Jade Brown

Experience

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  Aylesbury Vale District Council

  Jan 2016 - Apr 2017

  Sports Club Leader

  • I helped run a sports club for young adults with a wide range of disabilities once a week• The sessions included an hour of swimming followed by an hour of other sports or activities• I was required to work as part of a team while running the sessions but also independently for some activities

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  SEA LIFE Aquariums

  Sept 2019 - Mar 2020

  Aquarist

  • I spent 2-3 days a week with the animal care team at Weymouth SEA LIFE Park during my placement year• My day-to-day tasks included: food preparation, water quality tests, siphoning, feeding of a range of animals and record keeping on Oerca, which I carried out independently • I was also involved with the fairy penguin breeding programme at Weymouth SEA LIFE Park, the only one in Europe, which consisted of preparing food, feeding and weighing the penguin chicks several times each day (video attached) Show less

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  Merlin Entertainments

  Sept 2019 - Jun 2020

  SEA LIFE Conservation, Welfare and Engagement Placement Student

  • I undertook a full-time 10-month work placement with SEA LIFE Conservation, Welfare and Engagement (CWE) in Weymouth • I split my time between working in the CWE office and working with the animal care team on Weymouth SEA LIFE Park • While in the office, I worked on my research project about Green sea turtle enrichment (attached) and on other projects for my colleagues, for example helping update the black tip reef shark studbook on Zims

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  Skegness Natureland Ltd

  Aug 2021 - Oct 2023

  To further expand my experience and skills, I accepted a slightly different role at Skegness Natureland to work with the resident seals and the rescue seals in their final stage of rehabilitation rather than working in the seal hospital and responding to seal rescue callouts. I kept my responsibilities for providing daily husbandry for the aquarium and meerkats. My main duties included;• For the resident seals and penguins: feeding, training, cleaning and carrying out periodic health checks to ensure optimal health and welfare.• Presenting educational public talks throughout the day to engage the public with our work.• For the aquarium: conducting water quality tests, carrying out water changes and other necessary adjustments to ensure correct water parameters were met and feeding a wide variety of freshwater and marine fish.• For the meerkats: feeding, maintaining the enclosure and carrying out periodic health checks to ensure optimal health and welfare.• Maintaining complete and accurate records on feeding, cleaning and environmental conditions for all animals.• Ensuring all enclosures are presentable to visitors.• Covering the husbandry of any other sections of the park when necessary.I also implemented several improvements to the sections that I was managing, including: • Researching and creating new feeding schedules for the meerkats, resident seals and aquarium animals.• Creating new record sheets for the rescue and resident seals, meerkats and medication sign-outs.• Habitat modifications for the meerkats and aquarium tank re-designs.• Finding and creating more enrichment.• Re-designing the visitor display signs and external theming in the aquarium. Show less During this role, I was responsible for the daily husbandry and maintenance of the seal hospital, aquarium and meerkat sections, and for responding to seal rescue callouts. My main duties included;• Whilst responding to seal rescue callouts: assessing the seal's condition in situ and deciding whether it needs to be rescued.• For the hospital: cleaning, feeding, administering medication and monitoring ongoing health problems of the rescued orphaned, injured and ill seal pups in our care.• For the aquarium: conducting water quality tests, carrying out water changes and other necessary adjustments to ensure correct water parameters were met and feeding a wide variety of freshwater and marine fish.• For the meerkats: feeding, maintaining the enclosure and carrying out periodic health checks to ensure optimal health and welfare.• Maintaining complete and accurate records on feeding, cleaning and environmental conditions for all animals.• Ensuring all enclosures are presentable to visitors.• Covering the husbandry of any other sections of the park when necessary.I also implemented several improvements to the sections that I was managing, including: • Researching and creating new feeding schedules for the meerkats, resident seals and aquarium animals.• Creating new record sheets for the rescue and resident seals, meerkats and medication sign-outs.• Habitat modifications for the meerkats and aquarium tank re-designs.• Finding and creating more enrichment.• Re-designing the visitor display signs and external theming in the aquarium. Show less

  • Seal Keeper & Aquarist

    Feb 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Seal Hospital Keeper & Aquarist

    Aug 2021 - Feb 2023
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  Colchester City Council

  Jan 2024 - now

  Transport & Sustainability Project Officer

  In this role, I work on several projects that promote active travel and improve air quality in Colchester. I have 3 main areas of work:Delivering DEFRA-funded projects• Worked with an external web agency to redevelop the Cycle Colchester website into a modern and useful community-led resource hub for cycling in Colchester.• Work with an external communications partner to update the CAReless Pollution School's Toolkit• Engage with schools across Colchester to promote the School's Toolkit, including delivering school assemblies and workshops. • Attend community events to promote active travel.Coordinating the council's travel plan• Run and promote the annual travel survey and analyse the results.• Organise events and activities to celebrate active travel days throughout the year.• Update Modeshift with all travel plan initiatives, survey results and targets, achieving national accreditation for the travel plan.Running Colchester Travel Plan Club• Work with businesses of all sizes across Colchester on their travel plans.• Organise and lead quarterly meetings with members including external speakers on various topics relating to travel. Show less