Animal Keeper Associate : Birds

About the Role & Team

Disney's Animal Kingdom is looking to fill an Animal Keeper position on the Birds team. In this role you will cultivate your animal husbandry and teamwork skills as you work with a large team of keepers, caring for a large and diverse bird collection as well as a small collection of Asian hoofstock.

This is a full-time, hourly position where you will report to a team of Zoological Managers.

What You Will Do

• Keepers are responsible for day-to-day animal care and welfare. This includes husbandry, enrichment, and operant conditioning as it relates to the daily management and research of assigned species.
• Daily accountabilities include but are not limited to cleaning, animal observation, diet preparation, and reporting medical needs and abnormal conditions to zoological managers.
• Maintain daily records, collecting and logging information, and ensuring this information is communicated to management and the central animal record keeping system.
• The work includes physical labor in ambient outdoor temperatures and weather conditions in Central Florida, which may include extreme heat and humidity.
• Provide animal information and conservation messages through guest and cast interaction.
• Keepers must work well in a large team environment.
• Partner with maintenance, operation managers, horticulture, veterinary staff, educators and scientists.
• Keepers have a flexible schedule, working a variety of shifts including early morning start times (6 AM) or late evening ending times (8 PM), as necessary to support operation hours.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Preferred Qualifications

Education

Benefits and Perks

Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https : / / jobs.disneycareers.com / benefits .

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