Museum Curator I (Aquarist)

NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores

The North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores is located 6 miles from Morehead City, NC, on Bogue Banks, sits adjacent to Bogue Sound. A living collection of over 4,500 animals in 90,000 square feet of exhibit space attracts and engages over 400,000 visitors each year. The Aquarium is located in the middle of Roosevelt Natural Area, a state park of maritime forest and wetland ecosystems.

Museum Curator I (Aquarist)

The North Carolina Aquariums at Pine Knoll Shores is seeking a dynamic, efficient, and enthusiastic individual to join our team as an Aquarist. Reporting to the Aquarium Curator, this position will be responsible for the daily care of all animals in the display, holding and quarantine systems. This individual is also required to maintain life support systems as well as habitat and behind the scenes aesthetics.

Key Responsibilities: • Maintaining the Aquarium\s terrestrial and aquatic animal collection and associated quarantine area By logging into Workday, it does not constitute a contractual agreement. View Job Posting Details 07:18 AM 10/07/2026 Page 2 of 5 • Assisting with the care and collection planning of the education program animals. • Recognizing symptoms of disease and poor animal health and administering appropriate treatments, including quarantine of newly acquired specimens. • An understanding of operant conditioning, and implementation of behavior training • Maintaining life support systems. • Maintaining water chemistry in all assigned systems. • Managing effective quarantine of newly acquired specimens. • Ability to work within permitting guidelines of protected species • Maintaining accurate data bases. • Designing and creating new exhibits. • Conducting SCUBA assisted diving to maintain clean habitats and life support systems, performing educational dive programs, and collecting new specimens. • Acquiring and collecting new animals for display • Responding to animal strandings and rehabilitation

Experience Required

Experience working with aquatic and terrestrial animal husbandry, including fresh and saltwater fish, invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and birds in a public Aquarium, Zoo, Museum, Hatchery, Aquaculture Facility, or nature center. · Experience maintaining life support systems and associated water chemistry at a public Aquarium, Zoo, Museum, Hatchery, Aquaculture Facility, or nature center. · Experience with operant conditioning, training, and behavioral enrichment of animals in a public Aquarium, Zoo, Museum, or comparable setting.

Further Comments

To receive credit for your work history and credentials, you must provide the information on the application form. Any information omitted from the application form, listed as general statements, listed under the text resume section, or on an attachment, will not be considered for qualifying credit. Candidates meet the minimum qualifications of this position if they meet the minimum education and experience listed on the vacancy announcement. Vacancy specific knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) and/or management preferences are not required.

Salary

Recruitment Range: $35,596 - $49,685

How to Apply

Be sure to complete the application in its entirety. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completing this application. Information should be provided in the appropriate areas, to include the following: Education, including high school and all degrees obtained, Work Experience, and Certificates & Licenses. It is critical to our screening and salary determination process that applications contain comprehensive candidate information. • Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information regarding the status of your application. The hiring process may take several weeks. • Be sure to complete the application in full. Applicants are unable to submit more than one application to an individual posting. Only one application received prior to the closing date will be accepted. Applications must be submitted by 11:59:59 PM on the night prior to the closing date. • Degree/College Credit Verification Degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions. Transcripts, and degree evaluations may be uploaded with your application. If you have student loans, becoming a state employee includes eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Visit www.studentaid.gov to learn more. Veteran's and National Guard Preference Applicants seeking Veteran's Preference must attach a DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, along with the state application. Applicants seeking National Guard Preference must attach an NGB 23A (RPAS), along with the state application if they are a current member of the NC National Guard in good standing. Applicants who are former member of either the NC Army National Guard or the NC Air National Guard, with honorable discharge and six years of creditable service must attach a copy of the DD 256 or NGB 22, along with the state application.

NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores

1 Roosevelt Blvd.

Pine Knoll Shores, NC 28512

Phone: (252) 515-5100

Fax: (252) 515-5199

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