Employment

Qualifications:

• Experience handling dogs and cats in a veterinary setting
• Experience with other small animals, a plus, but not required
• Experience with animal restraint, a plus, but not required
• Good communication skills (in person and in writing)
• Good customer service skills recommended
• Accurate data entry/computer skills required
• Reliability, punctuality, and attention to detail

Responsibilities include: 

• Examination and monitoring of animals for health and wellness
• Administering treatments and medications to shelter animals
• Communicating about animal health with the Shelter Veterinarian, Shelter Manager, Medical staff and other departmental staff members as well as with volunteers, interns, and members of the public

Benefits:

• Employee health insurance plan
• Paid time off
• Paid sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Simple IRA plan
• Employee Assistance Program (free mental health counseling)

Psychological Considerations:

• Self-motivated and hard working
• Comfortable engaging with people
• Remain calm under pressure
• Flexible and able to shift between different tasks

Environmental Considerations:

  Physiological Considerations:

• Aspects of this job may be physically demanding and involve exposure to loud noise
• Exposure to strong chemicals/cleaning products

Qualifications:

• Experience handling animals is required
• Knowledge and/or experience related to pet ownership
• Friendly and outgoing
• Effective communicator in person, via email, and over the phone
• Adept at using a computer and performing accurate data entry

Responsibilities include: 

• Answering phones and assisting callers
• Facilitating safe and positive interactions between animals and potential adopters
• Processing adoption applications
• Explaining details of pet health and behavior records to adopters
• Explaining details of adoption policies and contracts with adopters
• Preparing the animal shelter for daily open-hours
• Animal Care duties, such as kennel/cage cleaning, dog walking

Benefits:

• Employee health insurance plan
• Paid time off
• Paid sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Simple IRA plan
• Employee Assistance Program (free mental health counseling)

Psychological Considerations:

• Self-motivated and hard working
• Comfortable engaging with people
• Remain calm under pressure
• Flexible and able to shift between different tasks

Environmental Considerations:

• Must be able to work in a hectic and sometimes noisy environment
• Work under pressure with interruptions

Cognitive Considerations:

• Must be able to represent the humane society in a positive manner
• Must possess good safety awareness and judgement

Physiological Considerations:

• Aspects of this job may be physically demanding and involve exposure to loud noise
• Exposure to strong chemicals/cleaning products

Qualifications:

• Animal handling experience
• Knowledgeable in animal behavior

Responsibilities include: 

• Sanitization and maintenance of animal kennels

• Maintenance of facility
• Daily feeding of animals
• Dog walking
• Kennel enrichment
• Animal socialization
• Animal intakes
• Data entry

Benefits:

• Employee health insurance plan
• Paid time off
• Paid sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Simple IRA plan
• Employee Assistance Program (free mental health counseling)

Physiological Considerations:

• Physically demanding position and involves exposure to loud noise
• Exposure to strong chemicals/cleaning products as well as varying weather conditions
• Heavy lifting

Cognitive Considerations:

• Must be able to represent the humane society in a positive manner
• Must possess good safety awareness and judgement