An exciting position has arisen for a Team Leader to join our team and contribute to our mission at Colchester Zoo in a full-time role managing our Familiar Friends department; a mixed taxa section responsible for meerkats, skunks, armadillos, wallabies, rainbow lorikeets, tortoise species, koi carp, invertebrate species, and domestic and companion animals.

Role Responsibilities

The candidate will manage the Familiar Friends section driving forwards the husbandry and welfare standards of the animal species in their care. As a Team Leader, the candidate will be required to input ideas for the continual progression and development of animal husbandry, breeding management and enclosure design on the section. The job holder will be responsible for leading the section and mentorin