**General information**

**Animal Shelter Worker**

**(Posting #2025.72C)**

**Department**:Legislative Services

**Division**:Municipal Law Enforcement

**Location**:Animal Shelter

**Status**: Casual, On-Call/As needed

**Number of Positions**: 1

**Hourly Wage**:$26.64

**Date Posted**:May 30, 2025

**Date Closing**:June 10, 2025

**Come work with us**

Employment with the Town of Georgina offers an opportunity to make a positive difference in our community. We are a progressive, forward-thinking organization focused on continuous improvement, innovation and providing exceptional customer service. We offer a collaborative team environment and an excellent place to take charge of your career.

**Position Purpose**

Ensures the humane treatment of all shelter animals, maintains the animal shelter facility and keeps it organized, clean and sanitized, provides daily enrichment to the animals in care and follows their animal welfare plans, provides adoption consultations, assists with public education, keeps animal records up to date, and ensures preventative measures are taken to ensure the safety and health of animals, staff and visitors within the centre. For full details on duties and qualifications, please see attached job description.

**Minimum Qualifications**

High school diploma or equivalent academic level. Additional animal related courses/education considered an asset; a minimum of three months professional experience in a comparable role required.

**How to apply**

**Committed to diversity and a barrier-free environment**

The Town of Georgina is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process, ensuring that all applicants have equitable access to employment opportunities. As we grow, it's important that our workforce reflects the diversity and experiences of the citizens we serve. We respect, encourage, and celebrate diversity. We will accommodate the needs of applicants under the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please advise the Human Resources Team if you require an accommodation(s) and we will work with you to meet your needs throughout any stage of the process. Please be advised that this information will be treated in a confidential manner.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**POSITION**: Animal Shelter Worker **JOB NO.**: 58

**DEPARTMENT**: Legislative Services** DIVISION**: Municipal Law Enforcement

**DATE PREPARED**:January 2023** GRADE**:D

**PRIMARY FUNCTION**: Ensures the humane treatment of all shelter animals, maintains the animal shelter facility and keeps it organized, clean and sanitized, provides daily enrichment to the animals in care and follows their animal welfare plans, provides adoption consultations, assists with public education, keeps animal records up to date, and ensures preventative measures are taken to ensure the safety and health of animals, staff and visitors within the centre.

**SUPERVISION RECEIVED**: Animal Shelter Supervisor or designate

May receive direction and guidance from the Animal Shelter Coordinators.

**MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT USED**: Vehicle, telephone, computer, janitorial equipment, washing machines, catch-poles, cat net, cat/dog humane traps, feral den, medical equipment including but not limited to refractometer, woods lamp, microscope, microchip scanner, stethoscope, thermometer, weight scales, IV fluid equipment, specimen collection supplies and other equipment as may be necessary.

**DIRECTION EXERCISED**: Permanent staff may provide direction and training to temporary/casual Animal Shelter workers, volunteers and co-op students

**WORKING PROCEDURES**:
**Administrative**
- Assists with animal file processing of pet redemptions, rehoming and adoptions;
- Admits animals brought in by animal control, other animal welfare organizations and/or the public daily. Creates animal file and logs all necessary information into computer software and medical reminder program;
- Ensure animal records are entered and kept up to date in electronic file and on printed daily animal charts/forms, animal welfare plans and reports concerns to Shelter Supervisor and/or Coordinator;
- As required, liaises with Animal Services Officers, veterinary professionals and animal welfare partners in regards to stray/sick/behavioural injured domestic and wildlife animals;
- Generate and utilizes animal care reports to aid in daily animal care planning;
- Works with electronic mail to communicate with the public, animal welfare partners and co-workers;
- Exposure to people who may be impatient, irate or unpredictable: dealing with complaints;
- Utilizes social media as needed to promote lost / found pets;
- Other administrative duties as assigned;

**Animal Care**
- Cleans, scrubs and disinfects all cages of the shelter on a daily basis;
- Provides clean water and fresh food to the animals on a daily basis;