Senior Wild Animal Keeper, Mammals
Wildlife Conservation Society · New York, NY · 1 mo ago
Science$54k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually we have sections: About Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) maybe "About the role"? The instructions: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have content: About WCS (description). Could map to "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is generic; but we have "About Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)". Could use "About the role" heading and put that description. Or maybe better to use "About the role" heading and put the WCS description. The instructions: "use
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- Qualification Requirements: Valid current driver’s license. Bachelor’s Degree with major in biology or a related field with one year recent, full time paid experience in the handling, feeding and care of animals in a zoo or on a stock farm with experience supervising animal care staff, OR an equivalent combination of education or experience including internships at related animal care facilities.
- Physical Requirements: The position requires outdoor work in all weather conditions. Tasks require manual dexterity and ability to safely use tools (e.g. drill, wire cutters, computer keyboard) and operate equipment. Some tasks require climbing, kneeling, bending, navigating uneven terrain, and moderate lifting up to 50 pounds. Ability and willingness to work weekends, holidays, evenings and special events as the schedule demands.
- Other Requirements: Employee must be able to work Saturdays, Sundays and all Holidays. Employee must be able to work Overtime if required by supervisor.
- (EEO disclaimer removed)
- Salary Range $54,473.00 (duplicate of Pay Range)
We need to avoid duplication. We'll include Pay section with the salary.
Schedule section: combine ability to work weekends, holidays, evenings, special events, overtime, Saturdays, Sundays, holidays.
We need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We'll produce HTML:
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but better to stick to those. Position summary could be part of About the role or Responsibilities. I'd include it as a paragraph under About the role maybe.
But we have a separate "Position Summary:" line. Could incorporate into About the role paragraph.
Responsibilities: we need
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have content: About WCS (description). Could map to "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is generic; but we have "About Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)". Could use "About the role" heading and put that description. Or maybe better to use "About the role" heading and put the WCS description. The instructions: "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can use those exact headings if content matches. We have content for About the role (description of WCS). Responsibilities: many bullet points. Requirements/Qualifications: we have Qualification Requirements and Physical Requirements etc. Could combine into Requirements section. Skills: maybe not explicit. Benefits: not given besides union full-time; no benefits detail. Pay: we have Pay Range: $54,473.00 per year. Schedule: we have ability to work weekends, holidays, evenings, overtime etc. So we can include Pay and Schedule sections.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Do not put Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO disclaimer, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. We need to preserve all substantive information.
Let's extract substantive content:
- Title: Senior Wild Animal Keeper / Mammalogy (not used as heading)
- Reports To: Operations Supervisor, Assistant Mammal Supervisor (maybe minor metadata; could fold into short p)
- Position Managed: Keepers, volunteers, and other support staff (metadata)
- Department: Animal Programs
- Location: Bronx Zoo
- Employment Type: Union, Full-Time
- Pay Range: $54,473.00 per year
- About WCS: paragraph.
- Position Summary: To perform any activity required for the captive life systems necessary for animal well-being and exhibit appearance in the Department of Mammalogy.
- Principal Responsibilities: list of duties (many sentences). We'll convert each sentence into
About the role
WCS stands for wildlife and wild places. As the world’s premier wildlife conservation organization, WCS has a long track record of achieving innovative, impactful results at scale. We run field programs spanning 60 countries and the entire ocean. We build on a unique foundation: Our reach is global; we discover through best-in-class science; we protect through work on the ground with local and indigenous people; we inspire through our world-class zoos, aquarium, and education programs; and we leverage our resources through partnerships and powerful policy influence. Our more than 4,000 diverse, passionately committed team members in New York City and around the world work collectively to achieve our conservation mission.
Position summary
maybe not in list but we could include as part of About the role? The instructions only gave examples but we can add other headings if needed? It says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but better to stick to those. Position summary could be part of About the role or Responsibilities. I'd include it as a paragraph under About the role maybe.
But we have a separate "Position Summary:" line. Could incorporate into About the role paragraph.
Responsibilities: we need - for each duty.
Let's list responsibilities sentences:
- The well-being, feeding and care of the captive animals in the wildlife park and the daily care and operation of their enclosures.
- Supervise and/or participate in the cleaning of public areas in and around exhibits and other animal facilities.
- Supervise and prepare animal diets or other food substances.
- May assist in both requisition and record keeping of food and other supplies.
- Inspect exhibits and facilities to ascertain that they are clean, well-lit and properly heated and ventilated, and take necessary action to ensure such.
- Make minor and emergency repairs necessary to animal management and exhibition areas and report the need for major repairs.
- Observe the animals entrusted to his/her care and report promptly on any indication of illness.
- Carry out the veterinarian's instructions for the care of sick animals and follow any protocols established for the care of any animals.
- Supervise and/or participate in the transfer of animals from one enclosure or zoo, etc., to another.
- Aid, help and inform the public regarding the wildlife park, its animals and exhibits.
- Participate in the installation of exhibit materials such as, but not limited to, perches, plants, rocks, logs, pools, painted walls, etc.
- Implement and participate in animal breeding, enrichment and operant conditioning programs.
- Supervise and instruct wild animal keepers and other subordinates in all phases of animal management/exhibition care.
- Maintain records related to the animal collection and complete daily reports and censuses as required.
- Participate in and instruct other keepers on how to participate in any pest control program in use in any areas occupied at any time by exotic wild animals.
- Assist in planning work assignments.
- Supervise and/or participate in animal hospital procedures as assigned.
- Operate vehicles and equipment as duties require.
- Accompany the curator on field trips for animal collection.
- Enforce WCS's visitors' rules and regulations and those of the Department of Parks of the City of New York and of the Department of Mammalogy.
