Interpretation Officer - North West, United Kingdom - BIAZA

BIAZA

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North West, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Chester Zoo

North-West England
Contact:

Sector:

Conservation
Type:
Paid
Contract type:
Fulltime
Salary:

- £23,176.14Full time, permanent contract with an option for some hybrid working and some flexibility in hours.

The Role
We now have an exciting new role for an outstanding Interpretation Officer.

Reporting to the Interpretation Manager, you'll support the Interpretation team in planning, creating, delivering, and maintaining interpretation such as signage, theming, and interactives.

This will involve research, content writing, image sourcing, graphic design commissioning and overseeing contractors. You will lead on producing animal information signs and up-keeping the maintenance of our installs across the zoo.

As an
Interpretation Officer you will:

Develop and deliver new signage, theming, and other interpretation alongside the Interpretation Manager and a range of other colleagues to maximise conservation impact and our learning goals, and to improve the visitor experience
Ensure the maintenance and good upkeep of interpretation across the zoo, using records and databases to keep organised, and undertake basic maintenance yourself
Lead on the updating of key fixed installations such as screens, where there is the opportunity to convey the latest zoo and conservation news stories
Manage allocated resources, ensuring initiatives are well planned and deliver maximum value for money and effort. Develop and maintain good record systems of interpretation work, showing how it has progressed and what is still to complete
Support the installation of interpretation and theming. And commission contractors as required to create models, signage, joinery, and other elements and take responsibility for the ongoing monitoring of their work
Collate and use KPI and evaluation data to drive a process of continual improvement, contributing to research about the impact of our interpretation work, in relation to reach and conservation impact

What makes Chester Zoo a great place to work?
Well, where do we start? Here goes

We're a huge team of conservationists, scientists, educators, animal welfare experts, marketeers, visitor experience professionals, environmental policy influencers; the list goes on.

Each and every one of us is on a mission to make Chester Zoo the best in the world, and our planet a better place.

As the UK's biggest and best zoo, we have ambitious goals, exciting plans, and there's always lots going on here.

We're an inclusive and diverse organisation, made up of nearly 500 permanent and 500 seasonal team members, and we know how important it is to invest in our colleagues to help boost their career development.

We have ambitious goals, and we want you to be with us for the long term on our exciting journey.

Our working environment could not be more different from a typical office - where else can you see critically endangered orangutans from your office window, or stroll among rare giraffes and tigers on your lunch break?

The Package

Permanent contract
35 hours per week with the option for some hybrid working
Salary of £23,176.14 per annum (FTE for 40 hours £26,487.02)
33 days annual leave plus the option to buy or sell up to 5 days
Staff pass so you can visit the zoo during your time off, plus multiple complimentary tickets for your friends and family
Cycle to work scheme
Healthcare plan and employee assistance programme
Discounted gym membership
Discounts on cinema tickets, restaurants, high street shops and more via Perks
Pension scheme with generous employer contributions up to 9%

Our Requirements

Experience of developing interpretation in a visitor attraction is essential
Experience of text writing, ideally in a visitor attraction setting and for broad audiences
Excellent organisational skills, including time management, administration and workload planning skills to manage multiple concurrent projects
Excellent diplomacy and interpersonal skills. Ability to work effectively under own initiative and as part of a team, to work under pressure with positive attitude
Demonstrable research skills: the ability to find accurate and reliable information and source quality materials (such as films, maps and images), seek copyright clearance for their usage and edit into appropriate formats for our audiences
Strong IT skills with competent use of all core Microsoft packages. These include Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Practical maintenance skills: (For example using drills and saws etc) or the willingness to learn is essential

Although not essential, the following would be desirable:

IT skills: Basic graphic skills using Adobe Creative Suite or experience with 2D or 3D design software
Basic photography skills: The ability to take highquality photos of our animals and plants for our signage