Curator

• Manage, support and supervise all staff within the Life Sciences Department to ensure highest level of safety, courtesy, education, efficiency and operational readiness at all times.
• Manage activities to maintain positive representation to professional agencies, institutions and various committees.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety standards in accordance with local municipality, rules and regulations.
• Ensure animal care and BOH & Exhibits meet compliance of facility specific policies and procedures.
• Coordinate the maintenance and operation of all life support systems and other technical systems.
• Manage the schedule of the animal staff to ensure adequate staffing levels are maintained for all animal husbandry needs and habitat maintenance, Including Buddy systems for Carnivores
• Monitor the Life Sciences inventory and departmental expenditure in order to reduce loss/waste, control costs and accurately communicate expenses.
• Proactively work with the Director in the implementation of new exhibits or refurbishments/adjustments
• Develop educational opportunities and experiences in order to maximize revenues and guest experience.
• Maintain up-to-date electronic animal records on animal health, animal behaviour, (including enrichment use) diets, water quality,
• Monitor and identify the effectiveness of exhibits, including comprehensive review and improvement of landscaping, planting, theming visitor viewing and animal care standards.
• development and implementation of policy and procedure documents.
• Manage and control department and company objectives and key performance indicators.
• Manage emergency situations to minimize damage, loss or injury to guests, team members, animals or company property.
• Assist in the preparation of periodic reports for all Life Sciences and Department activities.
• In collaboration with Education Department and the Aquarium Foundation, ensure exhibits and programs engage, educate and entertain diverse audiences.
• Communicate and coordinate work with other curatorial staff and veterinarians for medical checks, procedure, preventative medicine, and medical issues for their section.
• Coordinate the acquisition, disposition, breeding and sale of animals in accordance with the overall animal collection goals
• Animal Acquisitions – assist with pre-shipment requirements for incoming or outgoing animals.
• Coordinate animal emergencies, including animal escapes, accidents etc. – Communicate to response team
• Develop and periodically review protocols for procedures and facilities in the area.
• Development of animal training programs and continuing education of area staff.
• Coordinate the daily husbandry, maintenance and welfare of all animals in the area including medications, diets, feeding procedures, and protocols for Exhibit, cage cleaning, disinfecting,
• Ensure relevant paperwork is completed, including medical records for animal collection specimens, daily reports, and timecards, medical records, work orders, zoo correspondence, write technical reports
• Coordination of Events, VIP and animal handling experiences
• Other duties as assigned.

• Seven years + experience with animal husbandry required.
• 5 year + in a similar management role required.
• Degree in Zoology/Wildlife/Biology or relevant work experience required.
• Competency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience managing large teams.
• Exceptional leadership skills and proven experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience managing departmental budgets.
• Strong listening, presentation and decision-making skills.
• Creative problem solver who thrives when presented with a challenge.
• Energetic and eager to tackle new projects and ideas.

The individual must possess the following abilities to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some or a combination of the abilities.

• Ability to read, listen and communicate effectively in English, both verbally and written.
• Ability to access and accurately input information using a moderately complex computer system.
• Hearing and visual ability to observe and detect signs of emergency situations.

• Upon employment all team members are required to comply with the standards, rules and regulations, which may be established by the Company and updated from time-to-time. Team members who violate property rules or have irregular attendance will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.
• The leisure business functions seven days a week. Due to the seasonal nature of the industry, team members may be required to work varying schedules, weekends, holidays and overtime to reflect the business needs of the property. Team members may also be required to attend group and/or department meetings in addition to the work shift as necessary.
• This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all job functions that a team member in this position may be asked to perform.