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Job Description
job description
SCHEDULE
Five (5) days a week; Friday - Tuesday
Regular Days Off: Wednesday and Thursday
Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. with occasional 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. or 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Duties / Responsibilities
In addition to routine cleaning and feeding, this animal keeper will handle and assist with training a wide variety of birds, present formal, scripted shows and make informal presentations. A positive attitude, the ability to work in a close team environment and quick thinking for a fast-paced show are important for this position.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
1. The equivalent of one year of full-time paid experience (2,080 hours) in the care and maintenance
of exotic animals with a facility similar to the Los Angeles Zoo whose core function is the exhibition of a variety of exotic animals; or
2. (a) Successful completion of the Animal Keeper Training program conducted by the Los Angeles
Zoo; or
(b) An equivalent program at an accredited school or college providing classroom and field work on the basic structure and function of exotic animals; basic nutritional requirements; recognition of the symptoms of animal diseases; sanitation measures; and aspects of animal behavior.
How to apply
Qualified, interested candidates should email resume along with three references to lazoo.personnel@lacity.org by 4:00 p.m., PST on Friday, February 7, 2025, or until sufficient applications have been received. The subject line must indicate: “EMG ANIMAL KEEPER (BIRD SHOW) APPLICATION”. While we appreciate the interest of all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Emergency Appointment
An emergency appointment is not a regular appointment. It is a temporary appointment which does not require that you successfully compete in the Civil Service examination process. The appointment may not exceed one year and must be terminated immediately when a regular appointment can be made from an eligible list. No emergency appointment can exceed one year. (City Charter Section 1013).
Closing Date/Time: 2/7/25 -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Los Angeles
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house, the entertainment capital of the world, and a major trendsetter in virtually every field of human endeavor.Los Angeles is a charter city and is governed by a Mayor and City Council. The City Council serves
full time and has fifteen members elected by district for four-year terms. Boards of Commissioners, appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council, oversee several
of the City’s departments and bureaus.The City has 44 departments, bureaus, and offices for which funds are budgeted annually by the
Mayor and City Council. Within those, the City has three departments (the Departments of Water &
Power, Harbor, and Airports) that are financed solely by revenue generated from their operations,
which are governed by Commissions, as well as two distinctly separate pension systems (Los
Angeles Fire & Police Pensions and the Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System). -