Zookeeper - Primates

• Animal Care & Feeding: Prepare and deliver approved diets in line with established feeding procedures to meet species-specific nutritional needs.
• Exhibit & Equipment Maintenance: Maintain exceptional hygiene standards by cleaning and upkeeping animal exhibits, equipment, and workspaces.
• Husbandry & Welfare Development: Support the development of best-practice husbandry by helping to design enriching, innovative, and visually engaging enclosures that promote natural behaviours.
• Animal Observation & Reporting: Monitor animal behaviour, health, and security daily, reporting any concerns promptly to Lead Keepers or Section Management.
• Training & Enrichment: Assist in the creation and implementation of enrichment and training programmes to support physical and psychological well-being.
• Veterinary Support: Support the Veterinary Team by administering treatments as directed, ensuring high standards of animal health care.
• Visitor Engagement: Enhance the guest experience by delivering informative talks, demonstrations, and positive interactions that connect visitors to ZSL’s mission.
• Conservation & Research Support: Collaborate with the curatorial team to contribute to conservation and research efforts across ZSL programmes.
• Record Keeping: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records, including daily logs, risk assessments, and data entry into ZIMS and other relevant systems.
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: Promote and uphold ZSL’s commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion in all areas of work and team engagement.

We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds and celebrate the value of having a team of employees with diverse skills, experiences, and heritage. We are committed to ensuring our teams can bring their authentic selves to work without fear of discrimination. ZSL has active equality networks for our staff with lived experience and those who provide active allyship in Race and Culture, Team Pride, Disability Network, and Menopause Network, complemented by our strategic EDI Steering Group.  

We’re ZSL, an international conservation charity. Through our unrivalled animal experts in our two zoos (London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo), the work of our pioneering scientists, our dedicated conservationists, our purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals going extinct. Our vision is a world where wildlife thrives and we’re working every day to achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and wildlife live alongside each other, we are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink of extinction.  

What do we offer?  

At ZSL, we are proud of our approach to employee benefits. Our benefits include:  

• Our vision and purpose - you’ll work alongside colleagues who are passionate about science-led conservation, knowing that you will help us to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wildlife going extinct 
• Pension scheme - we offer a generous pension scheme with up to 12% contributory pension. 
• Flexible working – talk to us about your flexible working requirements and we will do everything we can to make sure you work in a way that suits you  
• Holidays – 25 days annual leave allowance, plus UK bank holidays  
• Wellbeing – access to a blended programme of wellbeing initiatives, including confidential access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme  
• Life assurance – eligible employees will be enrolled in ZSL’s life assurance scheme from their first day 
• Complimentary tickets – annual allocation of Whipsnade Zoo and London Zoo tickets, with a 30% discount in online and retail shops  
• Cycle2Work - our cycle to work scheme enables you to lease a bicycle  
• Season ticket loan - we offer an interest free loan for eligibly London-based employees to buy a season ticket for travel between home and work  
• Family friendly policies – we offer enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption packages