Senior Animal Care Specialist

As a Senior Animal Care Specialist, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the well-being and welfare of our animal residents. Primary responsibilities include the care and wellbeing of all animals under the facility’s care; maintenance of all habitats; and positive team approach within the projects department.

1. Animal Care:

• Provide daily care and husbandry for a variety of animal species within our facility.
• Ensure that all animals receive proper nutrition, enrichment, and medical attention as needed.
• Maintain a clean and safe environment for our animal residents.
• Compliance with health and safety standards in accordance with local municipality rules and regulations.
• Provide animal care and ensure habitats meet compliance of facility-specific policies and procedures.
• Perform daily animal husbandry tasks, health checks, animal behaviour observation, and training.
• Perform duties to reduce loss/waste, control costs and accurately communicate expenses.

2. Record Keeping:

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of animal health, behaviour, and environmental conditions.
• Assist in the preparation of reports for regulatory compliance and management review.
• Undertake daily operations to ensure the project is operating correctly.
• Assist with Budget preparation and calculation.

3. Enrichment and Observation:

• Assist in the development and implementation of enrichment programs to promote the mental and physical well-being of our animals.
• Conduct behavioural observations to monitor and assess the animals’ health and behaviour.

4. Visitor Engagement:

• Engage with visitors and provide information about the animals and their conservation needs.
• Answer questions and contribute to the educational experience of our guests.

5. Team Collaboration:

• Work collaboratively with other animal care sta to ensure seamless operations.
• Assist in maintaining proper inventory levels of food and supplies.
• Undertake daily operations within the Projects Department to ensure the highest level of safety, courtesy, education, e iciency and operational readiness always.
• Communicate to Animal Collection Supervisors and veterinary sta about any animal health concerns to develop and implement a care and treatment plan.
• Compliance of all policy and procedure documents.
• Assist in emergency situations to minimize damage, loss or injury to guests, team members, animals or company property.
• Assist the Animal Collection Supervisors to complete various administrative tasks inclusive of daily animal health records, exhibit maintenance notes and stock reports.
• Mentor junior sta and maintain the highest standard of guest service.
• Other duties as assigned.

• 5 years + experience with animal husbandry and animal training required.
• Experience managing large multicultural teams.
• Exceptional leadership skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience managing departmental budgets.
• Competency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Creative problem solver.

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 stand for long periods of time.
• Ability to work outdoors.
• Ability to read, listen and communicate e ectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• 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.
• Requires the ability to perform the physical, visual and hearing requirements in the working conditions below.