Temporary (9 months) – Full time, 40 hours per week

We are Chester Zoo, and for over 80 years we have been a leading conservation and education charity, and an amazing, award-winning visitor attraction.

We’re also a team of passionate, talented, enthusiastic and expert people, doing everything we can to prevent extinction, from caring for animals to discovering new conservation ideas, and giving our visitors an inspirational day out.

We work hard because we love animals, we care about nature, we love Chester Zoo and, despite all the challenges that 2020 has thrown at us, we still want to be the best zoo in the world! If you think you can help us to achieve that, then we’d love to hear from you.

We currently have an exciting vacancy for an Animal Supplies Assistant to join our busy Animal Supplies team on a temporary basis for 9 months.

The role:

The Animal Supplies Department provides a key service in supporting our world class animal collection.

The duties are varied in this post and include liaising with animal keeping staff, collecting and receiving supplies, delivering supplies daily to the animal departments, management of animal waste, use of tractor based equipment such as front loaders, trailers, skip loaders and grass mowers, working in our insect breeding colony and assisting with animal quarantine duties. 

The harvesting, collection and distribution of browse (high reaching vegetation used as animal feed) is also a daily task.

The successful candidate will:

• Have a full driving licence
• Have good numeracy, literacy and attention to detail, which would be essential for accurate record keeping
• Have practical problem solving skills
• Have experience working in a team
• Have excellent communication skills

Ideally, the successful candidate will also:

• Be experienced and competent in tractor use
• Be experienced, competent and certified in chainsaw use
• Have experience and ability to tow a trailer (licence CAT E) and forklift trucks

Previous experience of working in the areas of agriculture, arboriculture and food handling would also be advantageous.

Hours of work are 40 hours per week, worked 5 days out of 7 including weekends and Bank Holidays.

The salary for this position is £19,792.40 per annum and in addition we offer a range of amazing benefits which can be found at www.chesterzoo.org/work-with-us/staff-benefits/

To apply for this position, ‘Apply Now’ to provide your current CV and complete the application form highlighting your skills and experience including why you believe you should be considered for our Animal Supplies Assistant role.

Closing date for applications is 6 December 2020