Both roles offer a salary of £29,432 and involve working an average of 40 hours over five days a week, including regular weekend work.

The Carnivore Section is responsible for an impressive collection of species. The keeper will care for Malayan sun bears, Amur leopards, cheetahs, fennec foxes and Asian short-clawed otters, alongside giant anteaters, binturongs, red pandas, pileated gibbons, wreathed hornbills and lion-tailed macaques.

The second vacancy is in the Familiar Friends department, a mixed-species section. This section is responsible for meerkats, rainbow lorikeets, Aldabra tortoises, koi carp, invertebrate species and domestic and companion animals.

According to the job description, successful candidates will carry out husbandry duties and maintain high standards of animal welfare. They will also contribute ideas for the development of animal husbandry, breeding management and enclosure design, and will mentor junior staff and volunteers whilst delivering experiences to zoo visitors.

Applicants will need considerable previous experience. The zoo is asking for between four and seven years' experience at a zoological collection, including experience with Category 1/1A carnivores. Application deadlines are 20 November for the Carnivore Section and 27 November for the Familiar Friends department.

How it is being reported

• Colchester Zoo hiring for two rare exciting positionsColchester Zoo is hiring two senior animal keepers for its Carnivore and Familiar Friends sections, with £29,432 salaries and November 20 and 27 deadlines.Colchester Gazette · 3 Nov, 17:00
• Colchester Zoo hiring for two rare exciting positionsColchester Zoo is hiring two senior animal keepers for its Carnivore and Familiar Friends sections, with £29,432 salaries and November 20 and 27 deadlines.Brentwood Guardian · 3 Nov, 17:00
• Colchester Zoo hiring for two rare exciting positionsColchester Zoo is hiring two senior animal keepers for its Carnivore and Familiar Friends sections, with £29,432 salaries and November 20 and 27 deadlines.Echo (Basildon) · 3 Nov, 17:00

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