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Biologist (Animal Care)
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States
Work type
Onsite
Employment
Full Time
Experience
1-5 years
Compensation
Compensation not disclosed
Posted
3h ago
Summary and responsibilities
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Summary
The Biologist (Animal Care) serves as an Assistant Curator, providing daily care for exotic and endangered animals, coordinating animal training, and overseeing staff. This role is crucial for animal well-being, breeding, education, conservation, and research support within a zoological setting.
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: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is 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: To qualify at the GS-09 grade level based on education, applicants must successfully complete 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree.
Or a Combination: Education and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualifications.
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1-5 years
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Permanent
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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