Job Advertisement: Animal Caretakers and Animal Informers

Every guest who comes to us is a unique person with high expectations. Therefore, we are looking for world-class animal caretakers and animal informers for the 2026 season! Your task is to exceed our guests' expectations. With a sense of touch and stage presence, you can deliver world-class informative presentations for our guests, every time! Through individual, personal meetings, you are expected to inspire children and adults to a lifelong commitment to animals and nature. If you have what we are looking for and feel ready to embark on an adventure with us, read on!

Animal Caretaker

As an animal caretaker at Kolmården, you are part of a team that ensures the highest possible welfare standards for the department's animals. You are responsible for keeping the facilities exceptionally clean, ensuring that the animals are fed regularly and correctly, and providing them with the enrichment and stimulation they need. You are also required to carefully observe the animals and their behavior daily, handle and build close relationships with the animals, log activity and health in detail, and assist in veterinary procedures. You will also have a strong, continuous collaboration with Kolmården's research and education departments.

The right conditions to thrive at work are present if you have good theoretical and practical knowledge of animal care. If you have previously worked with animals, for example with horses, in agriculture, or at another zoo, we consider this highly meritorious. You need to be in very good physical condition and have a manual B driver's license. You must be able to communicate in Swedish and have basic knowledge of English. To succeed in the role, you must enjoy working with your body, be meticulous, quick to learn, and enjoy working with people. Since you will also be leading guided tours and presentations, you need to be comfortable on stage and speaking into a microphone in front of large groups.

The positions as animal caretakers are both full-time and part-time during the period from April to September. The work is scheduled during the day, early mornings, evenings, weekends, and public holidays. The position may be combined with the role of animal informer.

Animal Informer

As an animal informer, it is your task to teach visitors and groups in an inspiring and professional manner as they participate in our zoo and educational programs.

We are looking for someone who has a passion for animals and nature and who wants to share their knowledge in an inspiring way. We offer an exciting and varied job that means you will meet everyone from school classes during the school terms to families with children in the zoo during the summer. Teaching mainly takes place in the zoo's various environments such as at enclosures, in stables, in the dolphinarium, and in the safari park.

To be eligible for the position, you should either have completed a high school education in animal care or be pursuing/completing a university education in biology, environmental science, animal care, or similar. Additionally, you should enjoy speaking in front of small and large groups and conducting informative presentations with a microphone. You need to be able to communicate in Swedish and have basic knowledge of English.

The positions as animal informers are seasonal part-time positions running from mid-March to the end of August with a good chance of extension. We will conduct background checks on all final candidates as part of the recruitment process. The position may be combined with the role of animal caretaker.

What do we offer?

For the right candidates, Kolmården Zoo offers a workplace with knowledgeable, experienced leaders and a sense of community based on respect and joy at work. We strive to set goals and achieve them together as a team. Kolmården offers salaries in accordance with collective agreements, opportunities for professional development, and several times a year we do fun activities together and celebrate each other and our workplace.

If you are ready to take on this challenge, you will gain a fantastic memory for life, we can promise that. We firmly believe that if we have fun at work, it will show in everything we do - therefore, during the season, we focus on staff activities such as football tournaments, kick-offs, our comprehensive service training, and much more fun!

The application deadline is February 6, but selection is ongoing, so please send your application today! We only accept applications via our website, Work with us - Parks and Resorts, not via email. We cannot offer accommodation to our employees, so each employee must arrange their own accommodation near the park.

Warm welcome with your application!

Overlooking Bråviken lies Kolmården Zoo, a place filled with experiences for all ages, from roller coasters and Bamse's World to spa and conference opportunities at the fantastic Wilderness Hotel. And above all: the largest zoo in the Nordics. The zoo serves as an educational resource for Sweden's schools and is a member of the Swedish Zoo Association and international industry organizations EAZA, WAZA, and IUCN.

Kolmården is part of Parks and Resorts, the leading player in the experience industry in the Nordics. The group also includes some of Sweden's most popular destinations; Gröna Lund, Skara Sommarland, and Furuvik. Parks and Resorts is a family business that invests all surplus in the continued development of the business.