This position overlaps in duties with the Operations
manager position & Primate Rehabilitation Leader.
- Monitor the monkeys and ensure all troops
are checked for their health
- Following the evolution of the sick and
injured monkeys. Make sure the treatment is updated and followed by staff.
- Oversee the stabilisation of new monkey arrivals
& critical care patients.
- Oversee orphan baby arrivals and their
rehabilitation incl. training on bottles, feeding cages, preventative
medication etc.
- With the director, make the decision of
where to allocate monkeys, choose troops for new monkey arrivals, and
decide the order of the monkeys to be integrated.
- Update the data base, One note, keep GFAS
& PASA records up to date.
- Compile PASA census
- Update signage in Mariposa, sickbay,
surgery building.
- Make sure to follow deworming plans and
create schedule for individual & full-moon deworming
- Coordinate onsite elements of Vasectomy
Season, particularly treatment in sickbay and coordination with vets
- Check, follow and update the food
monitoring plan
- Liaise with operations manager about update
to protocols
- Manage facilities: Mariposa, baby cabins,
Disneyland, sickbay and surgery
- Oversee stock quantities for Sickbay,
Meds and Surgery Building
- Keep the directors informed of happenings
in the foundation.
- Make sure enclosures and cages are clean,
in a good state with enough branches, sleeping perches, shelters, etc.
- Coordinate vet visits
- Report maintenance in order of priority
following the needs of the monkeys.
- Oversee the volunteer staff members
Sickbay, Meds, Babies: make sure all the staff members are trained and
doing their job following all the protocols.
- Weekly youtube videos
- Photos updates for records, adoptions and
social media
- Keep Social media pages updated.
- Attend staff meetings and participate where
necessary.
- Fundraising projects – are an essential ongoing
need of the foundation and we expect long term staff to participate
regularly to help with funding.
- Take on other responsibilities to help the centre
with funding and progression for the monkeys and the volunteers.
- Write articles for newsletter with updates on
your areas.
- Attend & participate in regular volunteer and
staff meetings
This list is not exhausted and may vary depending on
season or changes to the foundation.
Attributes required for the position:
- Patience, reliable, flexible, responsible,
punctual and conscientious
- Leadership skills
- Work on own initiative as well as in a team
- Perform all tasks in the best interest of the foundation,
monkeys and the volunteers.
- Strong interest in wildlife conservation
- Interest in a holistic approach to medicine and
rehabilitation using many different modalities.
- Able to work in a hot climate at times
- Able to work with people of different
personalities and backgrounds
- Able to live and volunteer in the same community
of people with changeable dynamics
- Trust, honesty and respect towards all members of
the team
- Patient and friendly towards volunteers
- Fluent English speaking
- Passion for this role is essential
Qualifications / Experience:
- Min 4 A-C grade GCSE’s with further education or
equivalent
- Experience in leading people
- Previous working / volunteer experience / experience
with animals
- Suitable animal / primate qualification (preferred)
- Experience in a working environment for a min of 2
years
Accommodation provided & living conditions:
Basic accommodation includes -
staying in an individual wooden cabin which includes a few items of furniture,
1 small table, 1 pillow, 1 mattress, bedding, wardrobe / drawers, fan, solar
powered electricity to charge phones / laptop, lights. Electricity is also
provided at the main cottage to recharge items such as cell phones etc. Eco-toilets and bush
showers with hot and cold water. Main meals are eaten
at the cottage & are all vegan, no meat, fish, cheese, dairy or eggs to be
brought on to the premises. We ask you to embrace a vegan diet whilst on site. Cottage area
comprises of – kitchen area with fridge, dining tables, wifi, electricity.
Patio area and Games room.
Location – Tzaneen:
Climate is tropical being hot and humid in
the rainy season, summer Nov – Feb and dry and cooler in winter May – October. Tzaneen is not a malaria area but Kruger
park and other local attractions are, prophylactics can be used and obtained
via the doctor in Tzaneen if necessary. Tzaneen town is 25km from the centre with
a shopping mall. Approx situated 1 hour from Kruger
National Park
Working environment:
- The Vervet Monkey Foundation is PASA & GFAS accredited
- Won GFAS Outstanding Wildlife Sanctuary Award 2023
- The foundation is 25 hectares in size with
over 650 vervet monkeys.
- Working partly outdoors, supervising and
introducing volunteers to your area involves walking up a hill. Applicants must
be physically fit
- Communication via mobile phone (Whatsapp)
- Possible admin – using a computer database
to update records
Holiday:
You are entitled to one and a
half days off per week and 21 days holiday per year to go touring at quiet
times and providing we have enough cover. The number of days will increase by
one per year until you reach max of 25 days per year.
Public holidays –
half day or if needed to work, can take a half day in lieu that same week.
Additional benefits:
- Stipend in dependence
of experience will be provided at the end of 3 months for those who commit to a
min of 1 year.
- 10% off in gift shop
- Free VMF t-shirt
after 3 months
- Certificate at end of
committed stay
- Opportunity to give
public guided tours and receive 50% of the entry fee
- No petrol fee for
weekend outings
- Data package on MTN
provided
- Free laundry access
provided
If interested in this position, please contact in...@vervet.za.org for more
information and to set up a video call interview. To learn more about the work
we do, visit www.vervet.za.org