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Current Job Listings
Summer Employment Opportunities
Minnesota Zoo Foundation Employment Opportunities
The Minnesota Zoo employs about 220 full-time, part-time, and intermittent staff. That number grows to between 270 and 300 with the addition of temporary staff during the spring and summer months.
The Minnesota Zoo employs people from a wide variety of backgrounds. In addition to typical "zoo jobs" such as veterinary technicians, interpretive naturalists, zookeepers, zoologists, and veterinarians, the business end of the Zoo requires people with many different skills, from accountants and marketing staff, to carpenters and guest services staff.
The Minnesota Zoo is a state agency and its employees are public employees, with salary and benefits set by union contracts and compensation plans.
Over the course of a year, the Zoo receives over two thousand applications for employment. All of our positions are highly competitive with a majority of positions requiring related experience and education.
Although we have positions open from time to time during the year, our largest recruitment period begins in March and lasts through mid-May, when we begin filling our summer positions.
Our open positions are listed below and can change on a daily basis. Applying for our positions is easy. If you are interested in a position and feel you meet the qualifications listed, simply click on the link within the posting. That link will take you to the State of Minnesota’s resume database where applicants can submit resumes for positions open for all state agencies, including the Minnesota Zoo.
Application deadline: Open until filled
This temporary position will provide PC and application support for staff at the Minnesota Zoo. This position will last about 10 weeks.
Requirements:
Candidates must have experience working in a Novell/Windows environment, must have strong communications skills, and must have the ability to work with staff and clients with widely varying levels of expertise in the use of technology. Experience with GroupWise is highly preferable.
If you meet the requirements described above, you must submit a resume and cover letter (use the job specific questions section for the cover letter) that clearly demonstrates your background and accomplishments in each of the following areas:
- Skill and ability working with Novell/Windows environment;
- Experience and/or training with LAN, desktop support and network administration; and
- How your background demonstrates the other requirements listed above.
This position requires occasionally lifting and moving articles (up to 30 lbs) such as computers, computer monitors, and printers. Candidates must be able to bend and reach to install computer equipment on, above, or below work surface height. Candidates must possess and maintain a valid current driver’s license.
Days of work are from Monday through Friday. Starting salary is $17.48 an hour.
Interested candidates should submit a resume and apply for this position at
http://www.careers.state.mn.us After creating a resume and cover letter and filling out an application, search on job posting number 08MZG000079 to apply for this position. Applications will be taken until the position is filled. Questions may be directed to: Teri.Weitz@state.mn.us.
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