Attendant: Animal Care - Full-Time

Ottawa Humane Society; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ottawa Humane Society is seeking an Attendant: Animal Care to assist with animal husbandry and maintain care facilities. You will help feed, water, exercise, and enrich animals daily while following established procedures and maintaining records.

You will also clean equipment, monitor welfare, restrain animals for procedures, support volunteers, and adhere to OHS policies and regulations. Evening, weekend shifts may be required; strong English skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Six months’ experience in animal care.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English is required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain animal health by ensuring daily feeding, watering, exercise, enrichment, and any special instructions are completed.
• Clean and maintain animal care equipment and facilities.
• Monitor the health and welfare of the animals and maintain up-to-date records.
• Restrain animals for veterinary procedures.
• Support volunteers, students and work placements and provide training and orientation as required.
• Be familiar with legislation, regulations, guidelines, OHS policies, procedures, collective agreement, and good animal care practices.
• Produce and maintain accurate reports, records, and files.
• Participate in supervision, evaluation, training and other meetings as required.
• Participate in identification and evaluation of OHS program goals and objectives.
• Participate in professional development opportunities.
• Represent the OHS in a professional manner.
• May be required to assume the responsibilities of Attendant: Kennel Kitchen.

Skills

Six months' experience in animal care

Proficiency in English

Education

Secondary school diploma or equivalent

Job description

The Attendant: Animal Care is responsible for providing animal husbandry and cleaning of animal care facilities at the Ottawa Humane Society (OHS).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain animal health by ensuring daily feeding, watering, exercise, enrichment, and any special instructions are completed
• Clean and maintain animal care equipment and facilities
• Monitor the health and welfare of the animals and maintain up-to-date records
• Restrain animals for veterinary procedures
• Support the activities of volunteers, students and work placements and provide training and orientation as required
• Be thoroughly familiar with pertinent legislation, regulations, guidelines, OHS policies, procedures, collective agreement, and good animal care practices
• Produce and maintain accurate reports, records, and files
• Participate in supervision, evaluation, training and other meetings as required
• Participate in the identification and evaluation of OHS program goals and objectives
• Participate in professional development opportunities
• Represent the OHS in a professional manner
• May be required to assume the responsibilities of Attendant: Kennel Kitchen

Qualifications

• Secondary school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of six months’ experience in animal care
• Working proficiency in spoken and written English is required

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements

• Employee will be required to work evening, holiday and weekend shifts
  
• Employment is conditional upon the ability to provide services in a safe manner, including, but not limited to, lifts and transfers of large animals and interaction with potentially aggressive animals
• Employment is conditional upon the ability to perform a variety of physically demanding tasks safely
• Employee may be required to work outdoors in inclement weather
• Employee will be required to wear a uniform designated by the employer
• Employment is conditional upon maintaining confidentiality of OHS information
• Employment is conditional upon the ability to work around all species of animals safely

Schedule

2-week Rotating Schedule

Total 72 hours bi-weekly

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun

Week 1 12:00pm - 8:30pm Off
7:30am - 4:00pm 7:30am - 4:00pm 7:30am - 4:00pm 7:30am - 4:00pm Off

Week 2 Off 7:30am - 4:00pm 7:30am - 4:00pm 12:00pm - 8:30pm Off Off 7:30am - 4:00pm

FT Shift Codes Include: E1, KE, E3.

*Shift codes subject to change based on operational need