Cumbria Zoo Company Limited, Registered in England Reg No: 10423947 VAT Registration Number 252 7339 02 [email protected] 01229 846550
Job Vacancy - Animal Director South Lakes Safari Zoo is under new management - A natural park in the Southern Lake District, home to 1400 of the rarest, most endangered animals including African Lions, White Rhino, Sumatran Tigers, Andean Condor, Rothschild and Kordofan Giraffes. Our unique natural environments enable visitors to get as close as physically possible to experience the sights, sounds, and a few smells, of these amazing creatures we share our planet with. Attracting 300,000 visitors a year, SLSZ is the largest visitor attraction in the area, offering visitors a range of up close and personal experiences and encounters. We are under new management and have a vacancy for an Animal Director to join this hard working, close knit team and invite applications from experienced Animal Managers who would like to take the opportunity to become part of our community during this exciting period of rebirth. The Role: Reporting directly to the CEO The Animal Director will lead and direct our team of hard working animal keepers to maintain consistently high standards of welfare and to ensure the care, feeding, and hygiene of all the animals and animal areas within the park. With responsibility for the establishment of appropriate and proper animal care programmes, the animal director will work closely with head keepers, animal manager and consultant/onsite veterinary teams to develop and implement said programmes, monitoring to ensure expected standards are maintained and intervening/providing training and support when necessary. The Animal Director will be closely involved with our education function, supporting development of the education, experience and encounter programmes and we expect active contribution to innovative changes to the company to improve animal welfare, generate revenue and encourage the animal care teams to do the same.
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