AddressEntertainer (Seasonal Contract/flexible hours)
Are you available to work in the Easter holidays and beyond on a seasonal basis? Full time and part time hours available between the hours of 8am to 6pm, you must have flexibility to work either Saturday or Sunday and during the school holidays from mid-March until October 2024
Step into a world where every day is an adventure and where the wonders of nature come to life! If you have a passion for animals, a love for the outdoors, and a desire to make unforgettable memories, then we have the perfect opportunity for you. Join our team at Twycross Zoo as we seek enthusiastic individuals to fill seasonal positions that promise excitement, learning, and the chance to connect with creatures great and small.
This isn't just a job—it's a chance to be a part of something extraordinary.
All welcome, no previous experience is required, so if you’re enthusiastic, reliable and love helping people, and due to our location in Atherstone - have a way of getting to us under your own steam without reliance on public transport, then read on…
Our Organisation
Twycross Zoo has existed for 60 years. At the heart of what we do, the reason we exist, is to be an influential conservation and education charity, delivering on our commitments to be visitor obsessed and provide world-class animal environments and levels of husbandry. Alongside this, we strive to be an effective charity with a commercial mindset, putting our people at the heart of the organisation.
We welcome over 600,000 people every year to our 100-acre rural site near Atherstone, and are home to 400 animals, including one of the largest chimpanzee families in the UK, and our primate collection is up there with the best in the world! We’re the only zoo in the UK to house all four great apes and we care for many other endangered species to the highest welfare standards, including Eastern black rhino, Sumatran tigers, Amur leopards and snow leopards.
The Role
As an Entertainer you will deliver informal engagement activities, performances and presentations around the Twycross zoo site highlighting the conservation messages where appropriate. Key responsibilities will include:
· Mascot performance (including wearing large character costumes)
· Perform in the entertainment requirements of Gruffalo Discovery Land and the wider zoo
· To perform new experiences for repeat visitors so that every visit is different and memorable
· Supporting the organisation of zoo based events
· Delivery of booked activities such as birthday parties and clubs
· To have all work underpinned by the conservation goals of the organisation
· Help maintain conservation education and engagement buildings in a clean and tidy state
· Ensure all Zoo procedures, protocols and rules are followed at all times.
The Package
As an Entertainer, you’ll benefit from:
· Pay rate in line with national minimum/living wage rates
· Accrued holiday pay
· Uniform
· Staff membership card giving you free entry to the Zoo on your days off
· Complimentary Twycross Zoo ticket allowance for friends and family
· 25% discount in the Twycross Zoo gift shop
· 25% discount in Twycross Zoo food and beverage outlets
· Free onsite parking
· Star of the month award scheme
· Access to work counselling services
Our Requirements
· Experience in presenting/ performing to large groups of people desirable
· Access to some form of private transport is essential as local public transport timetables are not fitting with hours of work
· An outgoing and approachable personality with a confidence to talk and perform to people
· A friendly and enthusiastic attitude with a passion for delivering excellent customer service and memorable experiences
· Ability to professionally cope with a variety of work and be flexible in their approach to tasks and hours
· Punctual, reliable, and have the ability to work effectively as part of a team and unsupervised
Whilst Twycross Zoo is an equal opportunities employer, please note that this role will require a level of fitness suitable for being on your feet all day.
More about us
We’re at the forefront of conservation, education and research, and have a strong commitment to our award-winning education programme which aims to increase the level of awareness, knowledge and understanding about the animals and their plight in the wild.
All applications for these Visitor Experience Assistant vacancies are to be submitted online, and strictly no agency calls or agency CV submissions.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Salary: £7.49-£11.44 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Every weekend
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Application question(s):
- Tell us something about yourself that we wouldn’t get from your CV
- Why are you interested in working at Twycross Zoo?
Ability to Commute:
- Atherstone, CV9 3PX (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 08/03/2024
Expected start date: 25/03/2024
