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Senior Living Collection Keeper

About The Role

WWT Castle Espie is looking for a proactive individual to manage the day-to-day operation of our collection of wildfowl, ensuring the highest welfare standards.

You will work as part of the team of colleagues and volunteers to routinely meet and exceed both company and zoo licence standards across all areas of the department. Working in cooperation with the Grounds & Facilities Manager you will maintain the highest visitor standards and experience throughout the collection area.

Duties will include the daily feeding, husbandry and welfare of the living collection, including enclosure maintenance. You will also play a key part in engaging visitors with our collection species, and WWT’s wider conservation work, through the delivery of walks and talks.

This is a full time position working 37.5 hours per week, 5 days from 7.

About You

To join as our Senior Living Collection Keeper you’ll bring:

• Previous animal husbandry experience, especially within aviculture
• Proven experience of supervising and motivating employees and/ or volunteers
• Practical maintenance skills including operation of grounds machinery and equipment
• Great communication skills and the drive to achieve inspiring and engaging visitor experiences within our collection

If this sounds like you then click apply. We would love to hear from you.

About Us

We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.

Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.

Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?

 Why you’ll love working at WWT

• Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
• Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
• 33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) – this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
• Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
• Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
• Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
• Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from Care first

WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.