Do you know and love Australia’s wildlife?

Echidna Walkabout by Australian Geographic Travel seek Contract Wildlife & Nature Guides

• Are you interested in guiding tours throughout Victoria for? (Find out more about this significant relationship here)
• Would you like to join Australia’s premier wildlife tour operator as part of an enthusiastic and dedicated team devoted to helping our guests understand and protect our wildlife in their natural habitat?
• Do you have a genuine, in depth, knowledge of Australia’s birds, mammals and natural environments and great guiding skills enabling you to enthusiastically and effectively share your knowledge with international and domestic visitors?
• Are you open-minded and willing to integrate your skills into our style by participating in our in-house guide development program?

Selection criteria

To apply – your application should address all of the following

• You should have a comprehensive, detailed knowledge and understanding of Australian wildlife and environments. (You do not have to be a scientist. We are seeking people who are confident about identifying and describing individual species of birds and mammals)
• Previous guiding experience

Style – successful applicants will be:

• Passionate about wildlife – in the wild
• Able to deliver information about our unique wildlife in a friendly, enthusiastic, respectful and courteous manner
• Happy to work closely with Aboriginal People across Australia.
• Willing to participate in our in-house guide training program (regardless of previous experience)
• Flexible and able to think on their feet in a dynamic environment
• Work well with other guides

Presentation and Performance – you will need to:

• Be outgoing and well presented
• Have first class communication and public speaking skills
• Work unsupervised in wild and natural areas
• Guide groups ranging in size from 2 to 16 people
• Work alongside our ever growing and enthusiastic team
• Guide first class, world standard, wildlife tours

Basic Prerequisites – you MUST have:

• Previous guiding experience
• A full drivers license
• The ability to drive both manual and automatic vehicles
• A Public Passenger Vehicle Certificate, Driver's Authorisation (or equivalent interstate Driver’s authorisation) or the desire to obtain one
• Level 2 First Aid and CPR certificate

Wildlife Guide Training

All our tours are fully guided by experienced, highly-trained Wildlife Guides. Read about our Wildlife Guide Training Program.

We are big believers in growth, both in the business, but also the team and the individual.

applications

To better understand our business please research our website: echidnawalkabout.com.au then click 'Apply Now' to submit your application.

If you have any questions please email them to Scott Roberts, Guide Manager via [email protected] using the subject line: Wildlife Guides - Melbourne enquiry via EthicalJobs.