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We Care Animal RescueAnimal Welfare

Animal Care Specialist

Location

Napa, California, United States

Work type

Onsite

Employment

Full Time

Experience

0-2 years

Compensation

$18 - $18 per hour

Posted

2h ago

Summary and responsibilities

Role overview

Summary

As an Animal Care Specialist, you will be a key member of We Care Animal Rescue, responsible for ensuring the health and well-being of animals by providing daily care, administering medications, and maintaining clean enclosures. This role involves direct animal handling, triaging sick or injured animals, and collaborating with a compassionate team.

Do you love animals? We Care Animal Rescue is looking for compassionate animal lovers for our Animal Care Specialists. As an Animal Care Specialist, you are key members of the Shelter since you’ll ensure the animals are healthy by providing needed care and medications.


Responsibilities:

Animal Care:

  • Reviews medication list and detailed notes

  • Checks charts for special care notes and incorporates them in daily schedule

  • Prepares medicine and administers to animals

  • Performs injectable medications to animals

  • Administers subcutaneous fluids

  • Triages sick or injured animals

  • Sets up food for animals in and outside of the facility; checks animals for general health and behavior while animals are eating

  • Handles animals properly, humanely, and with compassion

  • Ensures the cleanliness of the interior and exterior animal enclosures

Safety:

  • Able to read animal body language

  • Complies to high standards of safety throughout the organization

  • Maintains files and records

Other Duties:

  • Provides courteous, prompt and responsive service to visitors, volunteers and general public

  • Assists in training volunteers

  • Collaborative team member; provides assistance when needed


Experience and Skills:

  • Passionate for the mission and goals of We Care Animal Rescue

  • Must be able to prepare and administer medications to animals

  • Able to perform injectable medications to animals

  • Must be able to administer subcutaneous fluids

  • Experience with triaging sick or injured animals

  • Minimum of six months’ experience working with animals, either personally or professionally

  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

  • Able to work flexible days and hours, including evening shifts, weekends and holidays

  • Able to read animal body language; understands how to work with fearful or aggressive animals

  • Ability to stay focused, professional and calm in a fast paced, emotionally-charged environment

  • Demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness, neatness and dependability to produce work within acceptable standards

  • Experience and compassion for domestic animals

  • Good customer service skills

  • Able to manage multiple tasks in a busy environment; able to adjust to changing deadlines and priorities

  • Able to work independently and as a member of a team

  • Good oral and written communication skills

  • Possession of a current, valid California drivers’ license and with a clean safety record; carry auto insurance

  • Able to pull and/or push items weighing up to 20 pounds and occasionally up to 40 pounds

Updated 2h ago

Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Administering Medications • 1+ yrs
Animal Handling • 1+ yrs
Triaging Sick/Injured Animals • 1+ yrs
Reading Animal Body Language • 1+ yrs
Microsoft Office Suite • 1+ yrs
Customer Service • 1+ yrs
Teamwork • 1+ yrs
Compassion • 1+ yrs

Experience

0-2 years

Certifications

California Driver's License • Required

How this role is positioned

Role classification

Job domains

Operations

Industries

Wildlife & Conservation

Employment

Full Time

Contract duration

Permanent

Hiring type

Direct

Global hiring

Location specific

Offer details

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

$18 - $18 per hour

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyUSD
PeriodHourly

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationNapa, California, United States
Work typeOnsite
Global hiringNo

Bandwidth profile

peopleMedium7/10
physicalMedium7/10
cognitiveMedium6/10
executionHigh8/10
creativityLow3/10
uncertaintyMedium6/10
communicationMedium6/10

Context on the employer

Company snapshot

Company

We Care Animal Rescue

Team size

Growing team

Location

Napa, California, United States

We Care Animal Rescue is a private non-profit organization established in 1982. Our shelter serves as a refuge for homeless animals in the Napa Valley. We foster and promote the general welfare of animals by caring for these animals, finding them homes, tending to the medically and behaviorally challenged, and educating the public on animal welfare. Their care, comfort and well-being are our top priority. We are funded entirely by private donations and fundraising efforts.

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Animal Care Specialist

Napa, California, United StatesFull Time