Elephant Keeper: Asian Herd Specialist & Enrichment

Elephant Managers; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 33.000 - 39.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

PTO

Benefits package

Employee Assistance Program

Union pay scale

Zusammenfassung

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden seeks an experienced Elephant Keeper to join its Asian Elephant Program, focusing on daily care, behavioral management, and long-term breeding herd success. Strong experience with protected contact, operant conditioning, and welfare monitoring is required.

Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience managing multiple herds, calf care, and breeding management, with excellent teamwork and communication.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 2 years professional elephant care experience in the last 10 years.
• Experience with protected contact management system.
• Demonstrated experience with operant conditioning and positive reinforcement training.

Aufgaben

• Provide daily husbandry care including feeding, habitat maintenance, enrichment, and behavioral observation.
• Participate in protected contact elephant management following established safety protocols.
• Monitor elephant behavior and welfare and report abnormalities to supervisors and veterinary staff.
• Maintain clean and safe indoor and outdoor elephant facilities.
• Support exercise, enrichment, and environmental management programs that promote natural behaviors.

Kenntnisse

Elephant care

Protected contact

Operant conditioning

Behavioral observations

Teamwork

Communication

Safety practices

Driver's license

Calf management

Ausbildung

Degree in Zoology, Biology, Animal Science, or related field

Jobbeschreibung

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden seeks an experienced Elephant Keeper to join its Asian Elephant Program, focusing on daily care, behavioral management, and long-term breeding herd success. Strong experience with protected contact, operant conditioning, and welfare monitoring is required.

Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience managing multiple herds, calf care, and breeding management, with excellent teamwork and communication.