Animal Entertainer

Summary of Duties:
Responsible for supervising day to day operations of the Entertainment Department. This is an Entertainer position. The Entertainer will ensure that all the shows are performed as instructed by the Entertainer Director and Sarasota Jungle Gardens. The Entertainer is required to publicly speak entertain Stuff daily and report all incidents.
guest live and with the media. The Entertainer will communicate with the entire Entertainment Department Primary duties:
Perform all shows ON and OFF property
Perform carediets and maintenance of behaviors of all animals in the Entertainment Department.
Perform training techniques and enrichments of animals and develop new behaviors
Keep daily record on daily logs and read daily logs
Ensure and maintain proper function of audio and visual equipment
Follow company policy and procedure(hanbook)
work with Education Department and Animal Departments
Perform Media events or Programs
Secondary duties:
Responsible for communicating schedule availability for work week
Rehearse shows and bring new ideas in development of new show programs
Perform general maintenance of equipment and stage area
Communicate to Director/Manageron daily basis
Report all incidents
Cross training with other departments
Education experience and specialized skills knowledge requirements:
1 year professional experience in Animal entertainment industry preferred
Public speaking ability 1 year Entertainment
Exhibits
Good problem solving skills
Physically able to perform the above duties without any physical limitations. Must be able to lift 50 lb
Skills on understanding animal behaviors and applying behavioral conditioning.