Animals of Oz is a mobile wildlife education company that delivers interactive animal education programs to schools, kindergartens, childcare centres, libraries, aged care facilities, community events, birthday parties, corporate functions etc throughout Victoria. We specialise in bringing Australian native wildlife directly to audiences, providing hands-on learning experiences that foster an appreciation of Australia's unique biodiversity and the importance of conservation.
Our mission is to connect people with nature through engaging, educational and interactive wildlife experiences. Programs feature a variety of Australian animals, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates, and are designed to promote environmental awareness, conservation and respect for wildlife.
Further details here: https://animalsofoz.com.au
Assist with the delivery of mobile wildlife education programs at schools, birthday parties, community events, fetes and festivals. Responsibilities include safely handling and transporting native animals, presenting educational talks to children and adults, promoting conservation and environmental awareness, maintaining high standards of animal welfare, and ensuring all activities are conducted safely and professionally. Staff are also responsible for preparing animals and equipment for presentations, following workplace procedures, and providing positive and engaging experiences for participants.
Full training on presentations, presentation content and animal handling is provided.
Essential Criteria:
• Excellent communication skills and comfortable presenting to groups of children and adults
• Drivers licence with good driving record and reliable vehicle with Air Conditioning
• Reliable worker that is punctual and well presented
• Available weekends and school holidays
• Working with Children's Check/Card (WWCC)
• Willing to travel long distances and occasional long and late hours
Desirable Criteria:
• Experience with keeping native animals or reptiles
• Experienced with public speaking
• Experienced working with children
• Based within 45 minutes from Pakenham
• Manual drivers licence
• Rabies Vaccinated
Working with Animals of Oz provides valuable hands-on experience with native wildlife, opportunities to develop animal handling and public presentation skills, and the chance to educate the community about conservation and environmental sustainability.
You must be available to work weekends and school holidays.
We are a flexible workplace, and understand that you will want some weekends off. You too need to be flexible and understand some weekend and times of the year are busier than others. For example; you may have work on a Saturday one week, Sunday the following week, have no work the following weekend and then work both days the weekend after.
The starting point for your day is Pakenham, where you need to go to collect and return your animals every day. Living within 45 minutes of Pakenham is ideal. Work vehicles are available to use. But on busy days you might be required to use your own vehicle.
NOTE: Dates a guide and negotiable at interview. Minimum wage listed for promotional purposes only. Casual pay rate includes packing/unpacking animals for job at HQ, travel to and from job and the job itself.
Training is mandatory and is unpaid. You are required to watch a minimum of 5 presentations, each presentation is 1 hour long. You will be required to meet at HQ to learn how to pack animals, then go in the car with the ranger to the job, observe presentation, drive back to HQ and unpack animals. Total time to complete training will vary depending on job location. Estimation (minus travel) 10+ hours.
| Festival | 1 hour | $180 |
Festival | 2 - 3 hours | $250 |
Festival | 4 - 5 hours | $320 |
Festival | 6 - 7 hours | $390 |
1 Birthday | - | $180 |
2 Birthdays | - | $250 |
3 Birthdays | - | $320 |
PD in full here: Environmental Educator_Animals of Oz_Co-op PD 2026_JOPP-10322.pdf