Grounds & Living Collection Manager

The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust is seeking a Grounds & Living Collection Manager for their London Wetland Centre. This full-time role involves leading a team in the care and presentation of living collections, ensuring high standards of animal husbandry, and engaging with visitors. Candidates should have management experience in visitor attractions, knowledge of animal welfare, and strong leadership skills. The position requires 37.5 hours per week, including weekends.
About The Role

We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a passionate and skilled Grounds & Living Collection Manager to join the team at the London Wetland Centre. In this pivotal role, you will lead and manage the Grounds & Living Collection team, overseeing the care and maintenance of our diverse living collection while ensuring exceptional standards of presentation and horticulture across the site.

As the Grounds & Living Collection Manager, you will be responsible for upholding the highest standards of animal husbandry and welfare. You’ll work closely, leading the team to continually enhance and maintain our exhibits, showcasing a variety of wetland wildlife. Additionally, you will take an active role in engaging with visitors, delivering informative talks, and helping them connect with our collection and the importance of wetland wildlife conservation.

This is a permanent, full-time position, requiring you to work 37.5 hours per week, 5 days out of 7, including weekends and bank holidays.

About You

To join as our Grounds & Living Collection Manager you’ll bring:
• Proven management-level experience in a similar setting
• Extensive background in large-scale visitor attractions with animal collections
• Expertise in the care, feeding, and husbandry of birds and mammals
• A passion for inspiring and motivating a team
• In-depth knowledge of UK zoo legislation and animal welfare
• A strong track record in innovative problem-solving
• Excellent leadership and team-building skills
• Experience in customer relations, public speaking, education, and creative projects

If you are a dynamic leader with a passion for conservation and animal welfare, we would love to hear from you.

About Us

We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.

Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.

Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?

Why you’ll love working at WWT
• Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
• Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
• 33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) – this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
• Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
• Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
• Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
• Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from Care first

WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.