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Chester Zoo is hiring lots of roles including one looking after penguins and parrots
Here’s how you can apply
Chester Zoo is hiring for a number of different staff roles, including a job looking after parrots and penguins, and here’s how to apply.
If you love animals and would love to look after them on a daily basis, this could be the dream role for you. Aspiring zoo keepers could be in with the chance of working at one of the UK’s most visited wildlife attractions.
Around 2 million visitors step through the doors at Chester zoo each year to see the 27,000 animals at its huge site in Cheshire.
The popular conservation zoo is now hiring for a number of roles, with one that requires employees to work with parrots and penguins.
Employees are offered some excellent perks including a staff pass so you can visit the zoo on their days off and receive multiple complimentary tickets so you can bring along your friends and family. You also get 33 days of holiday per year. Here are the roles available at the zoo:
Keeper – parrots and penguins
Keepers will be involved in the day-to-day care and husbandry of a wide range of bird species, including parrots, penguins, passerines, hornbills and pheasants.
Qualifications: A HND or Degree level qualification in a zoological-related science or equivalent experience.
Hours: The role requires the successful candidate to work 40 hours per week and it is a fixed term three-month contract.
Pay: £24,632.63 per year.
Apply HERE.
Events assistant manager
The events assistant manager will be responsible for the daily management of the food and beverage team working across all event spaces at the zoo, including the wedding events venue ’The Square’.
The role requires you to work a variety of shifts including days and evenings for events such as weddings and corporate functions.
Hours: 40 per week, five days out of seven on a rota basis including weekends and bank holidays.
Qualifications: event operations experience operating in a high volume business environment, at a mid-management level, preferably in a leading event destination.
Pay: £29,021.21 per year. Apply HERE.
Security support officer
You will maintain the highest level of security at the zoo delivering proactive and effective prevention activities and emergency response. Conduct effective security tasks including surveillance, people searches, foot and mobile patrols during the day and night.
Successful candidates are expected to support the security team ensuring that regular reviews of security vulnerabilities are identified and highlighted, addressed or suitably mitigated and demonstrate a high level of competency in the use of security systems to maximise their operational benefit.
Hours: A minimum of 8 per week with up to 40 during busy periods.
Qualifications: previous experience in a similar role.
Pay: £10.98 per hour. Temporary contract until September 2023, with a possibility of this being extended. Apply HERE.
Horticulturist – projects
The horticulturist will be part of a team who develop and maintain a wide range of horticultural features and activities within Chester Zoo’s animal and plant division and the wider zoo environment.
The horticulturist will landscape and plant animal enclosures and garden features, maintaining lawns, hedges, bedding displays, mature trees and the zoo’s newly created five-hectare nature reserve and browse areas at Woodside farm.
Qualifications: minimum NVQ Level 2 in Horticulture is desirable, and proven practical horticultural experience. PA1 and PA6 spraying certificates.
Hours: 40 hours per week, worked 10 days out of 14, including weekends and bank holidays as rostered.
Pay: £24,632.63. Apply HERE.
Community engagement manager
The community engagement manager is responsible for developing and managing the zoo’s work with communities, with a particular focus on audiences who are underrepresented in conservation, volunteering and on supporting conservation education work internationally.
You will work on projects both local to the zoo and internationally (mostly via remote means) in support of the zoo’s conservation work around the world.
Hours: 32 hours a week
Pay: £32,886.29 per year. Temporary fixed term contract (13 months). Apply HERE.
Qualifications: Extensive experience developing community focused programmes and projects, preferably within an environmental education, conservation or similar organisation.
Multi-site food and beverage supervisor
Description: You will be responsible for the zoo’s coffee shop and kiosk teams. You will have responsibility for the day-to-day running of two coffee shops, eight kiosks and over 10 pop up units and will be managing a team in excess of 70 during our busy summer period.
You will run your units along with the support of your coordinator and under the supervision of the senior food and beverage team.
Hours: You’ll be working a variety of shifts, five days out of seven on a rota basis including weekends and bank holidays. Hours of work will generally be during our core zoo opening hours, although evening work will be required for special events such as ‘Into the night’ and ‘The Lanterns’.
Pay: Salary of £26,487.02 based on 40 hours. Apply HERE.
Qualifications: Demonstrable experience in a similar role, ideally with multi-site experience.
Food and beverage coordinator
You will run your units along with the support of your coordinator and under the supervision of the senior food and beverage team.
Hours: You’ll be working a variety of shifts, five days out of seven on a rota basis including weekends and bank holidays. Hours of work will generally be during our core zoo opening hours, although evening work will be required for special events such as ‘Into the night’ and ‘The Lanterns’.
Pay: £22,844.02 based on 40 hours, plus paid overtime.
Qualifications: Excellent verbal and written communication skills Apply HERE.
Food and beverage assistant/barista
The zoo is looking for an experienced barista to work in their South East Asian inspired House of Sumatra coffee shop, preparing and serving authentic Indonesian food and drinks.
Hours: Minimum 20 hours per week.
Pay: £10.49 per hour. Flexible hours with a guaranteed 20 hours per week available.
Qualifications: Barista training, with experience of working in a coffee shop or venue serving hand crafted drinks. Apply HERE.
Chef de Partie
Under the direction of the sous chef and lead chef you will be responsible for your own section, preparing meals for a variety of events, including weddings and other special occasions, as well as large corporate functions and bespoke events.
Hours: You’ll work 40 hours per week, five days out of seven.
