If you want to be part of one of the UK’s fastest growing zoos and are interested about the prospect of being part of something new, a position with us might be for you!
Wingham Wildlife Park is a family run wildlife park with big emphasis on animal husbandry, conservation, education and safety for our animals, staff, and visitors. We are looking for a likeminded “team players” who would fit in amongst our existing and dedicated teams.
Jobs
As Wingham Wildlife Park continues to grow and the busier season approaches we are excited to be expanding many of our teams and hiring for a number of roles across the park.
Current roles:
- Seasonal Staff
- Education Volunteer
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Please find more information about these roles and how to apply below.
Seasonal Staff for the Tropical House and Lemur Walk-through – Part-time
This role will involve helping to supervise our Tropical House and lemur walkthrough enclosures, answering any public questions, and helping to keep the park generally clean and tidy.
The Candidate Will:
- Be able to communicate on a one-to-one basis as well as ensuring the rules of our walkthroughs are followed.
- Be polite and courteous to both staff and visitors.
- Be able to work as part of a team and on their own.
- Have exceptional time keeping skills.
- Have a valid UK driving licence or have good access to transport links.
- Be able to work weekends and during school holidays.
- Aged 16+
The Role Involves:
- Maintaining the high standards of cleanliness in our walkthroughs.
- Talking to visitors about our animals and answering questions.
- Ensuring that visitors abide by the rules of the walkthroughs.
- Strict adherence to safe working practices.
- Maintaining high standards also around the park including emptying bins, litter picking, weeding and window cleaning.
About Employment with WWP:
This position requires people to be comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions, including working weekends, during school holidays and on bank holidays.
We give statutory holiday entitlement.
This position will pay at the rate of the national minimum wage dependant on your age.
Start date, ASAP
All applications to be addressed for the attention of Matt Jay to headkeeper@winghamwildlifepark.co.uk along with a covering letter and CV. For applications to this job please use reference SEASONAL in the email title. Any applications through other channels will be disregarded.
You must be eligible to work in the UK.
This vacancy will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received, therefore you should submit your application as soon as possible. All successful candidates will be contacted via email to arrange an interview.
Volunteer with our Education Department
Do you have a passion for education and conservation and want to gain valuable experience working within a wildlife park setting? Then this might be the position for you! We are on the lookout for enthusiastic individuals to lend a hand with our education department during our busy half term periods.
The candidate will:
- Help run our half term activities
- Interact with visitors of all ages
- Inspire the next generation by spreading the word of conservation
- Gain experience working in education within a wildlife park setting which will look great on a CV
Candidates must:
- Be available during half terms, weekends and bank holidays
- Be 18+
- Have a full UK drivers’ licence or have good access to transport links
- Have experience working with children of all ages
- Have good communication skills
- Be able to work as part of a team and independently
- Be passionate about species conservation
We require a commitment of 3-4 days a week during the 6 weeks summer holidays. If you feel this position is the right fit for you, please send your CV along with a covering letter to education@winghamwildlifepark.co.uk with `VOLUNTEER` in the subject box.
Volunteer with our Keepers
Donating money is not the only way in which you can help the park. We are also always on the look out for people who want to donate their time to us. Our keepers do a great job at the park, but it is always of great use to us if we have volunteers helping out at the park to aid with mucking in, preparing food, help with gardening, keeping the park tidy and supervising our walk through enclosures etc. This is a great opportunity for anyone who is passionate about animals and wants to help, or people going in to new professions or university looking to gain experience. An example is that even though animal care qualifications count for a lot there are few zoos who will take on keepers with no exotics experience. Almost all of our keepers started at the park as volunteers.
Volunteer Requirements:
- Over the age of 18
- Passionate about animals
- Not afraid to get dirty
- Willing to make a long term commitment to the park
So if you would like to enquire about jobs or volunteer at the park (and fulfill the requirements above ), please do not hesitate to get in touch via phone on 01227 720 836 or by using the form below, choosing the relevant subject line. We look forward to hearing from you.
