Peregrine Livefoods Ltd
Animal Team Leader
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Are you passionate about reptile care and ready to lead a team that does it brilliantly?
Peregrine Livefoods is one of the UK's leading wholesalers of live feeder insects, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, and animal supplies. We hold a 5-star Animal Activity Licence rating, and we work hard as a team to keep it. We're looking for an Animal Department Team Leader who shares our high welfare standards and can help a small team deliver them every day.
The Role
You'll lead the day-to-day running of our animal department, working hands-on alongside a small amazing team. You'll make sure every animal in our care is healthy and well kept, and that every animal we send to customers is top quality.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading, instructing, and guiding a small team to deliver excellent husbandry and welfare, every day
- Keeping our welfare standards at 5-star AAL level: feeding, handling, cleaning, enclosure set-up, heating and UV checks, and accurate room records
- Following advice from our vet and making sure the team does too
- Running the daily rota and covering the department on Sundays
- Overseeing picking and packing so only healthy, top-quality animals go out to our customers, and orders leave on time
- Answering customer and office queries
- Supporting the Animal Manager with shipments, including import permits, health certificates, IPAFFS and PEACHES, and booking in new stock
- Helping our Greenhouse department when needed
- Training, coaching, and supporting your team's development, and carrying out department health and safety checks
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What We're Looking For
- At least three years' reptile care and handling experience (absolutely none negotiable - this is not a hands off role)
- Excellent knowledge of reptile husbandry and care
- A zoology degree or equivalent experience, including knowledge of arachnids and amphibians
- Experience handling animals in a commercial setting
- High personal standards and a real eye for detail
- Confidence instructing and guiding others, and leading by example
- Flexibility: this is an animal setting, so you'll sometimes need to cover 7 days a week and vary your start and finish times
- Good written and number skills, and working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Confidence speaking to customers on the phone (training provided)
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Benefits
- Discounted prices on our products to employees
- Variety of social events throughout the year
- Dental, optical, and prescription plans as well as free flu jabs
- Enhanced family leave
- Free uniforms
- Free hot drinks
- Free onsite parking
Core Values
Our business is like no other, and as such we hold our values close to our decisions.
We look out for people like us; people who put our customers at the heart of everything they do. Together we aim to ensure that they get top-notch service every time. In fact, that's one of our core values: Always Delivering. We want our people to be Knowledgeable and share in their expertise, have oodles of Positivity, and be Honest in everything they do. So, if these values match yours, you're a perfect fit for us here at Peregrine Livefoods.
Sound like you? Apply now with your CV making sure that all your reptile and animal care experience is clearly detailed. This is an onsite working vacancy.
Salary £32,240 per annum
Sunday to Thursday shift pattern
To find out more about us visit www.peregrine.co.uk
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