About National Trust Queensland & the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
Voted one of the Gold Coast’s most popular tourist destinations, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is the crown jewel of the National Trust of Australia (Queensland) [NTAQ] properties. As one of Queensland’s earliest nature-based tourist destinations, the Sanctuary is a physical embodiment of everything the NTAQ represents: to protect, conserve, and celebrate the Environmental, Built and Cultural heritage of our State.
As we continue to welcome visitors to the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and share our conversation story - we have an opportunity for a passionate, energetic and experienced casual Gum Cutter / Wildlife Keeper to support our Wildlife department.
About the Role
Reporting to the Life Sciences Manager, our passionate Gum Cutter / Wildlife Keeper will be an enthusiastic, capable and can work safely in a fast-paced environment. As our passionate and hands-on Gum Cutter / Wildlife Keeper you will have the responsibility of working offsite at any of our four plantations to cut and collect high quality fodder to provide fresh feed daily for our collection of herbivorous mammals which include our koalas and tree kangaroos.
This role will require working closely with Wildlife Keepers to learn and select appropriate food to ensure best available quality fodder is selected. You will work outdoors in a variety of locations and in all sorts of weather. You will display excellent park knowledge to drive the visitor experience and share our conservation stories.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have a Certificate III Captive Animal Management. In addition, you must be able to deliver high levels of customer service in an energetic, friendly, and professional manner within a busy team environment. Other key skills and qualifications we are looking for include:
What we can offer
Just as our charter is to protect, conserve, and celebrate the Environmental, Built and Cultural heritage of our State â we also are committed to ensuring our Team Members are protected, taken care of and of course celebrated! We offer current and future team members: