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SDSan Diego Humane Society
San Diego Humane Society•Animal Welfare

Animal Care Associate

Location

Oceanside, California, United States

Work type

Onsite

Employment

Full Time

Experience

1-3 years

Compensation

$20 - $22 per hour

Posted

6h ago

Summary and responsibilities

Role overview

Summary

The Animal Care Associate at San Diego Humane Society provides daily care and enrichment for shelter animals, including feeding, cleaning, medicating, and monitoring health. This role involves maintaining a clean environment and ensuring the well-being of animals in alignment with the organization's mission to inspire compassion.

At San Diego Humane Society, we’re united by our mission to Inspire Compassion. The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing daily care and enrichment for our shelter animals, including feeding, cleaning, disinfecting, grooming, vaccinating, medicating, and possibly performing euthanasia.


This role delivers service at the gold standard level in alignment with the SDHS Way, to meet the needs of animals and the people who love them by leading with compassion, finding creative solutions, providing personalized care and building connections. If you’re passionate about making an impact in the animal welfare movement, we’d love to talk to you.


What you’ll do:

  • Complete daily husbandry routines, including appropriate feeding and exercise, maintaining assigned area in a clean, organized and professional manner.

  • Monitor the health of shelter animals; follow established procedures if symptoms of illness arise based on the degree of illness or injury. Administer daily medications, vaccinations and other treatments as appropriate.

  • Monitor animals daily and record details of diet, physical condition, elimination and behavior.

  • Provide kennel enrichment, training, and socializing of animals in conjunction with Behavior & Training, as time permits. Perform dog introductions and facilitate dog play groups with multiple dogs, following current protocols.


What we’re looking for:

  • High school graduate or equivalent required.

  • One (1) year experience working with animals in a shelter, kennel, vet clinic or volunteer environment preferred.

  • Working knowledge of animal breeds, general care, and behavior related information preferred.

Updated 6h ago

Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Animal Care • 1+ yrs
Animal Husbandry • 1+ yrs
Animal Health Monitoring • 1+ yrs
Medication Administration • 1+ yrs
Animal Behavior • 1+ yrs
Cleaning & Disinfecting • 1+ yrs
Compassion • 1+ yrs
Problem Solving • 1+ yrs

Experience

1-3 years

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

$20 - $22 per hour

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyUSD
PeriodHourly

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationOceanside, California, United States
Work typeOnsite
Global hiringNo

Bandwidth profile

peopleMedium • 5/10
physicalMedium • 7/10
cognitiveMedium • 6/10
executionHigh • 8/10
creativityLow • 4/10
uncertaintyMedium • 6/10
communicationMedium • 5/10

Context on the employer

Company snapshot

Company

San Diego Humane Society

Team size

Growing team

Location

Oceanside, California, United States

San Diego Humane Society is hiring Animal Care Associates for our Oceanside Animal Care team! At San Diego Humane Society, we’re united by our mission to Inspire Compassion. We’re proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and commit to being a place where every person – staff, volunteer, and guest – can feel a sense of belonging. We support and invest in employees through conscious delivery of benefits and a workplace environment based on our Core Values.

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Animal Care Associate

Oceanside, California, United States • Full Time