Role: Cleaner - Taronga Zoo
- Located at Sydney’s Iconic - Taronga Zoo!
- Ongoing Full-Time and Part Time Cleaner positions available
- Rotating Roster – usually shift times are 6:30am – 3:15pm & 9:30am – 6:15pm
- Immediate start
Taronga Zoo Sydney are looking for experienced and motivated Cleaners to join our Assets team!
As a Cleaner at Taronga Zoo, you'll play a vital role in creating an exceptional visitor experience by keeping our iconic grounds and facilities immaculate, welcoming, and world-class. Your eye for detail helps bring the magic of the zoo to life every day!
About the Role…
The Cleaner role ensures the presentation of Taronga Zoo grounds and facilities are maintained to the highest standards.
Key Accountabilities…
- Perform all cleaning duties in and around zoo grounds
- Maintain the presentation of Taronga Zoo’s public areas, internal administrative buildings and car park to the highest possible standards.
- Comply with Taronga’s Customer Service Charter and suggest initiatives for further improvement to ensure industry leading standards are maintained.
- Communicate Taronga’s education and conservation messages both internally and externally, ensuring all communications align with Taronga’s values to inspire change in accordance with Taronga’s vision and strategic pillars.
- Work effectively as a member of a high performing team, to assist Taronga in its achievement of strategic outcomes.
- Comply with and suggest sustainability practices in the workplace to help achieve Taronga’s sustainability targets and reduce environmental impact.
- Comply with and report any Work, Health and Safety incidents in line with Taronga’s Work, Health and Safety Charter.
About You…
We are looking for candidates that have:
- 12months + Cleaning experince
- Obtain and maintain a current paid NSW Working with Children Check at own expense.
- A Pre employment medical assessment (including a Musculoskeletal and fitness assessment and Occupational noise audiometric assessment) - Taronga will pay for this if you progress through the recruitment process
- Pre employment Hepatitis A and B, required before starting in the role, at own expense.
Benefits…
Our employees enjoy generous employment conditions including some of the following:
- Complimentary family and friends passes across both Taronga’s Sydney & Dubbo Zoo’s
- Free onsite car parking, outside of peak periods
- A wide range of discounts on our award winning accommodation across both sites
- Discounted food and beverage purchases across the sites
- Discounted Fitness Passport
- We’re a social team - there’s always lots going on around the zoo that we get involved with!
+ more!
We Value Diversity…
Taronga is an equal opportunity employer, where we recognise the diversity of our workforce and community – be it on the basis of gender, age, culture, religion, language or personal circumstances.
Taronga is also committed to building on the perspectives, experience, knowledge and skills that this diversity brings to our organisation.
About Applying…
Please submit your resume and a cover letter of one page. You are also required to complete the two target questions as part of your application.
- The hours for this position are generally 6:30am till 3:15pm or 9:30am – 6:15pm. Are you able to work a 7 day rotating roster, to these hours?
- Please provide your understanding of Work Health and Safety in the context of a cleaner role.
Applications Close: 11:59pm Sunday 15 February 2026