Job Details
**Description**
**Dare to make a difference!**
**How youll impact our mission:**
At San Diego Humane Society, were united by our mission to Inspire Compassion, providing hope and advancing the welfare of animals and people. In this role, youll have the opportunity to provide daily care and enrichment for our shelter animals. Our Animal Caregivers are responsible for the general care and maintenance of shelter animals including feeding, cleaning, disinfecting, grooming, vaccinating, medicating and possibly performing euthanasia.
**What youll do:**
* Complete daily cleaning routines in a timely manner, maintaining assigned area in a clean, organized and professional manner.
* Provide kennel enrichment, train, exercise and socialize animals in assigned area as time permits.
* Administer daily medications, vaccinations and other treatments as appropriate.
* Perform dog introductions and facilitate dog play groups with multiple dogs, following current protocols.
* Monitor animals daily and record details of diet, physical condition, elimination and behavior.
* Monitor the health of shelter animals; follow established procedures if symptoms of illness arise based on the degree of illness or injury.
**What were looking for:**
* High school graduate or equivalent.
**Location & Hours:** Based at our Oceanside Campus. These positions work approximately 24-28 hours a week.
**Pay:** Starts at $16.00 per hour. The hourly rate is determined by your related education and experience.
San Diego Humane Societys lifesaving safety net has helped San Diego become the largest city in the U.S. to keep healthy and treatable shelter animals from being euthanized. Our scope of social responsibility goes beyond adopting animals we offer programs that strengthen the human-animal bond, prevent cruelty and neglect, provide medical care, educate the community and serve as a safety net for all pet families. We are a private, independent, nonprofit organization that is not affiliated with any other humane society or society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
At San Diego Humane Society, we support and invest in employees as our most valuable asset through conscious delivery of competitive pay and benefits, professional growth, self-care resources and a workplace environment based on our Culture of Care. We have a generous paid time-off plan, paid holidays, medical insurance, long-term disability insurance, life-insurance, a retirement savings plan with 5% company match, flexible spending accounts, wellness program, employee discounts, and so much more!
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