Facility
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo
Closing Date
[jobclosingdate]
Description
The City of San Jose’s Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services (PRNS) Department currently has multiple Part-Time vacancies and may hire for Full-Time Zoo Keepers.
Zoo Keepers perform work involving the care and feeding of zoo animals and maintenance of cages, enclosures, grounds and service areas at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo; they also work with animals under all types of climatic conditions to
prepare them for presentations, capture and restraint, basic husbandry and training, and behavioral enrichment. In addition, they respond to general questions from the public regarding zoo animals.
Education and Pre-requisites
1. Education: Completion of high school or equivalent General Educational Development (G.E.D.) Certificate, or California
Proficiency Certificate.
2. Experience: One year of experience in the care of non-domestic animals.
3. Acceptable Substitutions: Successful completion of one year of course work from an accredited college or university in Biology, Zoology, Zoo Keeping, Animal Training and Management or closely related field can be substituted for the
required one year of experience.
4. Licenses or Certificates: Possession of a Valid California Driver’s License may be required.
5. Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country.
Please be informed that the City of San Jose will not prepare or file a labor condition application with the Department of
Labor.
Compensation and benefits
The Zoo Keeper FT/PT classification is covered by the Living Wage Policy and the hourly pay rate is $21.73 for part time/
full time benefited and $22.98 for part time unbenefited instead of the posted amount.
Application instructions
Go to http://www.sanjoseca.gov/citycareers to see the job posting and fill out an application. The application deadline is October 9, 2018. Please allow adequate time to complete the application and submit before the deadline or the system may not save your application. If your online application was successfully submitted, you
will receive an automatic confirmation email to the email address you provided. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE CONFIRMATION, please email CityCareers@sanjoseca.gov and we will research the status of your application. Please
contact Human Resources at (408) 535-1285, or Human.Resources@sanjoseca.gov if you have any questions.