Husbandry Butterflies

Position Summary: Provides care for all exhibit animals at the Blue Zoo butterfly flight house, maintaining containment while educating guests about the plants and animals inside the butterfly house.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Provides daily care for Butterflies at Blue Zoo animals including cleaning of habitats in exhibit area.

• Provides daily husbandry for Butterflies and monitors their health and enrichment.

• Ensures proper record keeping of daily husbandry, maintenance actions and animal health.

• Maintains compliance for USDA regulated animals.

• Upholds AZA standards and follows Blue Zoo animal policies.

• Effectively communicates with direct supervisors, and other facilities that house and maintain butterflies

• Directly communicates with staff for onsite needs and minor or emergency maintenance requests.

• Helps implement trainings for staff

• Works collaboratively with staff, problem solves and communicates within the team and when collaborating with other teams or departments.

• Interacts with and provides educational information for guests of all ages visiting the butterfly house and uses live animals to demonstrate science-based concepts to guests.

• Conducts daily public programming and develops curriculum for latest programs.

• Additional duties based on organizational priorities and as needed

Competencies

• Time management

• Communication Skills

• Meticulous

• Guest Service Oriented

• Initiative

• Teamwork and Cooperation

• Ethical Conduct

• Innovation/Creative Thinking

Qualifications/Experience:

• Possesses or working towards a Degree in Biology or a related biological field or study.

• Experience working with invertebrates or animals in a zoo, museum, or similar facility is desired.

• Excellent customer service and communication skills.

• Enthusiastic, keen sense of fun, and patient.

• Experience working in a non-formal education/museum/education setting and/or a customer service-based role.

• Prior experience working with, as well as comfortable working with, individuals of different ages and abilities

• Butterfly husbandry knowledge and experience.

• Chrysalis husbandry knowledge and experience.

• Landscaping or horticulture interest and knowledge.

• Project/Time management.

• Meticulous.

• Conflict resolution.

• Has Initiative.

• Results and goal oriented.

• Confident decision making.

Full time

$13.00 - $17.00 per hour Pay depends on experience.