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Shelter Caregiver – Watkins Glen, NY

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Animal feeding/watering & maintaining animal feeds schedule
• Daily animal health care & treatments
• Weekly animal health checks/individual checks of each species
• Animal health care projects as assigned including feed ordering, medications and medical supply ordering, data base and animal charting
• Shelter cleaning projects-maintaining hospital/treatment areas
• Training & supervising animal caregiver assistants, shelter interns and volunteers
• Reporting animal health and/or other shelter problems directly to shelter manager
• Research new treatment options for various conditions
• Work with veterinarians to develop treatment protocols, etc.

Shelter caregivers work closely with shelter manager and director to ensure quality animal care, proper handling, proper disease diagnosis, 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
• 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
• Positive attitude
• Commitment to Farm Sanctuary's animal care policies
• Commitment to Farm Sanctuary's organizational programs and goals
• Previous animal experience is required
• Minimum two year experience at animal care facility; volunteer history at animal advocacy organization(s)

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 but possibility of no weekend days off and schedule subject to change.
• Required to work on some holidays
• Salary range $19-25,000 based on experience and qualifications
• Competitive benefits package

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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