Animal Care Technician

HumanePro; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

PetsInNeed in Palo Alto and Redwood City is seeking an Animal Care Technician to support rescue and adoption by caring for shelter animals, feeding, exercising, medicating, and enriching their lives while following proper handling protocols.

This full-time role involves cross-training at both locations and may require travel between them to ensure humane care across PetsInNeed facilities.

Qualifications

• Daily care, feeding, exercise, and enrichment of shelter animals.
• Administers vaccinations and oral medications under Medical Team.
• Cleans animal living areas and shelter equipment to maintain hygiene.
• Observe animals for medical or behavioral issues and report promptly.
• Cross-train at both Palo Alto and Redwood City locations as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily care, feeding, exercise, and enrichment for shelter animals.
• Assist with walking and rotating dogs from kennels.
• May participate in showing dogs and/or cats to the public or volunteers, once trained to handle different levels of animals.
• Administer and dispense animal medications as prescribed by the Medical Team.
• Maintain clean and safe living areas and equipment.

Job description

Job Description

Under the supervision of the Foster and Animal Care Manager, the Animal Care Technician (ACT)is responsible forproviding infrastructure support for PetsInNeed’s rescue and adoption efforts.This position will provide the daily care of animals in our care, including but not limited to,feeding, cleaning, medicating, exercising, and enriching the shelter animals’ lives, while following allproper handlingprotocols.This is afull timepositionlocatedin both Palo Alto and Redwood Citylocationsand travel between the two locations may berequired. The pay scale for this role is $22 per hour to $26 per hour, based upon experience.

• Provide daily care,feeding,exercise,andenrichmentfor PetsInNeed's shelter animals.
• Assistswith walking and rotating dogs from kennels throughout the day.
• Mayparticipatein showing dogsand orcats to members of the publicorvolunteers, oncetrained tobehaviorally handle different “levels” of animals.
• Administers and dispenses animal medications(vaccinations and oral treatments)as prescribed bythe Medical Team.
• Prepares and provides edible enrichment for animals, including but not limited to stuffingkongsand handing out chews.
• Clean andmaintainanimal living areas, animalbedding&furniture,all animal/shelter equipment,staff,andpublicareas.
• Observe shelter animals for any unusual symptoms that may be indicative of a medical or behavioral problem and report toproper channels.
• Cleans public areas as needed (i.e.restrooms).
• Crosstrain andassistatbothlocationswith animal care duties whenneeded.
• Always promote a humane and caring attitude toward all animals.
• Follow established procedures governing safe work practices; to perform duties in a manner which assures the safety of the animals,oneself,andothers.
• Perform duties in a manner which encourages contributions and business for PetsInNeed.
• Always treat people and animals with respect, contribute to effective teamwork, promote staff cooperation, and foster public relations beneficial to PetsInNeed.
• Perform other duties asassignedby the manager.
• Describe the specific responsibilities and job functions of the role.

This is a full time job

Contact Information

Job Contact Details

Name Jeanne Wu Title HR Director Telephone Number 408-887-8807 Email Address [e-mail] Website https://ats.rippling.com/en-US/pets-in-need/jobs/ab5ca9a1-adc5-459b-83ed-35c95a53dc8d