- Perform related tasks and duties as required.
- Contribute to, enlarge and uphold WCS's policies toward the Equal Employment Opportunities for women, minorities, veterans, the handicapped and other protected groups.
- Ability to represent WCS in a professional manner and to establish and maintain positive, effective working relationships with employees, colleagues, City and other government agencies, outside contractors, and the general public.
We'll put each as
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Requirements/Qualifications: Could combine Qualification Requirements and Physical Requirements and Other Requirements into a single Requirements section? But we have separate headings Qualifications and Skills maybe. The instructions list Qualifications and Skills separate. We have qualification requirements (education, experience, driver's license). We have physical requirements (outdoor work, dexterity, lifting, etc). We have other requirements (weekends, overtime). Could treat Qualifications as education/license/experience, Skills maybe not given. We could put physical requirements under Requirements or maybe under Skills? But better to follow the examples: we can have Qualifications section for education/license/experience, and maybe a Skills section for physical abilities? However the instruction says use those headings as examples, not mandatory. We can create sections that match content: Qualifications, Requirements, Skills, Pay, Schedule.
We have Qualification Requirements (education, experience, driver's license). We have Physical Requirements (outdoor work, dexterity, tools, climbing, lifting, willingness to work weekends/holidays/evenings/special events). We have Other Requirements (Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, overtime). Could combine physical and other into Requirements section.
Let's do:
Qualifications
- Valid current driver’s license.
- Bachelor’s Degree with major in biology or a related field with one year recent, full‑time paid experience in the handling, feeding and care of animals in a zoo or on a stock farm with experience supervising animal care staff, OR an equivalent combination of education or experience including internships at related animal care facilities.
Requirements
- Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions.
- Manual dexterity and ability to safely use tools (e.g., drill, wire cutters, computer keyboard) and operate equipment.
- Capable of climbing, kneeling, bending, navigating uneven terrain, and performing moderate lifting up to 50 pounds.
- Willingness to work weekends, holidays, evenings, and special events as the schedule demands.
- Ability to work Saturdays, Sundays, and all holidays.
- Ability to work overtime if required by supervisor.
We could also include physical ability to work outdoors etc.
Pay section:
Pay
$54,473.00 per year
Schedule section: maybe we already covered schedule in Requirements; but we could still have a Schedule section summarizing shift work. However we must not create Schedule unless posting actually states them. It does state ability to work weekends, holidays, evenings, special events, Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, overtime. So we can have Schedule section.
But we already used those in Requirements. To avoid duplication, we could move schedule-specific items to Schedule section and keep Requirements more about physical/ability. Let's restructure:
Qualifications: education/license/experience.
Requirements: physical demands (outdoor work, dexterity, tools, climbing, lifting, etc).
Schedule: weekend/holiday/evening/special events, Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, overtime.
Thus no duplication.
Let's list schedule items:
- Ability and willingness to work weekends, holidays, evenings and special events as the schedule demands.
- Employee must be able to work Saturdays, Sundays and all Holidays.
- Employee must be able to work Overtime if required by supervisor.
We'll put those as - .
Now Responsibilities section as earlier.
We also have Position Summary; we could include as a paragraph under About the role or separate. Since we have About the role heading, we can put the position summary there as well.
Let's craft About the role paragraph: combine WCS description and position summary.
About the role paragraph: "WCS stands for wildlife and wild places. As the world’s premier wildlife conservation organization, WCS has a long track record of achieving innovative, impactful results at scale. We run field programs spanning 60 countries and the entire ocean. We build on a unique foundation: Our reach is global; we discover through best-in-class science; we protect through work on the ground with local and indigenous people; we inspire through our world-class zoos, aquarium, and education programs; and we leverage our resources through partnerships and powerful policy influence. Our more than 4,000 diverse, passionately committed team members in New York City and around the world work collectively to achieve our conservation mission. Position Summary: To perform any activity required for the captive life systems necessary for animal well-being and exhibit appearance in the Department of Mammalogy."
Now Responsibilities
.
Now Qualifications
Qualifications
- Valid current driver’s license.
- Bachelor’s Degree with major in biology or a related field with one year recent, full‑time paid experience in the handling, feeding and care of animals in a zoo or on a stock farm with experience supervising animal care staff, OR an equivalent combination of education or experience including internships at related animal care facilities.
Requirements
- Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions.
- Manual dexterity and ability to safely use tools (e.g., drill, wire cutters, computer keyboard) and operate equipment.
- Capable of climbing, kneeling, bending, navigating uneven terrain, and performing moderate lifting up to 50 pounds.
- Willingness to work weekends, holidays, evenings, and special events as the schedule demands.
- Ability to work Saturdays, Sundays, and all holidays.
- Ability to work overtime if required by supervisor.
Pay
$54,473.00 per year
Schedule section: maybe we already covered schedule in Requirements; but we could still have a Schedule section summarizing shift work. However we must not create Schedule unless posting actually states them. It does state ability to work weekends, holidays, evenings, special events, Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, overtime. So we can have Schedule section. But we already used those in Requirements. To avoid duplication, we could move schedule-specific items to Schedule section and keep Requirements more about physical/ability. Let's restructure: Qualifications: education/license/experience. Requirements: physical demands (outdoor work, dexterity, tools, climbing, lifting, etc). Schedule: weekend/holiday/evening/special events, Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, overtime. Thus no duplication. Let's list schedule items: - Ability and willingness to work weekends, holidays, evenings and special events as the schedule demands. - Employee must be able to work Saturdays, Sundays and all Holidays. - Employee must be able to work Overtime if required by supervisor. We'll put those as- .
Now Qualifications