JOB OPENINGS

To view a list of our currently open positions, you will need to visit our on-line Career Center. If this is your first time visiting the Career Center, you will need to first create a profile before you can search our open positions. Click here or button below to enter the Career Center.
 

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Brookfield Zoo Chicago employs approximately 370 full-time employees and, for the busy summer season, hires 600-700 seasonal workers. A talented staff and wide variety of skills, backgrounds, and talents are required to operate the Zoo every day of the year. We have a wide variety of positions available. In addition to our animal care staff, we also have professional, administrative, scientific, executive, technical, trades, clerical, restaurant, merchandising, groundskeeping, and service positions to name just a few.

You can also find more information on our website about how to apply for a job at the Zoo, employee benefits, CZS University Classes for employees, and the Society's commitment to diversity and inclusion. If you have questions, check the Frequently Asked Questions page.

Our Food Service Concessions, Retail & Gift Shops, and Catered Events are managed by our business partner, SSA. If you are interested in job opportunities in these areas, please follow this link to be redirected to the SSA Career website for more information.

Brookfield Zoo Chicago is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability that does not preclude performance of essential job duties, or any other status protected by law. The Society supports and promotes workforce diversity and strives to foster a work environment of respect and inclusiveness where the contributions of all workers are valued and recognized.

The institution serves an ethnically and financially diverse audience and is committed to responding to the needs of its guests and providing them with tools and information to encourage more environmentally friendly actions and lifestyles.

Brookfield Zoo Chicago promotes a participative management approach and is a highly team-oriented organization. A high degree of cooperation in projects and programs is evident, and employees from all levels and departments of the organization are involved.

 

Brookfield Zoo Chicago offers reasonable accommodations that provide qualified applicants with a disability an equal opportunity to participate in the employment application process and to be considered for a job. If you need a reasonable accommodation in order to complete an application or to complete any other part of the application process, please complete the ADA Accommodation Request Form.


For more information about available positions, call the Brookfield Zoo Chicago Job Hotline for recorded information at (708) 688-8881.