Pay: £24,632.63 per annum, plus overtime
Qualifications: Previous chef experience, preferably gained in a leading British gastro-pub or events venue and Level 2 Food Safety qualification. Apply HERE.
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Stagecoach hiring over 100 new bus drivers for Bee Network with £31k salaries
Fancy a career change?
Stagecoach Manchester is hiring over 100 new bus drivers to work from its Oldham depot, following the second phase of the Bee Network launch in March.
You can apply for a range of roles, from positions with no experience required to fully qualified bus drivers.
Successful applicants will receive full training as part of the job, and trainees will get paid to train. Then after only 12 months’ service at Stagecoach, drivers can expect to earn up to £16 per hour, which equates to £31.6K per year, before overtime.
As well as that, drivers that already hold a PCV licence may be eligible to receive a £1,200 joining bonus.
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There’s also a host of other benefits available to all Stagecoach employees, like 28 days paid holiday, generous pension and free Stagecoach bus travel for successful applicants and a companion.
Rob Jones, Managing Director at Stagecoach Manchester said: “Expanding our offering in Oldham means we’ll be investing more in the economy and supporting our local community, as well as strengthening our workforce.
“Whether you’re looking for a career change or you’re a fully qualified, experienced bus driver, there’s a role for everyone here in Oldham.
“We’re looking for personable and dedicated drivers who are ready to help us build on the success of the Bee Network and connect the people of Oldham and Greater Manchester with the places and people that are important to them.”
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Phil Cornwall, bus driver at Stagecoach Manchester, said: “I’ve been a driver at Stagecoach for 25 years and I couldn’t recommend it more.
“From the perks to the people to the passengers, it really is a great place to work.”
To apply, head to the Stagecoach website HERE.
Two men have now been charged with murder, following the discovery of a human torso in Kersal Dale.
As well as that, more suspected human remains were also discovered this morning, Monday April 29th, in an alleyway close to the railway lines off Worsley Road, Eccles.
This follows earlier discoveries of human remains over the past three weeks, at Kersal Dale, Blackleach Reservoir and Colliery Wood, all in Salford.
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Michal Jaroslaw Polchowski (25/04/1956) and Marcin Majerkiewicz (10/04/1982) both of Worsley Road, Eccles, have been charged with murder.
They are set to appear at Tameside Magistrates Court this afternoon.
While formal identification is still ongoing, the remains found at Kersal Dale are believed to be of a local man in his 60s. The remains found at the other three locations are still to be tested, but police are confident they belong to the same victim.
ACC Sarah Jackson said: “We have had large numbers of officers, staff and specialists working diligently on this investigation over the last three weeks. It has been very much a large, collective effort, with the victim and family at the heart of it from the outset.
“We have specially trained officers deployed to support the family as they come to terms with this tragic news. They are aware of this morning’s further discovery and will continue to be kept up to date with how we are progressing.
“Despite the charges brought today, our work is far from over.
“The scenes we already have established in Bury and Salford will remain in place for much of this week whilst our searches and enquiries continue. Local officers will continue to patrol the impacted areas to provide reassurance.
“We will continue following every line of enquiry to recover and reunite the victim with his family, bringing a dignified end to this terrible scenario.
“I’d like to thank the communities of Salford and beyond for their cooperation throughout this investigation. I know this incident has come as a shock, and the support we’ve had from those in the area is very much appreciated.”
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More human remains discovered in Greater Manchester as police identify victim
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Detectives investigating the discovery of a torso in Kersal Dale have found more human remains around Greater Manchester.
GMP released a statement on the weekend, revealing they had opened four scenes for extensive searches – one of them at a warehouse in Bury, and three in Salford.
Searches took place at Blackleach reservoir, where human remains were found, and a dog walker found a package containing human remains at Colliery Wood.
Officers believe they have now identified the man, who they believe to be a man in his 60s that lived in Salford, and his family have been informed.
Two suspects have already been arrested in connection with the murder probe, with officers saying they are thought to have lived with the victim.
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Detective Superintendent Lewis Hughes, Senior Investigating Officer for this investigation, said in a statement at Blackleach reservoir yesterday, Sunday April 28th: “We have continued to make significant progress in our investigation into human remains being found in Kersal earlier this month.
“From day one, our priority has been to identify the man and his family so that we can give them the support and the answers that they need.
“Thanks to meticulous forensic work, we are now confident we have identified the man. Formal identification hasn’t yet taken place, but we believe he is a man in his 60s and lived in Salford.
“Specially-trained family liaison officers have met with his family this afternoon to give them the devastating news, and we will do all that we can to support them at this awful time.
“We believe he is known to the two suspects we have in custody. They have remained in custody for questioning over the weekend, as we work to establish how the victim met this tragic outcome.”
He continued: “We have painstakingly worked to follow up every line of inquiry in this investigation. Over the last couple of days, we have acted on information and had four scenes in place for extensive searches – one of them is at a warehouse in Bury, and three of them are in Salford, including here at Blackleach reservoir.
“Today, we have found some human remains at the reservoir here, and last night a dog walker found a package containing human remains at Colliery Wood. Forensic tests will continue to establish whose remains these are, but we are very confident that this is also the victim in our investigation.
“We have also been searching a house in Winton where we believe the victim and the two suspects lived. We have found evidence that the victim is likely to have died there – most likely in late March.
“While this is significant progress, we know there is still some way to go to complete this investigation. I also recognise details of this case will have been distressing for the people of Salford and beyond – including the officers that are diligently working on this investigation, and most importantly the man’s heartbroken family.
“Local officers will continue to patrol the affected areas, and we will provide updates when we have more information.”
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