Come work with us!
SEA LIFE is part of MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS, the largest amusement park company in Europe.
In addition to the SEA LIFE brand (53 parks around the world), we also have Legoland, Madame Tussaud's, The Dungeons, Peppa Pig, The London Eye and many other names in our group. In total there are currently 127 parks, 19 hotels and 7 holiday parks in 27 countries. In addition, Merlin Entertainment remains mandatory. Year after year, new theme parks and hotels are opening all over the world.
By working at Merlin Entertainments you also become part of this and you get the opportunity to grow in an internationally strong company with many career opportunities.
Open vacancies
Are you still a student? Looking for a little extra on the weekends? SEA LIFE
Blankenberge is hiring!
We are looking for employees who are available 1 or 2 days in the weekend for both entrance and retail.
Profile
As part of a busy team, you need to be well-organized, physically fit and able to work with others. You have excellent communication and previous skills, enjoy situations and are able to create a positive and innovative work atmosphere. You also have high standards when it comes to making our site clean and presentable, just as our visitors expect us to do. An approach to working hours is also the starting point.
Job-related competencies
- Payments received
- Welcome the customer
- Register the sale of articles (read barcodes, enter prices, ...)
- Placing and replenishing products or articles on the store shelves
- Collect customer comments (welcome, price, waiting time, ...)
- Send the remarks to the right person (cash officer, ...)
- Checking the cash register at the beginning of the working day
- Counting the cash register contents at closing
- Inform the customer about the sales services (discount, delivery, free credit, loyalty card)
Personal Competencies
- Customer focus
- Work independently
- Have the ability to learn
- Being able to communicate
- Able to adapt to changing circumstances (flexibility)
- Creative thinking (Inventiveness)
- Deal with stress
- To plan (= to organize)
- Being commercial
- Working together as a close-knit team
- Result-Oriented
- Feel like having
- Keeping rules and agreements
Offer
We are SEA LIFE Blankenberge and part of the magical Merlin Entertainments group!
Merlin Entertainments is the largest amusement park company in Europe and owns brands such as Sealife, Madame Tusseaud's, The Dungeon's, Legoland, Peppa Pig, Bear Grylls Adventure etc...
In addition to a good annual salary and a fantastic Magic Pass that gives you access to Merlin's visitor attractions around the world, you will join a global team with room for development and progression, so perhaps the biggest advantage of working at Merlin is the great (international) career opportunities to help forward. Merlin is a great, global, with no end operational person from senior management roles, for future development, we can provide the opportunities and support to help you reach your potential.
SEA LIFE today is much more than just an aquarium. It is a living, breathing, interactive living environment that is all about immersing visitors in the experience. Massively close to personally experience the most marine life on Earth. At each of the international attractions, we make sure to set up a colorful, graphical screen with captivating interactions at every turn.
ZEE Blankenberge takes each of its visitors on a fascinating journey through aquatic life. If you want to experience the magic up close with beautiful displays among the fish, sharks, penguins, beautiful rays and seals there is much more to see in SEA LIFE. We are teaching the next generation and we play a big part in preserving some of the most beautiful giving from some of nature's most beautiful giving.
Place of employment
Role and responsabilities
Fancy working in a fun and awesome aquarium with the only seal sanctuary in Belgium? We’re looking for a hardworking Aquarist. SEA LIFE Blankenberge has an interesting history but also a great future with 2024 having a great investment in local conservation, protecting our wonderful creatures both inside and outside of the building.
During a typical day, duties may include crafting enrichment for our penguins and otters, scrubbing the carapace of our large sea turtle, propagating corals, or getting stuck into project work. Other duties include preparing the feed for our large ocean sharks, culturing live food for our jellyfish and working towards the breeding of some on site species. Or even entering a display for siphoning and getting really close to our rays.
This role is full-time and permanent. This includes working a regular, fair share of weekends and public holidays as required, as well as providing emergency call out cover on a roster basis.
Qualifications and experience
- You must have a valid driving license
- Experience within public aquariums involving maintenance, plumbing and operation of large life support systems
- Demonstrable experience of animal husbandry
- An understanding of the fundamentals of water chemistry as applied to an aquarium environment
- Solid understanding of the accurate use of theming, lighting, and water movement
- A degree level qualification in animal care, marine biology or equivalent (desirable)
- A professional level of dive qualification is also desirable
- A desire to be involved with conservation and research projects protecting not just our animals inside the building but their wild counterparts
Applying
Ready to dive further into this vacancy? Apply here.
Would you like to apply spontaneously? Feel free to send your resume and motivation letter to info@sealife.be.
