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Reporting to the department's assistant curator, bird keepers will be responsible for providing daily husbandry and ensuring the health and welfare of all animals under their care, as well as maintaining excellent condition of their assigned exhibits and workspaces and participating in all departmental projects and activities as needed.
Skill: monitor the welfare of animals
Reporting to the department's assistant curator, bird keepers will be responsible for providing daily husbandry and ensuring the health and welfare of all animals under their care, as well as maintaining excellent condition of their assigned exhibits and workspaces and participating in all departmental projects and activities as needed.
Skill: maintain work area cleanliness
Reporting to the department's assistant curator, bird keepers will be responsible for providing daily husbandry and ensuring the health and welfare of all animals under their care, as well as maintaining excellent condition of their assigned exhibits and workspaces and participating in all departmental projects and activities as needed.
Skill: work in an organised manner
Ideal candidates will have prior aviculture experience, familiarity with the natural history and behavior of birds, excellent time management skills, and the ability to work with a diverse team in a fast-paced environment.
Skill: ornithology
Ideal candidates will have prior aviculture experience, familiarity with the natural history and behavior of birds, excellent time management skills, and the ability to work with a diverse team in a fast-paced environment.
Skill: animal behaviour
Ideal candidates will have prior aviculture experience, familiarity with the natural history and behavior of birds, excellent time management skills, and the ability to work with a diverse team in a fast-paced environment.
Skill: manage time
Ideal candidates will have prior aviculture experience, familiarity with the natural history and behavior of birds, excellent time management skills, and the ability to work with a diverse team in a fast-paced environment.
Skill: work efficiently
Ideal candidates will have prior aviculture experience, familiarity with the natural history and behavior of birds, excellent time management skills, and the ability to work with a diverse team in a fast-paced environment.
Skill: work with broad variety of personalities
Ideal candidates will have prior aviculture experience, familiarity with the natural history and behavior of birds, excellent time management skills, and the ability to work with a diverse team in a fast-paced environment.
Skill: work in teams
Our animal keeper hiring range is from $16 to $19, commensurate with experience.
Essential Duties
• Perform daily husbandry for a large and diverse collection of birds and mammals
Skill: care for the flock
• Utilize evidence-based husbandry practices to ensure optimal health and welfare of assigned animals
Skill: manage animal welfare
• Utilize evidence-based husbandry practices to ensure optimal health and welfare of assigned animals
Skill: animal welfare
• Utilize evidence-based husbandry practices to ensure optimal health and welfare of assigned animals
Skill: monitor the welfare of animals
• Utilize evidence-based husbandry practices to ensure optimal health and welfare of assigned animals
Skill: protect health and safety when handling animals
• Maintain exhibits, service areas, husbandry equipment, tools and life support systems
Skill: maintain animal accommodation
• Maintain exhibits, service areas, husbandry equipment, tools and life support systems
Skill: zoo exhibit design
• Maintain exhibits, service areas, husbandry equipment, tools and life support systems
Skill: maintain equipment
• Maintain exhibits, service areas, husbandry equipment, tools and life support systems
Skill: ensure equipment maintenance
• Maintain exhibits, service areas, husbandry equipment, tools and life support systems
Skill: maintain technical equipment
• Maintain exhibits, service areas, husbandry equipment, tools and life support systems
Skill: maintain safety systems
• Maintain exhibits, service areas, husbandry equipment, tools and life support systems
Skill: maintain medical devices
• Closely monitor and document animal behavior, health and welfare, reporting irregularities to supervisor immediately
Skill: assess animal behaviour
• Closely monitor and document animal behavior, health and welfare, reporting irregularities to supervisor immediately
Skill: animal behaviour
• Closely monitor and document animal behavior, health and welfare, reporting irregularities to supervisor immediately
Skill: monitor the welfare of animals
• Closely monitor and document animal behavior, health and welfare, reporting irregularities to supervisor immediately
Skill: animal welfare
• Closely monitor and document animal behavior, health and welfare, reporting irregularities to supervisor immediately
Skill: manage animal welfare
• Closely monitor and document animal behavior, health and welfare, reporting irregularities to supervisor immediately
