Attendant: Animal Care - Part-Time

Ottawa Humane Society; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 17,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Ottawa Humane Society is seeking an Attendant: Animal Care to perform animal husbandry, daily feeding, cleaning, and welfare monitoring in our facilities.

The role requires a secondary school diploma, at least six months in animal care, and strong English language skills; shifts include evenings, weekends, and holidays.

You will support volunteers, maintain records, and work under the OHS policies to ensure safe interactions with all animal species.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide animal husbandry and cleaning of animal care facilities.
• Monitor health and welfare of animals and maintain records.
• Assist volunteers, students and work placements and provide orientation.
• Restrain animals for veterinary procedures.
• Represent the Ottawa Humane Society in a professional manner.

Skills

English proficiency

Animal care experience

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

Total 40 hours bi-weekly - 2 week rotating schedule

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun

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

Week 2 7:30am - 4:00pm Off Off 9:00am - 5:30pm Off 11:30am - 8:00pm 11:30am - 8:00pm

Shift codes include: E1, C2, KC, & KE

*Shift codes subject to change based on operational need.