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Seasonal Living Collection Assistant
| Posting date: | 28 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | £23,402 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 February 2025 |
| Location: | L40 0TA |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 372 |
Summary
About The Role
We are looking for a proactive individual to join our living collections team at WWT’s Martin Mere Centre. Duties will include the daily feeding, husbandry and welfare of the living collection, including enclosure maintenance. You will also play a key part in engaging visitors with our collection species, and WWT’s wider conservation work, through the delivery of public talks.
This position is varied, interesting and calls for a practical approach grounded in experience and competence.
This is a full time position working 37.5 hours per week, 5 days from 7 including some weekends and bank holidays. The role is a fixed term position for 6 months.
About You
To join as our Seasonal Living Collections Assistant you’ll bring:
Previous animal husbandry experience
Attention to detail and excellent record keeping
Experience of horticultural work and enclosure maintenance
Great communication skills and the drive to achieve inspiring and engaging visitor experiences within our collection
If this sounds like you then click apply. We would love to hear from you.
About Us
We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.
Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.
Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?
Why you’ll love working at WWT
Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) – this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
Cycle to work scheme
Contributory pension scheme
Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from Care first
WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.
Registered Charity Number England & Wales, no 1030884 and Scotland, no SC039410
We are looking for a proactive individual to join our living collections team at WWT’s Martin Mere Centre. Duties will include the daily feeding, husbandry and welfare of the living collection, including enclosure maintenance. You will also play a key part in engaging visitors with our collection species, and WWT’s wider conservation work, through the delivery of public talks.
This position is varied, interesting and calls for a practical approach grounded in experience and competence.
This is a full time position working 37.5 hours per week, 5 days from 7 including some weekends and bank holidays. The role is a fixed term position for 6 months.
About You
To join as our Seasonal Living Collections Assistant you’ll bring:
Previous animal husbandry experience
Attention to detail and excellent record keeping
Experience of horticultural work and enclosure maintenance
Great communication skills and the drive to achieve inspiring and engaging visitor experiences within our collection
If this sounds like you then click apply. We would love to hear from you.
About Us
We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.
Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.
Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?
Why you’ll love working at WWT
Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) – this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
Cycle to work scheme
Contributory pension scheme
Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from Care first
WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.
Registered Charity Number England & Wales, no 1030884 and Scotland, no SC039410