Biologist, Animal Care — Assistant Curator

Smithsonian Institution; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Spending Accounts

Health Insurance

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Life Insurance

Long Term Care Insurance

Retirement Program

Job summary

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC seeks an Assistant Curator (Biologist) to oversee animal care and contribute to conservation, education, and research. You will manage care, breeding, and exhibition activities for designated animals and coordinate with staff and contractors.

You will also prepare reports for conservation bodies, assist with research data collection, and help plan collections and education initiatives.

Qualifications

• Degree in Biological Sciences, Agriculture, Natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position.
• Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
• Experience: one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 level in the Federal Service, including care and training of living wild animals in a zoological setting and related administrative tasks.
• Education: 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree for GS-09, or a combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides daily care of exotic and endangered animals through enclosure cleaning, diet, enrichment, and husbandry techniques.
• Coordinates animal training and management to support health care, capture, restraint, transport, shifting, and separation for exhibit and husbandry purposes.
• Oversee Animal Keepers, volunteers, interns, and contractors, ensuring work is assigned and completed on time.
• Assists in preparing reports and recommendations for local, national, and international conservation and zoological organizations.

Skills

Animal care

Training coordination

Administrative processes

Research/data collection

Education

Biological Sciences

Graduate education leading to Master’s degree

Job description

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC seeks an Assistant Curator (Biologist) to oversee animal care and contribute to conservation, education, and research. You will manage care, breeding, and exhibition activities for designated animals and coordinate with staff and contractors.

You will also prepare reports for conservation bodies, assist with research data collection, and help plan collections and education initiatives.