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Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation CenterConservation

Animal Care Specialist

Location

Navarre, Florida, United States

Work type

Onsite

Employment

Full Time

Experience

0-1 years

Compensation

$30K - $30K per year

Posted

8h ago

Summary and responsibilities

Role overview

Summary

The Animal Care Specialist is responsible for the daily care, feeding, cleaning, and enrichment of aquatic and terrestrial animals at the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center. This role involves maintaining animal exhibits, monitoring health, record-keeping, and assisting with educational programs for visitors.

Primary Responsibility: Reports to the Animal Care Director about daily care and maintenance of animals, aquariums and daily operations. Includes daily charting, husbandry, maintenance of facility cleanliness, record keeping, water quality. Must be able to work as an integral part of the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center (NBSTCC) team and communicate effectively with co-workers, supervisors, volunteers, students and guests. Other duties as necessary to meet the needs of the NBSTCC.


Key Areas of Responsibility:

  • Provides daily care, feeding, cleaning, training and enrichment activities for all animals aquatic and terrestrial according to the established protocols.

  • Perform daily inspections and maintenance of animal exhibits, ensuring optimal water quality, habitat conditions, and environmental enrichment.

  • Performs daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance on all LSS equipment.

  • Monitor animal health and behavior, reporting any concerns to the Animal Care Team Director.

  • Maintain detailed animal/exhibit records.

  • Assist with quarantine procedures, habitat maintenance, and water quality testing on quarantine systems according to the established safety protocols.

  • Assists with vet staff for all animal health related issues, treatments, procedures, and restraints.

  • Treats animals humanely, with compassion and concern and transmits these values and the NBSTCC’s mission to other volunteers and visitors.

  • Routine daily cleaning of animal habitats, aquariums, food prep area.

  • Preparation of all animal diets, aquatic and terrestrial.

  • Assists with development of animal enrichment projects.

  • Provides daily enrichment to all animals and logs information into the enrichment program.

  • Provides education chats on the NBSTCC’s resident animals and coastal and marine ecosystems for visitors in a fast-paced work environment, which, at times, may be stressful or emotionally charged.

  • Leads & participates in center programs and events. Including offsite educational opportunities.

  • Assists with opening and closing procedures.


Additional Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in biology, zoology, or related area of study.

  • Must be detail oriented and self-motivated.

  • Excellent communication, interpersonal and creative skills are necessary.

  • Must be able to work weekends, evenings, and holidays.

  • Ability to work well in a team environment.

  • Strong computer literacy and data entry skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel) and Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Gmail).

  • Must be able to conduct and/or learn required information and techniques associated with animal care.

  • Must be physically fit; able to lift, carry, and push objects weighing at least 50 lbs.

  • Includes exposure to sounds and noise levels that may be distracting or uncomfortable.

  • Requires working outdoors, exposed to extreme temperatures and harsh weather conditions.

  • Physical exertion will include repetitive standing, walking, stooping, bending, pushing, twisting and lifting.

  • Must be able to feed live fish, shrimp, worms, mealworms, crickets and other food sources to animals that require live feedings.

Updated 2h ago

Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Animal Care • 1+ yrs
Water Quality Testing • 1+ yrs
Record Keeping • 1+ yrs
Communication • 1+ yrs
Teamwork • 1+ yrs
Computer Literacy • 1+ yrs
Microsoft Office Suite • 1+ yrs
Google Workspace • 1+ yrs

Experience

0-1 years

How this role is positioned

Role classification

Job domains

Operations

Industries

Wildlife & Conservation

Employment

Full Time

Contract duration

Permanent

Hiring type

Direct

Global hiring

Location specific

Offer details

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

$30K - $30K per year

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyUSD
PeriodYearly

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationNavarre, Florida, United States
Work typeOnsite
Global hiringNo

Bandwidth profile

peopleMedium7/10
physicalHigh9/10
cognitiveMedium7/10
executionHigh8/10
creativityMedium6/10
uncertaintyMedium7/10
communicationHigh8/10

Context on the employer

Company snapshot

Company

Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center

Team size

Growing team

Location

Navarre, Florida, United States

The Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center (NBSTCC) is an organization focused on the daily care and maintenance of animals, aquariums, and operations, including conservation and educational outreach.

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Animal Care Specialist

Navarre, Florida, United StatesFull Time