Intern in Nature Promotion, Education & Zoo Pedagogy (100%)

About the job

The Goldau Nature and Animal Park annually delights around 450,000 visitors amidst an impressive rocky landscape and idyllic forests. On 42 hectares, around 100 European wild animal species live. About 200 employees and many volunteers are passionately committed to nature and species conservation, education, and research – advancing the sustainable goals of the scientifically managed animal park.

Duration: 6 months – from March to August 2026

Your core tasks

• Work as a ranger: You provide visitors with information about the animals, lead school classes and adult groups through the park, and take on control tasks. Training for this takes place in the first four to six weeks.
• Various information tasks: Creating worksheets for school classes or informational material for teachers as well as assisting in the daily operations of the Nature Promotion and Education department.
• Administrative tasks

You bring with you

• Outgoing personality, eloquence, and pleasant manners: You enjoy interacting with strangers and gladly share knowledge with others. You are open to criticism and eager to develop yourself.
• Great interest in nature and the native animal and plant world as well as high motivation to independently acquire knowledge in this area.
• High sense of responsibility, great reliability, and a healthy degree of independence.
• Experience as a camp leader or in caring for children and youth groups is an advantage.

Our offer

• Diverse tasks in the fields of environmental education, biology, and the zoo world.
• A unique working environment, many learning opportunities about the native animal world, a behind-the-scenes look at the Nature and Animal Park, and a cheerful, mostly young team.
• Working hours usually from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with an expectation of about one to two weekend days per month.
• Compensation depending on age and experience between CHF 1100.- and 2200.- per month.
• Possibility to rent a room on site.
• Discounts in the park gastronomy on working days, discounts in the animal park shop, and other "fringe benefits" such as leisure offers, staff events, etc.

Contact

Juri Vonwyl and Andreas Mäder, heads of Nature Promotion and Education, are available for further information by phone at +41 41 859 06 24.

Application

Please send your application documents by December 20, 2025, to: bewerbung@tierpark.ch