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Animal Keeper
Permanent – Part time
22.5 Hours per week

Would you like to be part of something bigger and join us in our ambition to become the Best City, working together as a Team for Leeds. Do your values match ours and do you have something to offer?

Leeds City Council delivers over 500 different services to residents and is dedicated to bringing the benefits of a prosperous, vibrant and attractive city to the people of Leeds. This is a fantastic time to join us.

Benefits of working with us:

We pride ourselves on offering the best employee experience, with a genuine commitment to keeping our colleagues safe and well at work. You can expect great benefits whilst working for us including:

• a competitive pay progression structure including generous employer pension contributions
  
• flexible career paths with tailored personal and professional development
  
• support for you, your home and your family including personal, and financial support
  
• hybrid working arrangements (subject to needs of the role) and a flexitime system

For more information about our benefits please see the benefits section of our jobs page.

If you have a commitment to a high standard of animal husbandry and an NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Animal Care – we may have just the job for you as an Animal Keeper at our popular Tropical World attraction in Leeds, which houses a variety of exotic animal species.

You will need to work as part of the team on a 7-day rota basis and should have specific knowledge related to the husbandry requirements of aquatics, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, small mammals, and birds. Experience in working with aquatic species is a particularly desirable element. You will assist with the routine husbandry of the animals within the collection including daily food preparation, cleaning, staging, and maintaining the enclosures and ponds, which will involve bending and lifting, and keeping accurate records relating to animal welfare. You will be supportive and ambitious with excellent organisational skills. You will be a confident communicator with a can-do approach.

Skills needed for this role include:

• Ability to communicate with a wide range of people individually, in groups and at all appropriate levels.
  
• Ability to maintain a high standard of animal husbandry and animal welfare.
  
• Ability to interpret instructions and implement them accordingly.
  
• Ability to work effectively both as a team member and on own initiative.
  
• Ability to keep accurate required records relating to animal welfare.
  
• Ability to assist in the movement of animal stock as required.
  
• Ability to undertake interior landscaping, which may involve the
  
• Ability to assist in the provision of interactive, educational activities for all visitors to the zoo.
  
• Ability to work to set deadlines and goals.

Leeds City Council is a compassionate employer who is proud to offer the best employee experience. Our employee benefits aim to look after your health and wellbeing, your workplace and your finances. Our shared Values and behaviours help everyone to be their best.

We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds and the communities we serve. Leeds City Council is an Inclusive employer, ranked 70 on the Stonewall top 100 employers 2023 list. We are also an Age friendly employer, a Mindful employer and a Disability Confident leader.

All new Leeds City Council appointments are made subject to the satisfactory completion of a six month probationary period.

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.