Job description

Husbandry Butterflies

Position Summary: Provides care for all exhibit animals at the Blue Zoo butterfly flight house, maintaining containment while educating guests about the plants and animals inside the butterfly house.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Provides daily care for Butterflies at Blue Zoo animals including cleaning of habitats in exhibit area.
• Provides daily husbandry for Butterflies and monitors their health and enrichment.
• Ensures proper record keeping of daily husbandry, maintenance actions and animal health.
• Maintains compliance for USDA regulated animals.
• Upholds AZA standards and follows Blue Zoo animal policies.
• Effectively communicates with direct supervisors, and other facilities that house and maintain butterflies
• Directly communicates with staff for onsite needs and minor or emergency maintenance requests.
• Helps implement trainings for staff
• Works collaboratively with staff, problem solves and communicates within the team and when collaborating with other teams or departments.
• Interacts with and provides educational information for guests of all ages visiting the butterfly house and uses live animals to demonstrate science-based concepts to guests.
• Conducts daily public programming and develops curriculum for latest programs.
• Additional duties based on organizational priorities and as needed

• Competencies:

• Time management
• Communication Skills
• Meticulous
• Guest Service Oriented
• Initiative
• Teamwork and Cooperation
• Ethical Conduct
• Innovation/Creative Thinking

Qualifications/Experience:

• Possesses or working towards a Degree in Biology or a related biological field or study.
• Experience working with invertebrates or animals in a zoo, museum, or similar facility is desired.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Enthusiastic, keen sense of fun, and patient.
• Experience working in a non-formal education/museum/education setting and/or a customer service-based role.
• Prior experience working with, as well as comfortable working with, individuals of different ages and abilities
• Butterfly husbandry knowledge and experience.
• Chrysalis husbandry knowledge and experience.
• Landscaping or horticulture interest and knowledge.
• Project/Time management.
• Meticulous.
• Conflict resolution.
• Has Initiative.
• Results and goal oriented.
• Confident decision making.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $13.00 - $17.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Veterinary experience: 2 years (Preferred)
• Veterinary assistant: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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