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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 Specifics:

• Full-time
• Weekends required: Work schedule is generally Sunday through Thursday or Tuesday through Saturday
• Required to work on some holidays
• Salary range $22,000 to $26,000 based on experience and qualifications
• Minimum two year experience at animal care facility; volunteer history at animal advocacy organization(s)

Please send resume or employment application 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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