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Smithsonian Institution•Zoological Parks

Biologist (Animal Care)

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States

Work type

Onsite

Employment

Full Time

Experience

1-2 years

Compensation

Compensation not disclosed

Posted

3h ago

Summary and responsibilities

Role overview

Summary

The Biologist (Animal Care) serves as an Assistant Curator for specific animal areas, species, and teams. This role involves providing daily care for exotic and endangered animals, coordinating animal training, and overseeing Animal Keepers, volunteers, interns, and contractors. The position is vital for animal well-being, encompassing husbandry, breeding, education, conservation, exhibition, collection planning, and research support.

The Biologist (Animal Care) will serve as an Assistant Curator (Biologist) for specific animal areas, species, and/ or team(s) as assigned. Assistant Curators are vital in ensuring the well-being of our collection animals through their involvement in care, breeding, education, conservation, exhibition, collection planning and support of research.

In this position, you will:

  • Provides daily care of exotic and endangered animals through enclosure cleaning and sanitation, diet preparation and feeding, enrichment activities, and the application of animal husbandry techniques.

  • Coordinates animal training and management activities to support health care, capture, restraint, transport, shifting, and separation of animals for exhibit and husbandry purposes.

  • Oversee Animal Keepers, volunteers, interns, and contractors, ensuring work is assigned, scheduled, and completed according to established priorities and deadlines.

  • Assists in preparing reports and recommendations for local, national, and international conservation and zoological organizations.

Requirements:

  • Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation

  • May need to complete a Probationary Period

  • Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer

  • Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

  • Degree: Biological Sciences, Agriculture, Natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position.

  • OR Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to the basic qualification requirement above:

  • Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 level in the Federal Service, defined as assisting with management, care, and training of a collection of living wild animals in a zoological setting; assisting with various administrative processes; and facilitating research or data collection.

  • OR Education: 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree.

  • OR Combination: Education and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualifications.

Benefits:

The Smithsonian offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part:

  • Vacation and Sick Leave

  • Holidays

  • Health Insurance

  • Life Insurance

  • Accident Insurance

  • Excellent Retirement Program options

  • Flexible Spending Accounts

  • Long Term Care Insurance

Updated 3h ago

Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Animal Husbandry • 1+ yrs
Animal Training • 1+ yrs
Animal Management • 1+ yrs
Conservation • 1+ yrs
Research Support • 1+ yrs
Report Preparation • 1+ yrs
Data Collection • 1+ yrs
Supervision • 1+ yrs

Experience

1-2 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

Compensation not disclosed

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyUSD
PeriodYearly

Benefits and perks

Paid Holidays
Health Insurance
Life Insurance

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationWashington, Iowa, United States
Work typeOnsite
Global hiringNo

Bandwidth profile

peopleMedium • 7/10
physicalMedium • 7/10
cognitiveHigh • 8/10
executionHigh • 8/10
creativityMedium • 6/10
uncertaintyMedium • 6/10
communicationMedium • 7/10

Context on the employer

Company snapshot

Company

Smithsonian Institution

Team size

Growing team

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo.

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Biologist (Animal Care)

Washington, Iowa, United States • Full Time