Employment

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It's great to work at the zoo.  We offer all of our full-time employees:
 

• 98% Paid Medical and 100% Paid Dental and Life Insurance
• Zoo membership with reciprocal admission benefits to over 130 zoos and aquariums
• Attractions Exchange Program tickets
• Sick Leave / Personal Time Off
• Retirement and Supplemental Life Insurance
• Company Provided Uniforms
• Tremendous Opportunity for Advancement

Interested in a zookeeping career?  Learn more...

Knoxville Zoo offers positions in many areas such as animal keepers, guest services, professional and trade positions.  Knoxville Zoo is an equal-opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.  It does not discriminate in employment opportunities and practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or any other characteristic protected by law.