Facility
North Georgia Zoo and Farm
Closing Date
[jobclosingdate]
Description
North Georgia Zoo & Farm now hiring:
Weekend & Seasonal: Zookeeping, Petting zoo, Outreach, Wildlife Educator and Visitor Experience
Full time: Lead zookeeper, Assistant Curator of animals.
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** Looking for team players
**Willing to work hard
**Clean background check
**Valid drivers license
**Good with people and animals
*Positive attitude
*Integrity and Honesty!
Lead Zookeeper: A minimum of 1 year of experience as a zookeeper. Responsible for own set of animals plus overseeing interns and other keepers at times. Will also be interacting with public. Full- Time
Relief Keeper: Must have previous zookeeper experience. Experience with multiple species and animal groups a plus. Responsible to fill in for other keepers. Requires attention to detail. Need excellent communication and documenting skills. Able to work well with others. Seasonal full- time to part – time
Assistant Curator/ Compound management: Assist with overseeing the zookeepers, care of animals including animal medication and feeding of animals, assisting with babies. Interns and scheduling encounters, presentations when open. Training volunteers and interns for tours, keeper talks. Ensure exhibits are kept up and animal facility is maintained properly.
Visitor Experience/ Ticket booth: Good with people, able to multitask, able to run a register. Responsible for checking in guests, sales and assisting the visitor experience team with animal presentations, pony rides, cleaning, signs and more. Will help oversea volunteers and interns. .
*Management, delegating and overseeing experience a plus
Part Time to Full Time.
Onsite & Mobile Petting Zoo Help & Part time livestock help: Assist in farm animal area keeping the area clean for visitors and animals fed and watered. Helping with pony rides, animal encounters , bottle feeding when necessary.` Also train to do traveling pony rides and petting zoos. Help with the livestock programs when open. Assist in training of the livestock. Trailer driving experience a plus. Part – Time to Full Time,
Zookeeper / Outreach/ Animal Presenter:
Experience with Animal Care and Public speaking. Full -time seasonal possible continue on as part -time. (starts spring)
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Education and Pre-requisites
Experience in area applying is preferred.
If you have no experience and would like to gain experience we recommend our internship and volunteering. We always prefer to hire from interns and volunteers when possible.
Compensation and benefits
Assistant Curator: $400-$450 weekly plus seasonal bonuses.
Lead Zookeeper: $9 hr
Relief Keeper: $8 hr
Other Seasonal Jobs: $7.25 to $8.00 hr.
Application instructions
Info and application at http://www.northgeorgiazoo.com/internship-and-jobs.html
Great internship and volunteer opportunities also available!