Exhibits Technician I

The Virginia Aquarium seeks an Exhibits Technician I - Herpetology Keeper/Aquarist to join the Animal Care team. The successful candidate is a dependable, self-motivated, and collaborative team member who will assist in the daily husbandry of the Aquarium's animals. This role requires a solid understanding of animal welfare standards that includes reptile, amphibians, fish, and invertebrate husbandry. The focus for this position will be maintaining excellent animal health and welfare by cleaning habitats, providing nutritious diets, maintaining aquatic life support systems, and assisting with medical procedures for a diverse animal population which includes teleosts, elasmobranchs, chelonians, crocodilians, Komodo dragons, venomous snakes, and poison dart frogs.Duties:> Maintain and continually enhance the daily husbandry of a variety of reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and both aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates.> Assist veterinary staff and Senior Aquarists with medical procedures.> Work collaboratively as part of the Animal Husbandry team to communicate husbandry and medical needs of the animals in the section.> Work as part of a team to always maintain animal habitat cleanliness, which includes SCUBA diving.> Administer diets to a wide variety of fishes, invertebrates, reptiles, and amphibians.> Assist with the process of species planning to include animal transfers and acclimations.> Assist with live animal food culturing.> Train new volunteers and part-time staff.> Present public programs and educational messaging to be used in a variety of settings.> Support the guest experience through participation in visitor enhancement development and actively seeking opportunities for guest engagement and interactions.> Participate in professional development opportunities.Work Schedule:40 hours/week; Sunday-Thursday or Tuesday-Saturday between the hours of 7:00 am - 6:00 pm; schedule will vary occasionally to meet operational needs.