Animal Care Attendant

**Job description**

The Cambridge and District Humane Society (CDHS) promotes and ensures the health, safety and humane treatment of animals through public education and the provision of care and shelter for those animals in need within our community.

**We Believe**

Animals are a natural part of our environment. No animal should suffer.

All animals deserve our respect and compassion. All animals should have appropriate shelter/protection. Animal ownership is a privilege.

**Reporting**:
Overall Shelter Operations (Executive Director). Animal Care duties, direct report to the Animal Care Supervisor for scheduling and mentorship.

**Animal Care Job Description - Full Time**

**Rate of pay is not reflected in the ad: We have competitive hourly rates based on animal care experience that are higher than the suggested rate by Indeed.**

**Hours/Shift**:

- Weekday, weekend and stat holidays as required
Business Hours Monday-Saturday 8:30am-4:30pm and Sundays 8:30am-3:30pm
- Monthly schedules are distributed 2-4 weeks in advance
- The CDHS operates 365 days a year.

**Job Summary & Accountabilities**
- Feeding, bathing and care of all animals within the Shelter
- Administration of medications, vaccinations and blood collection
- Monitoring health, behavior and well being of animals within the Shelter
- Interact with all animals in a safe and respectful manner
- Ability to handle and interact with large dogs
- Handling and restraint of animals (wild and domestic)
- General cleaning and disinfecting of facility and equipment (cages/kennels), as well as common areas kitchen/bathrooms, laundry, dishes, scrubbing floors, etc.
- Compliance with PPE, disinfection protocols and Occupational Health & Safety
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Ensure that all Clients and members of the public receive professional and friendly service
- Assist with efforts to reunite lost pets with their owners which include, checking animals daily for the presence of identification and matching lost and found reports
- Other duties as required

**Education/Experience Required**:

- Animal Care: hands on experience working directly with animals in a veterinary clinic or previous Shelter experience
- Post secondary education and/or experience in a related field
- Knowledge of dog breeds, traits and behaviour
- Knowledge of feline coat colours, patterns and behaviour
- Comfortable in handling and interacting with animals with severe aggression and/or behavior challenges that may be unknown
- Ability to work independently with mínimal supervision in a fast paced environment
- Physically fit with the ability to stand for long periods of time and comfortably lift and carry 50 pounds
- General knowledge of animal welfare and humane society activities

**Key Qualifications for this position**:

- Excellent time management skills, highly organized, show initiative, resourceful, proactive and the ability to prioritize responsibilities
- Excellent decision-making skills
- Confident
- Rabies Vaccinated (will be a requirement of the job)
- Trained in First Aid & CPR (preferred)
- Honesty & Integrity
- Compassionate and dedicated to animal welfare
- Excellent communication skills working in a team environment and also with the public
- Reliable
- Negative Police Record Search (requirement of the job)
- Valid driver’s license and a clean driving record (requirement of the job)

**Start Date: as soon as possible after an offer is made.**

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

**Contract length**: 12 months with an option to renew based on the organization’s needs and employee's performance

**Full-time hours**: 30.0 - 37.5 hours per week

**Hourly wage**: based on job related experience. Benefits after 3 months.

**Schedule**:

- 8 hour shift

**Ability to commute/relocate**:

- Cambridge, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Animal care with a kennel environment (does not include pet store experience or dog sitting)
- Diploma in Animal Care or Veterinary Assistant: 1 year minimum (preferred)

**Shift availability**:

- Day Shift (required). No evening shifts

**Work Location**: In person

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: $17.50-$21.18 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Paid time off

Flexible language requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cambridge, ON N1R 8J5: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Animal Care: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person