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Shelter Caregiver
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Animal feeding & maintaining animal feeds schedule
- Animal watering & maintaining animal watering schedule
- Daily animal health care & treatments
- Weekly animal health checks
- Animal health care projects as assigned
- Shelter Coordination projects as assigned (animal charting, ordering animal supplies, etc.)
- Shelter Cleaning projects
- Maintaining animal rehab. & treatment areas
- Training & supervising animal caregiver assistants, barn cleaners, shelter interns and volunteers
- Reporting animal health and/or other shelter problems directly to shelter manager
Shelter caregivers work closely with shelter managers to ensure quality animal care, proper barn cleanings, and maintenance of all animal feeds & watering schedules.
Qualifications:
- Excellent animal behavior observation skills
- Able to work in all weather conditions
- Able to perform strenuous physical labor and lifting
- Perform all animal health care treatments and health checks
- Humane restraint and administer veterinary treatments to all types of farm animals
- Health care maintenance (hoof trimming, tusk trimming, etc) for all types of farm animals
- Must be able to follow detailed instructions and maintain animal care schedules as assigned
- Ability to work well with variety of people
- Team player and able to monitor and report on all shelter staff duties
- Very reliable and dependable
- Commitment to Farm Sanctuary's animal care policies
- Commitment to Farm Sanctuary's organizational programs and goals
Shelter Caregivers should have a strong desire and ability to do hands-on shelter work and a personal commitment to rescuing and protecting farm animals. Caregivers are vital team leaders of our shelters, where providing quality animal care is the number one priority.
Job Specifications:
- Full-time
- Weekends required: Work schedule is generally Sunday through Thursday or Tuesday through Saturday
- Required to work on some holidays
- Salary range $18-23,000 based on experience and qualifications
- Minimum two year experience at animal care facility; volunteer history at animal advocacy organization(s)
Please send resume to:
Farm Sanctuary Human Resources Dept.
P.O. Box 150
Watkins Glen, NY 14891
Fax: 607-583-2041
E-mail: HumanResources@farmsanctuary.org
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