Facility
California Living Museum
Closing Date
[jobclosingdate]
Description
•Supervises and evaluates Animal Keeper staff.
•Keeps current and accurate files on each animal and serves as CALM’s Official register.
•Responds to animal related inquiries from the general public.
•Observes animals daily to assess health and/or illness and work with veterinarian as needed.
•Prepares annual USDA, USFW, and CDFG and other reports jointly with Zoo Manager.
•Maintains working relationships with other governmental agencies.
•Keeps inventory of animal foods/medicines and order as needed.
•Keeps inventory of supplies and equipment used by keepers and reports to Zoo Manager (CALM).
•Works with education animals and trains other employees in proper handling.
•Works with veterinarian or veterinary technician to schedule routine vaccinations and trimmings.
•Assists manager with education programs as needed.
•Recruit, supervise and train docents and provide oversight to animal keeper staff regarding the volunteer workforce.
•Knowledge of animals indigenous to Kern County and California; proper care, handling, and restraint of animals; and principles and practices of supervision.
•Ability to work outside in inclement weather conditions, including dust, heat, rain, and pollen; work with injured animals with wounds or infections; see, hear, reach, bend, kneel, run, and walk on rough terrain; lift up to 50 pounds on a regular basis and 125 pounds occasionally and maintain calm during emergency situations.
Education and Pre-requisites
•Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree in Biology or Zoology.
•Additional experience may be substituted for the degree requirement on a year for year basis.
•Veterinary Tech and International Wildlife Rehabilitation Certification preferred.
•Experience: A minimum of five (5) years of zoo experience required.
•A minimum of two (2) years’ experience in the supervision or management of staff required.
•Additional experience may be substituted for the degree requirement on a year for year basis.
Compensation and benefits
$4,345 – $4,777 per month. Maximum entry level is $5,259 per month. Work schedule may include evenings and weekends. Holiday, sick leave, and vacation benefits. Prepaid medical, dental, vision, and counseling plans provided for employee and family. Prepaid life insurance policy provided for the employee. Employees of this office are not covered by Social Security, but do have mandatory retirement coverage with California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). This position is a classified management position and is overtime exempt.
Application instructions
Please access our website for the job description and application link at http://kern.org/hr/ Applications will be accepted via EDJOIN only.