Junior Aquarist

Tropical Marine Centre Ltd.; City of London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aquatics company based in London is looking for a dedicated individual for hands-on marine livestock husbandry. This role requires flexibility in working hours, including evenings and weekends. Ideal candidates should have a positive attitude, attention to detail, and an interest in aquatics. The position starts as a temporary 12-month contract with potential for permanent placement based on performance. Salary begins at national minimum wage plus additional allowances.

Benefits

Company pension

On-site parking

Monthly shift attendance allowance

Quarterly bonus based on targets

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and hard-working with a desire to learn about marine livestock husbandry.
• Flexibility in hours is essential due to the nature of the role.

Responsibilities

• Livestock acclimation.
• Hands on maintenance of fish-house systems.
• Feeding livestock and ensuring fish welfare.
• Tank cleaning and picking/packing of livestock.
• Support in customer calls.

Skills

Willingness to get involved

Hands on approach

Flexibility to adapt

Attention to detail

Good interpersonal & communication skills

Aquatic experience and product knowledge

Positive ‘can do’ attitude

Job description

Full-time working hours are 42.5 hours per week and due to the nature of dealing with Livestock, flexibility in hours is essential and evening and weekend work is required on a rolling shift rota. The successful candidate should have an interest in aquatics or animal care, and be enthusiastic, hard-working with attention to detail, and eager to learn all aspects of marine livestock husbandry. Full training is provided, this is a 100% hands on role.

Key responsibilities include:

• Livestock acclimation
• Hands on maintenance of the fish-house systems
• Feeding livestock and fish welfare
• Tank cleaning
• Picking and packing of livestock in a timely manner, for sales deliveries and calling customers
• Supporting calling customers

Key skills required include:

• Willingness to get involved, take ownership, and work on your own initiative is important.
• Hands on approach to tasks and situations
• Flexibility to adapt to sudden changes
• Work to deadlines and support critical pinch points, so that our livestock welfare standards are maintained.
• Positive ‘can do’ attitude and attention to detail
• Good interpersonal & communication skills
• Aquatic experience and product knowledge (advantageous)
• Flexibility and enthusiasm essential

Hours of Work: Fish-house shifts will include early starts and late finishes including weekend support on a rota basis. We can accommodate an immediate start.

Salary starts at national minimum wage with monthly shift attendance allowance payments for weekend and overtime hours and a quarterly bonus payment based on targets.

This position starts as a temporary 12 month contract and then made permanent based on performance.

Company pension

On-site parking

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