George the Wombat needs someone to take him for a walk

Applications for the gig are open as part of Tourism Tasmania's Odd Jobs campaign, which will provide flights and accommodation for anyone willing to take on a number of strange jobs available during the off season.

George, who lives at East Coast Nature World, is about 11 months old and weighs nine kilograms.

He isn't the only wombat at Nature World but wildlife manager Natalie Hill said he was the perfect age and had the perfect cheeky personality to get along with guest walkers.

"You can handle and spend time and connect with wombats when they're really young," Ms Hill said.

"And then there's like a light switch that goes off in their brain similar to a teenage kid."

Wombats normally stay with their mothers between 18 months and 24 years, but Nature World took George in after his mother was hit by a car when he was only a few months old.

Nature World is planning to release him back into the wild but he lacked the right attitude just yet.

"George - at the moment, if he was released - would be beaten up by another big older wombat," Ms Hill said.

The Wombat Walk starts at 8.45am.

The kangaroos are fed first to stop George from getting distracted and trying to make friends because, Ms Hill explained, they were not interested.

On the walk, George generally likes to run under cars and scratch his back and bottom on whatever he could find.

Sometimes he'll take off in search of something nice to eat or just needs to make use of his favourite toilet spot.

There will be opportunities to pat and scratch George.

"We don't guarantee that you're going to hold him," Ms Hill said.

"We just go based on his attitude and behaviour at the time."

Ms Hill reminded wombat enthusiasts that they should stay at least three metres away from wombats in the wild, adding that the Wombat Walker gig was a great experience.

"An adult wombat can cause some incredible injuries. I've had a zookeeper friend who it, like, ripped out their calf muscle," Ms Hill said.

"That's why the Wombat Walker job is great, because you can interact with a wombat and give a scratch and a pat and stuff like that in a safe environment."

Applications for the gig could be submitted on the Discover Tasmania website.