Animal Care Centre Assistant

**Job description**

**Job Responsibilities - Animal Care Centre, located inside the Sunridge Petland**

**You are a people and animal person and along with great communication skills and strong work ethic, work well as part of a team to send to our company stores the best animals available in the care centre. Along with your team members on a daily basis you will report on the animals’ well-being as well as care for them in a safe and timely manner.**

**Responsibilities**:
**New animal intake and set up**
- Inspect and land new animals, birds, reptiles in to the distribution centre in Sunridge Petland
- Bring to centre supervisors attention any animals that do not meet our Intake Exams Standards with professionalism
- Create and/or fill out observation charts or medical charts for all the necessary animals/reptiles
- Separate and set up enclosures as per species and behaviours
- Provide feedback to the managers on the state of the animals upon arrival
- Ensure all invoices received/created are correct and send to accounting CC manager

**Ongoing animal care and observation**
- Ensure all animals are cared for at the high standard we hold
- Fully clean all the animal enclosures daily and ensure the 4 basic needs are met continuously
- Ensure all baby birds are being fed and weaned appropriately and fledged correctly
- Ensure all observation charts are kept maintained on a daily basis
- Ensure Daily task lists are followed and signed off appropriately
- Address any animal health concerns with animal care center supervisor
- Ensuring all animals are fed and watered daily
- Clean your work space as you go
- Wash and clean dishes, cages, hides, toys, blankets and etc. for continued use

**Operational support**
- Assist with packing and preparing animals for shipment/transfers
- Assist with landing new animals to the distribution centre
- Ensure stores receive appropriate paperwork with animals received
- Ensure we only send the best quality of animal to the stores
- Be a part of developing and implementing new procedures and policies
- Maintain a clean and safe working environment for all staff

**Vender relations**
- Maintain good working relations with partnered vendors, vets and breeders as necessary

**What’s in a career for me at Petland?**
- **Opportunity for growth and advancement** -75% of Petland’s leaders began their careers as Pet Counsellors. Opportunities for change and movement are plentiful
- **Petland University classes** -offering an opportunity to expand your pet care knowledge and management classes and seminars to assist your development both personally and professionally. We invest more than a half million dollars annually into the development of our teams by offering free classes for you to attend to build your skills.
- **Health and Benefits Package** -our full time team members enjoy a generous health care plan, and after five years with the management team, an excellent RRSP program kicks in.
- **Support of a team** -even on your toughest days, you can always come to work and feel good about being part of a family atmosphere that picks you up when you are down.
- **Integrity** -be confident in the knowledge that we have a 100% adoption rate
- **Passion** -work in a company which allows you to live with passion and excitement for your work, the animals, the guests in the store and most importantly, for you.
- **Impact** -be part of something BIG Even the newest voice is heard. Help us change the world Be part of your community with us
- participate in hamster races, dog washes, fundraisers for rescue adoption partnerships, birthday parties and so much more
- **FUN-** We are a company which is successful because of our ability to get the job done while still having fun. The opportunities to have and create fun exist everywhere

**Job Types**: Part-time, Fixed term contract

Pay: $15.00-$17.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Store discount

Work Location: In person