Wildlife Keeper Supervisor Job Description
About the Role:
We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate Wildlife Keeper Supervisor to join our team at Wing's Wildlife Park. In this leadership role, you will oversee the daily operations of the keepers' team, ensuring the highest standards of animal welfare and husbandry practices.
Key Responsibilities:
* Team Leadership: supervise, train, schedule and mentor wildlife keepers in their work. Direct reports may vary from 2-6 keepers depending on the workload.
* Safety and Compliance: ensure the team adheres to health and safety policies and procedures.
* Customer Service: ensure the team keepers deliver high-quality talks, hands-on animal encounters, guided tours and other experiences offered at the park. Maintain high engagement with visitors.
* Animal Care & Welfare: ensure high standards of daily care of animals by overseeing feeding, cleaning and enrichment activities.
* Habitat Maintenance: ensure maintenance and presentation of animal enclosures to ensure safety and welfare standards for animals and the public.
* Documentation and Planning: review animal records, assist with collection planning, and contribute to the development of husbandry manuals and procedures.
* Social Media: provide quality content to promote the park on social media platforms.
Requirements:
To be successful in this role, you will need:
* 5+ years' experience in wildlife care settings, with at least 2 years' experience supervising a wildlife keeper team.
* Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and guide a diverse team.
* Strong understanding of animal husbandry practices, behaviour management and enrichment techniques.
* Physically apt to work within all areas of the park (health assessment from doctor to be provided including mention of any allergies).
* Tetanus vaccination up to date is mandatory (certificate to be provided).
* Confident with public speaking with staff and guests within the park, individually or in groups.
* Presents a strong work ethic and a passion for the delivery of a high-quality customer service.
* Have a Working with Vulnerable People Card.
* Manual driver's licence mandatory.
* Intermediate computer skills with Microsoft Office 365 (excel, word, outlook, publisher or canva).
Benefits:
We offer a competitive salary based on experience, a supportive and friendly work environment, onsite subsidised accommodation, staff discounts and other perks.