Facility

Denver Zoo

Closing Date

Description

Denver Zoo is a leader in animal care, wildlife conservation, education, and guest experience. We are passionate about our commitment to excellence in support of our mission to secure a better world for animals through human understanding. We provide extraordinary experiences every day for our animals and visitors and our core values of Protect, Honor, Innovate, Serve, Engage, and Empower are evident in everything we do. We value the different strengths our staff bring to Denver Zoo. We expect our staff to embrace and to commit to our core behaviors for engagement: Passion, Respect, Innovation, Diversity, and Excellence.
Denver Zoo’s Animal Care Department has an opportunity for a full time Elephant Zookeeper to provide the safe exhibition, handling, feeding, training, enrichment and husbandry of animal species at the Zoo. Toyota Elephant Passage is home to Asian elephants, greater one horned rhinoceros, and Malayan tapirs. The area is also partnered with an exhibit with black rhino and hippo. The selected candidate will work primarily, to exclusively, with elephants in a program dedicated to bull management. The exhibit is based on a rotational design concept with a great deal of shared space making it critical that the entire group can function as one team regardless of their area of specialization.

Education and Pre-requisites

Not specified.

Compensation and benefits

Not specified.

Application instructions

This position is opened until filled
Denver Zoo reserves the right to close the position prior to the above date.
Denver Zoo is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Please apply through www.denverzoo.org