Animal Nutrition –
Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park

The Animal Nutrition Center, a department within Animal Health, is a centralized food preparation location that provides all dietary needs of the Walt Disney World® Resort animal collection. This Disney Professional Internship provides work experience within a comprehensive nutrition program and includes food production aspects (75 percent), as well as nutrition research (25 percent) components.

No direct animal contact takes place in this role.

Responsibilities:

• Work alongside nutrition assistants to prepare and deliver balanced and enriching diets for the 1500+ animals living at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park and Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge.
• Engage Guests in conversations relating to conservation and the Animal Nutrition Center mission.
• Assist in nutrition research projects such as food nutrient analysis (sample processing, data collection and entry) and quality control (forages, feeds, browses, etc.).
• Utilize in-house laboratory equipment (ovens, freeze dryer, grinder, Near Infrared Reflectance Spectrophotometer, bomb calorimeter, etc.).
• Track, organize and present data on animals in our collection to Animal Nutrition Center staff.
• Work in a team environment to accomplish area tasks.

Required Qualifications:
You must meet the required qualifications in order to apply for the internship.

• Junior, senior or recent college graduate
• Animal Science, Nutrition, Biology, Zoology, Wildlife Biology, Food Science or other related science majors
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel (including use of functions and formatting)
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and team lift 75 pounds (more or less) throughout the day
• Ability to speak in front of groups
• Completion of at least one college level nutrition course (human or animal)
• Sincere interest in nutrition/desire to continue learning about nutrition

Desired Qualifications:

• Three months of independent research or paid laboratory experience
• Demonstrated skills in technical writing
• Three months of animal husbandry or food preparation experience

Required Materials:

Please have the following documents saved electronically in your personal computer:

• Résumé (outlining all of your required qualifications)
• Cover letter detailing your qualifications and interest
• College transcripts (official or unofficial)

Please Note:
You may be contacted after your application has been reviewed to turn in additional support materials.

Click the button below to apply. Find the “Animal Nutrition” position in the listings and submit your application. If you do not see the job posting, we are currently not recruiting for that position and you may send all inquires to wdw.animalprograminterns@disney.com.