Merlin Entertainment Hiring for Zoo Experience & Education Host Job at Chessington, England Full Time

Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Leatherhead Road
Chessington, SURREY, KT9 2NE
United Kingdom

Chessington World of Adventures Resort is the UK’s wildest adventure! With our Theme Park, Zoo, and our spectacular Hotel, there are plenty of roaringly exciting career paths available. We’re also a part of the Merlin Entertainments family – associated with attractions like SEA LIFE, LEGOLAND Parks, Madame Tussauds and More!

We’re currently looking for a Zoo Experience & Education Host to join our energetic and passionate Zoo Team!

About the Role

We are looking for people to actively engage with our guests within our zoo areas, sharing educational and conservational facts about our animals. You will prepare and present public zoo areas ready for opening and maintain these high standards until we close. Being an element of the Education Team; you will deliver engaging and family focused talks & presentations about a range of animals we have here in the zoo – we help support incredible animal conservation work globally and we want YOU to tell our guests all about it!

The Zoo Guest Experience Hosts are crucial to help us drive our education and conservation efforts – so if you fancy spending your day surrounded by some of our marvellous animals and interacting with our adventurers, this could be the role for you!

This is a seasonal role working weekends and weekdays as required to meet the needs of the business.

About You

You will need to have a genuine passion for working with animals and educating our guests about them – as well as the ability to interact with & present to the public. The Zoo Hosts are the guest-facing team of the zoo so we need you bring BAGS of enthusiasm & energy to work with you every day, plus strong communication skills and an approachable, positive and friendly nature.

The Perks

We’re growing fast and alongside a fun and friendly environment, we offer a fabulous package and amazing prospects. Benefits include an hourly rate of pay of £6.56 to £8.91 and, of course, a Merlin Magic Pass which gives you and your friends and family free admission to all of our attractions worldwide, as well as 25% discount in our retail shops and restaurants and 40% discount on LEGO.

Everyone Matters at Merlin.
At Merlin we welcome the world to our magical attractions and resorts every day and we want to reflect that same multicultural mix inside our business too. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse workplace where people can be themselves, have the same opportunities and thrive together. Because at Merlin, everyone matters!
Together, we work to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, no matter their age, race, gender, disability or sexual orientation. Although we understand that we’ll always be learning and growing, we aim to be the most inclusive and flexible employer in our industry.