Attendant: Animal Care - Pt

Under the direction of the Supervisor:
Kennel or Manager:
Animal Care, the Attendant:
Animal Care is responsible for providing animal husbandry care and maintaining the facility at the Ottawa Humane Society (OHS). Wages between $19.89 and $22.42 per hour. There are two positions available.
- **Schedule - 43.5 hrs/pp**:
- **Week 1** - Mon - 7:
30 am - 3:
30 pm, Thu - 4 pm - 8 pm, Sat - 7:
30 am - 3:
30 pm, Sun - 7:
30 am -5:
30 pm
- **Week 2** - Mon
- 7:
30 am - 3:
30 pm, Thu - 7:
30 am - 3:
30 pm
**What would you do?**
- Maintain animal health by ensuring ensuring daily feeding, watering, exercise, and enrichment, and any special instructions are completed
- Clean and maintain animal care equipment and facilities
- Monitor the health and welfare of the animals through the maintenance of 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
- Represent the OHS in a professional manner
- Be thoroughly familiar with pertinent legislation, regulations, guidelines, OHS policies and good animal care practices
- Produce and maintain accurate reports, records, and files
- Participate in supervision, evaluation and training and other meetings as required
- Participate in the identification and evaluation of OHS program goals and objectives
- Participate in the professional development opportunities
- Represent OHS in a professional manner
- May be required to assume the responsibilities of Attendant:
Kennel Kitchen
**What we are looking for?**
- Secondary school diploma or equivalent
- Minimum six months’ experience in animal care
- Working proficiency in spoken and written English is required
**Working Conditions/Physical Requirements**
- Employment is conditional upon the ability to perform a variety of physically demanding tasks safely, including lifting/transferring large animals and interaction with potentially aggressive animals
- Employee will be required to work evening, holiday and weekend shifts
- 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
- Employee may be required to work outdoors in inclement weather
**Job Type**:
Part-time
**Salary**:
$19.89-$22.42 per hour
Schedule:
- Weekend availability
COVID-19 considerations:
Individuals are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of being hired by the OHS. Medical
Exemptions and accommodation under human rights legislation are considered under the vaccination policy.
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Ottawa, ON K2E 1A6:
reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
**Education**:
- Secondary School (preferred)
**Language**:
- English (preferred)
Work Location:
In person