Skill: follow reporting procedures
• Closely monitor and document animal behavior, health and welfare, reporting irregularities to supervisor immediately
Skill: report to the team leader
• Maintain detailed and accurate records
Skill: perform records management
• Maintain detailed and accurate records
Skill: manage data
• Maintain detailed and accurate records
Skill: maintain logbooks
• Work closely and cohesively with other members of the bird team and other zoo departments
Skill: work in teams
• Work closely and cohesively with other members of the bird team and other zoo departments
Skill: teamwork principles
• Work closely and cohesively with other members of the bird team and other zoo departments
Skill: cooperate with colleagues
• Assist veterinary staff with medical exams, procedures and treatments
Skill: handle veterinary patients
• Assist veterinary staff with medical exams, procedures and treatments
Skill: provide support to veterinary clients
• Assist veterinary staff with medical exams, procedures and treatments
Skill: assist in veterinary surgery
• Assist veterinary staff with medical exams, procedures and treatments
Skill: assist in general veterinary medical procedures
• Assist veterinary staff with medical exams, procedures and treatments
Skill: work with veterinarians
• Develop and provide enrichment to promote natural behaviors and optimum welfare
Skill: environmental enrichment for animals
• Develop and provide enrichment to promote natural behaviors and optimum welfare
Skill: provide an enriching environment for animals
• Develop and provide enrichment to promote natural behaviors and optimum welfare
Skill: provide opportunities for animals to express natural behaviour
• Develop and provide enrichment to promote natural behaviors and optimum welfare
Skill: animal welfare
• Develop and provide enrichment to promote natural behaviors and optimum welfare
Skill: manage animal welfare
• Develop and provide enrichment to promote natural behaviors and optimum welfare
Skill: promote animal welfare
• Develop and provide operant conditioning for husbandry and medical management purposes
Skill: animal training
• Develop and provide operant conditioning for husbandry and medical management purposes
Skill: provide animal training
• Develop and provide operant conditioning for husbandry and medical management purposes
Skill: train animals for professional purposes
• Develop and provide operant conditioning for husbandry and medical management purposes
Skill: train animals and individuals to work together
• Develop and provide operant conditioning for husbandry and medical management purposes
Skill: design training programmes for animals
• Maintain live feeder insect colonies
Skill: breed insects
• Engage visitors through scheduled keeper chats, casual interactions, and media appearances
Skill: develop visitor engagement strategies
• Engage visitors through scheduled keeper chats, casual interactions, and media appearances
Skill: apply customer engagement strategy
• Engage visitors through scheduled keeper chats, casual interactions, and media appearances
Skill: assist visitors
• Engage visitors through scheduled keeper chats, casual interactions, and media appearances
Skill: provide visitor information
• Engage visitors through scheduled keeper chats, casual interactions, and media appearances
Skill: give interviews to media
• Engage visitors through scheduled keeper chats, casual interactions, and media appearances
Skill: communicate with media
• Engage visitors through scheduled keeper chats, casual interactions, and media appearances
Skill: organise press conferences
• Engage visitors through scheduled keeper chats, casual interactions, and media appearances
Skill: public relations
• Engage visitors through scheduled keeper chats, casual interactions, and media appearances
Skill: perform public relations
• Provide supervision, guidance and support to interns and volunteers
Skill: supervision of persons
• Provide supervision, guidance and support to interns and volunteers
Skill: supervise work
• Provide supervision, guidance and support to interns and volunteers
Skill: manage volunteers
• Provide supervision, guidance and support to interns and volunteers
Skill: support volunteers
• Provide supervision, guidance and support to interns and volunteers
Skill: train volunteers
• Provide supervision, guidance and support to interns and volunteers
Skill: supervise staff
• Participate in open departmental discussions and meetings
Skill: attend meetings
• Serve on the organization's emergency storm rider team
Skill: assist with emergencies
• Participate in safety drills and training programs
Skill: participate in training sessions
• Represent organization and its bird department on in-house zoo committees and task forces as requested
Skill: represent the organisation
• Represent organization and its bird department on in-house zoo committees and task forces as requested
Skill: represent the company
• Perform all other duties as assigned
