Aquarist

**Aquarist / Keeper**

SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium, King St & Flinders St
Melbourne, VIC, 3000
Australia

Are you passionate about Aquatic Animal husbandry? Would you like to work for one of Melbourne’s star attractions ensuring that our animals receive the highest level of care and our guests have a magical experience?
If you love animals, feel passionate about conservation and love sharing your enthusiasm with others then we could have the job for you.

**About the Role**
We currently have an opportunity for Aquarists/Keepers to join our team at SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium

These roles work within the Curatorial team in ensuring best practice animal husbandry as well as providing an amazing experience to our visitors.

**You will have the opportunity to work across all exhibits within the aquarium.**

**Your duties include but are not limited to**:

- Perform various tasks across the aquarium - daily husbandry, management and welfare of the animal collection
- Develop and maintain excellent and innovative animal exhibits that deliver an exceptional visitor experience
- Food preparation and feeding of fish and marine animals
- Clean and maintain the exhibits and quarantine tanks
- Implement continually high levels of cleanliness of all the displays, quarantine and food preparation areas, plus associated plant and workshops
- Maintain and develop displays lighting, signage and interactive displays in the displays area.
- Working with a variety of Life Support Systems

**About You**
- You will possess either a relevant science qualification, or demonstrated equivalent experience within an aquarium/aquaculture environment.
- In addition, you will be passionate about marine animals and will display commitment, loyalty and a strong work ethic.
- You will be an exceptional communicator, are solution focused, and are able to use your vast experience to work well in a successful, fast paced team.
- You are committed to ensuring clean, amazing exhibits and exercise best practice animal husbandry while delivering an amazing guest experience.
- Your ability to multi-task and have a flexible and adaptable approach along with high attention to detail, the ability to meet deadlines and have demonstrated planning, organisational and time management skills are highly desired.
- Please note that this role will require regular diving and appropriate certifications for diving will be required. Already hold appropriate qualifications? This is an advantage

**About the Benefits**
The salary is competitive and other perks include:

- Corporate benefits including free access to all our attractions worldwide
- Great engagement incentives including
- birthday leave and volunteer leave
- Global opportunities to develop and progress your skills and career
- Being part of a business built on fun

**About Us**
Merlin Entertainments is the company behind iconic brands like SEA LIFE, Madame Tussauds, LEGOLAND, and Peppa Pig World of Play. We operate in over 130 attractions across 25 countries, delivering memorable experiences to 54 million+ visitors a year. In Australia and New Zealand, we have 10 attractions, including SEA LIFE, Wild Life, Madame Tussauds, and the Fly Treetop Adventures, amongst others.

So, if you are vibrant and passionate about delivering an amazing service within a great company and in a team who loves what we do - then we want to hear from you

**Everyone Matters at Merlin.**
At Merlin we welcome the world to our magical attractions and resorts every day and we want to reflect that same multicultural mix inside our business too. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse workplace where people can be themselves, have the same opportunities and thrive together. Because at Merlin, everyone matters
Together, we work to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, no matter their age, race, gender, disability or sexual orientation. Although we understand that we'll always be learning and growing, we aim to be the most inclusive and flexible employer in our industry.

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