**What you'll bring to the team** **Assistant Keeper - Casual** Do you want to work with some of Australia’s most iconic animals in one of the world’s greatest visitor attractions? Are you passionate about conservation and creating incredible guest experiences? If the thought of delivering magic to over a million guests every year makes you smile, then we have an amazing opportunity for you to join our team here at SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium as a **Assistant Keeper - Casual** **About the Role** We connect guests with wildlife through creating and maintaining engaging world-class displays, delivering memorable guest experiences and ensuring best-practice animal welfare. This role will work within one of the animal care teams at Sealife Sydney Aquarium. **About You** **Essential:** + Experience in an animal care role, preferably in a zoo or aquarium setting. + Be guest obsessed demonstrating a passion for guest experience, education and connecting people with sea life, sustainability, and conservation. + Demonstrated ability to be flexible, cope with frequent and unpredictable changes to daily routine and workloads, and to work, at times under high pressure. + Demonstrated ability to take initiative, work unsupervised, assess tasks, and set priorities for self. + Current (or willingness to obtain at own expense) NSW Working with Children Check. + Full NSW Driver’s License. Desirable: + Current First Aid / CPR. + Tertiary qualifications in animal care. Please submit a maximum ONE-page cover letter addressing the selection criteria and a maximum TWO-page resume. **Benefits** + Corporate benefits including free access to all our attractions worldwide + Domestic and global opportunities to develop and progress your skills and career in tourism and attractions + Opportunity to be involved with our Diversity & Inclusion initiatives, including our Reconciliation Action Plan + Being part of a business built on **_fun_** Please let us know at anzrecruitment@merlinentertainments.biz if you require any adjustments to the recruitment process to support your application. **Pay Range** Competitive Submit a Referral (https://careers-anz-merlinentertainments.icims.com/jobs/9491/assistant-keeper---casual-%28australian-fauna-and-antarctic-penguins%29/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&in\_iframe=1&hashed=-1834381883) 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. **Location Name** _SEA LIFE Sydney_ **Job Locations** _AU-Sydney_ **Job ID** _2025-9491_ **Employment Type** _Fixed Term/Seasonal_ **Offer/Contract Type** _No End Date_ **Location (Country-State-City)** _AU-Sydney_