Education Instructor- $17.50/HR

Company: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Location: Vallejo
Posted on: April 10, 2025

Job Description:

Spend your days surrounded by curious minds and beautiful animals! After undergoing in-park training, you will be responsible for educational program instruction and facilitating animal interaction programs. Based on experience, you may also be responsible for general care, cleanliness, and maintenance of education animal areas and assigned education animals. Essential Job Duties:

• Lead groups on educational tours for Wildlife Discovery and Discovery Field Trips.
• Educate and engage guests participating in all animal interaction programs.
• Act as a host to our Guest, greeting and checking them in.
• Assist in education conservation days.
• Maintain cleanliness of offices and break areas.
• Other duties as assigned. Minimum Qualifications:
• Must be a minimum of 18 years or older
• Must enjoy working with adults and children and be a positive role model for all Guests
• Must be able to handle possible stressful situations
• Should exhibit good problem solving skills, be flexible, organized, creative, and outgoing
• Must be available to work weekdays, weekends, evenings, and holidays
• Studies in biology and/or education preferred
• Must be able to speak with excellent public speaking skills, in front of large groups of people
• Be able to work in a fast paced environment; must be able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Capable of working proactively, in a team and independently
• Capable of facilitating strong communication among team members and be able to communicate effectively in English verbally and in writing
• Must be computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and Access
• Capable to traverse the park property, and able to lift up to 50lbs
• Must be able to work around animals, salt water, in an indoor and outdoor environment in all weather conditionsIf you are able to answer "YES" to all of the following questions, please continue the application process by clicking "Apply"
• Can you provide legal documentation establishing your identity and eligibility to be legally employed in the United States?
• Are you able to perform the essential functions of the job for which you are applying with or without reasonable accommodation?
• Within the last 90 days, can you state that you have not used illegal or social drugs (excluding marijuana), such as MDMA (Molly), cocaine and crystal methamphetamine?
• I am willing to agree that future text messages relating to Six Flags, Inc., including company news, job posting application status updates, and other information, may be sent on behalf of Six Flags, Inc. to the cell phone number I provide.

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