Animal Care Specialist - SPCA Wake (Full-Time)
About The Position
As an Animal Care Specialist you (and your teammates) are responsible for the daily care and enrichment for shelter animals who are just entering our care or are waiting to be adopted. You will work with a dynamic assortment of volunteers and customers. The Animal Care Specialist improves the quality of life for homeless pets at SPCA Wake with training, feeding, exercise and socialization. The job is so much more than cleaning kennels, although there is a fair amount of that, to be honest. We practice fear-free animal handling at all times. Training is provided. While this is a front-line position, we don’t consider it an “entry level” position, as it takes some time to build the skills needed to excel for the betterment of the animals. One more thing -- you must be comfortable kneeling, crouching, reaching overhead and lifting, carrying, and pulling up to 50 lbs.
Requirements
- Must love animals and care about people
- Previous professional animal handling experience
- Must be able to work a flexible schedule, including Saturdays and Sundays, some holidays
- Valid driver’s license (some animal transport van driving required)
- A high school diploma or equivalent
- Must be comfortable kneeling, crouching, reaching overhead and lifting, carrying, and pulling up to 50 lbs.
- Previous customer service experience
- Previous animal handling experience
Responsibilities
- daily care and enrichment for shelter animals
- training
- feeding
- exercise
- socialization
Benefits
- Medical and Dental: Employer pays 90% of employee coverage (full-time)
- Insurance includes wellness, dental, vision, life, mental health care, prescriptions, emergency & urgent care, chiropractic care, and physical therapy
- Telemedicine options, 24/7 access to virtual health & wellness care and virtual behavioral health care
- PAID TIME OFF –
- All part-time and full-time staff receive paid time off.
- Paid Holidays - 9 paid holidays per year (full-time)
- Vacation Time - 10 paid vacation days per year (full-time) with scheduled increases at milestone anniversaries of hire date
- Sick Time - 6.5 paid sick days per year (full-time)
- FINANCIAL –
- Healthcare: Flexible Spending Account
- 401k Plan
- Coastal Federal Credit Union Membership
- 20% discount on pet adoptions and in SPCA Wake retail store
- OTHER –
- Bereavement time off
- Federal & State Leave of Absence options
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