• Bachelor's degree in the biological sciences preferred
Skill: biology
• Bachelor's degree in the biological sciences preferred
Skill: animal biology
• Minimum of 1 year paid professional experience working with birds in a zoological park or related institution preferred
• Must have a current driver's license
Desired Skills, Qualities and Competencies
• Demonstrated experience and familiarity with aviculture practices and avian behavior and natural history
Skill: animal behaviour
• Demonstrated experience and familiarity with aviculture practices and avian behavior and natural history
Skill: natural history
• A clear understanding of the role that bird departments have to play in zoos and wildlife conservation
• Open-mindedness, and a willingness to consider new ideas, practices and perspectives
Skill: keep an open mind
• Open-mindedness, and a willingness to consider new ideas, practices and perspectives
Skill: demonstrate willingness to learn
• Open-mindedness, and a willingness to consider new ideas, practices and perspectives
Skill: seek innovation in current practices
• Open-mindedness, and a willingness to consider new ideas, practices and perspectives
Skill: think innovately
• A desire to learn
Skill: demonstrate willingness to learn
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Skill: interact verbally in English
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Skill: communication
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Skill: communication principles
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Skill: use communication techniques
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Skill: writing techniques
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Skill: use specific writing techniques
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Skill: provide written content
• Excellent time management skills
Skill: manage time
• Excellent observational skills and demonstrated attention to detail
Skill: attend to detail
• Excellent record keeping skills
Skill: perform records management
• Excellent record keeping skills
Skill: maintain logbooks
• Excellent record keeping skills
Skill: manage data
• Previous avicultural experience with egg incubation and hand-rearing a plus
Skill: monitor the production of eggs
• Previous avicultural experience with egg incubation and hand-rearing a plus
Skill: provide nutrition to animals
• Previous avicultural experience with egg incubation and hand-rearing a plus
Skill: carry out feeding operations
• Prior ZIMS experience a plus
• Demonstrated technical skills such as carpentry, exhibit construction and plant care a plus
Skill: carpentry
• Demonstrated technical skills such as carpentry, exhibit construction and plant care a plus
Skill: woodturning
• Demonstrated technical skills such as carpentry, exhibit construction and plant care a plus
Skill: zoo exhibit design
• Demonstrated technical skills such as carpentry, exhibit construction and plant care a plus
Skill: organise zoological exhibitions
• Demonstrated technical skills such as carpentry, exhibit construction and plant care a plus
Skill: maintain plant health
• Demonstrated technical skills such as carpentry, exhibit construction and plant care a plus
Skill: maintain plants' growth
• Demonstrated technical skills such as carpentry, exhibit construction and plant care a plus
Skill: plant disease control
• Demonstrated technical skills such as carpentry, exhibit construction and plant care a plus
Skill: nurse plants
• Demonstrated technical skills such as carpentry, exhibit construction and plant care a plus
Skill: grow plants
• Prior research and writing experience a plus
Skill: perform scientific research
• Prior research and writing experience a plus
Skill: perform field research
• Prior research and writing experience a plus
Skill: scientific research methodology
• Prior research and writing experience a plus
Skill: writing techniques
• Prior research and writing experience a plus
Skill: use specific writing techniques
• Ability to perform strenuous work and lift at least 50 pounds
Skill: lift heavy weights
• Ability to perform strenuous work and lift at least 50 pounds
Skill: apply various lifting techniques
• Ability to perform strenuous work and lift at least 50 pounds
Skill: assist in the movement of heavy loads
• Ability to perform strenuous work and lift at least 50 pounds
Skill: adjust to physical demands
• Ability to sit, stand, bend and stoop
• Ability to work both indoors and outdoors in a typical location climate and under field conditions (heat, humidity, plant allergens, spiny plants, insects, etc.)
Skill: work in outdoor conditions
• Ability to work both indoors and outdoors in a typical location climate and under field conditions (heat, humidity, plant allergens, spiny plants, insects, etc.)
Skill: work in inclement conditions
• Ability to pass a drug test, TB test, and pre-employment background check
• Ability to work weekends, holidays and evenings as needed
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