Zookeeper II

Chehaw Park & Zoo; Albany (GA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Chehaw Park & Zoo is seeking a motivated animal husbandry professional to join our team. The role focuses on high standards of animal care and guest experience, with emphasis on safety and welfare across mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates.

Collaboration is essential to complete large projects and care for the collection as a whole. The successful candidate will assist with feeding, enrichment, health checks, and habitat maintenance while upholding the park’s commitment to

Qualifications

• Solid knowledge of zoo and aquarium safety and animal husbandry best practices.
• Ability to maintain aesthetically pleasing terrestrial habitats to promote animal welfare.

Responsibilities

• Attend to assigned animals.
• Prepare diets, feed, and provide water.
• Sanitize enclosure furniture, floors, and food/water dishes.
• Perform approved enrichment and training activities.
• Assist in the capture and restraint of animals.
• Inspect animals for health problems.
• Collect fecal samples for testing.
• Condition/train animals for handling and husbandry routines.

Skills

Animal care

Teamwork

Safety awareness

Enrichment

Job description

Chehaw Park & Zoo is looking for a motivated professional to join our animal husbandry team. We are committed to ensuring high standards of animal care and positive guest experience. The ideal candidate will have a solid working knowledge of zoo and aquarium safety and animal husbandry best practices. This role requires a dedicated person who can maintain aesthetically pleasing terrestrial habitats that promote positive animal welfare for a variety of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. Team work will be essential to complete large projects and effectively care for the collection as a whole.

BASIC JOB DUTIES

• Attend to assigned animals
• prepare diets, feed, and provide water
• sanitize enclosure furniture/floors and food/water dishes as scheduled or necessary
• perform approved enrichment and training activities
• assist in the capture and restraint of animals

• Inspect animals for health problems
• collect fecal samples for testing
• condition/train animals for...