Deputy Team Leader – Giraffe Section
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- Jul 27
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Colchester Zoological Society
Job Title
Deputy Team Leader – Giraffe Section
Salary/Wage
£30,472 Per Annum
Job Description
Introduction to the Department An exciting position has arisen for a Deputy Team Leader to join our team and contribute to our mission at Colchester Zoological Society in a full-time role working within our giraffe department; a mixed taxa section responsible for reticulated giraffe, white rhinoceros, maneless zebra, greater kudu, ostrich, crowned crane, aardvark, pygmy hippopotamus and red river hog.
Role Responsibilities
The candidate will work within the Animal Department to carry out husbandry duties and maintain high standards of welfare for the animal species in their care. As a Deputy Team Leader, the candidate will be required to input ideas for the continual progression and development of animal husbandry, breeding management and enclosure design on the section. Alongside the section’s Team Leader, the job holder will be responsible for mentoring and managing more junior employed staff members; lead keepers, senior keepers, qualified keepers and volunteers; student keepers and work experience students. The job holder will also be responsible for deputising to the Team Leader and leading the section in their absence. The candidate will ensure, and be able to develop, safe working protocols, practices and risk assessments for working in and around the species on the section. The job holder will deliver enclosure encounters and experiences to zoo visitors for a range of species across the section, as well as deliver educational husbandry content to visiting college groups.
Main Job Purpose
Provide excellent husbandry standards and welfare for a range of species
Manage employed and voluntary members of the animal section and lead the section in the Team Leader’s absence Produce safe working practices across the animal section
Deliver enclosure encounters and experiences to zoo visitors, educational groups and for social media
Represent Colchester Zoological Society in external settings where required.
Other Key Activities
Demonstrate commitment to continuous personal development. Perform other duties as reasonably directed by the animal section’s Team Leader and the Animal Management Team (Zoological Director, Curator of Living Collections, Manager of Living Collections and Head Keeper).
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