Facility
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo
Closing Date
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Description
The Department is currently recruiting to fill one (1) full-time benefited vacancy and multiple part-time vacancies for Zookeeper positions at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo. The Department is seeking highly motivated, personable individuals with strong leadership skills and innovative ideas to become part of a dynamic team of employees with a strong commitment to providing excellent service to our diverse community.
About Happy Hollow Park & Zoo (HHPZ): This is a 16-acre amusement park and Association of Zoo’s & Aquariums (AZA) accredited zoo located in San José, California. HHPZ is open year-round catering to families with children. It operates seven amusement park rides, showcases various endangered species, and operates one of the oldest classical puppet theaters in California, as well as offering many other playgrounds and attractions emphasizing play and imagination in a natural conservation setting.
About Zookeeper Full Time/Part Time: The position performs work involving the care and feeding of zoo, domestic farm, and/or non-domestic animals and maintenance of cages, enclosures, grounds and service areas; working with animals under all types of climatic conditions to prepare them for presentations, capture and restraint, basic husbandry, and behavioral enrichment. In addition, responding to general questions from the public regarding non-domestic and/or domestic animals.
Please note that schedules can vary every week or be on an “on call” basis depending on knowledge, training, and experience with specific animal routines. These positions will be required to work weekends, evenings, and holidays, during all climactic conditions as assigned and must have the ability to enter animal areas and perform physical work (including lifting objects up to 50 lbs.).
Education and Pre-requisites
Education: Completion of high school diploma or equivalent General Educational Development (G.E.D.) Certificate, or California Proficiency Certificate.
Experience: One (1) year (equivalent to 2,080 hours) of experience in the care of non-domestic animals.
Acceptable Substitutions: College coursework in zoology, biology, or related field can substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis. One (1) year of coursework is equivalent to 30 semester units/45 quarter units.
Licenses: Possession of a valid California Driver’s License may be required.
Compensation and benefits
The actual salary shall be determined by the final candidate’s qualifications and experience. The Zookeeper classification is subject to the City’s pay floor rate $25.15 hourly for full-time benefited and 26.45 hourly for part-time unbenefited Zookeeper positions. This hourly rate consists of a base amount and an approximate five percent (5%) ongoing compensation pay.
Salary range: $46,257.12- $56,172.48 annually.
Application instructions
Please follow the link below for more details and to apply for the position:
https://sanjoseca.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2300301&tz=GMT-08%3A00&tzname=America%2FLos_Angeles