Northeast Animal Shelter - Animal Welfare Specialist Salem MA
Northeast Animal Shelter - Animal Welfare Specialist Salem MA
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Job Description
This is a fulltime 40 hour a week position with required weekend days.
THE POSITION:
We have an exciting opportunity for an Animal Welfare Specialist at MSPCA at Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem MA. The vision of the MSPCA Animal Protection Division is to proactively address the underlying issues that put animals at risk. We value our connections to communities and organizations and serve as a resource to protect the largest number of animals possible. Animal Welfare Specialists (AWS) are at the forefront of this mission working directly with people and their pets to effect positive change in our community. Some job responsibilities include:
- Being involved in all aspects of animal care including feeding cleaning and disinfecting of animal living spaces enrichment activities exercising medication administration etc
- Evaluating and examining all animals for basic medical conditions on intake as well as continual monitoring of their wellbeing for the duration of their stay at the shelter
- Effectively identify record and discuss with care and behavior team any concerning behaviors that may arise
- Implementing behavior plans unique to each animal to ensure their success towards adoption
APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS:
We are looking for applicants with at least one year of previous work with animals and at least one year of experience in a customer service/client care position. Previous animal shelter experience is a plus! Applicants should alsodemonstrate excellent judgment and interpersonal skills and are eager to work to support the humananimal bond.
Applicants with a proficiency in Spanish are strongly encouraged to apply.
Please detail your animal care and customer service experience in your cover letter.
WHO WE ARE:
The MSPCA is one of the oldest and most venerable humane organizations in the world. We work together as a community to deliver on our mission of advancing the health and welfare of animals. Sharing in this vision provides meaning to our employees and adds an important dimension to our work.
OUR BENEFITS:
Our compensation package includes health dental and life insurance 403(b) retirement plan tuition reimbursement paid holidays sick and vacation time employee discounts for pet health care and free onsite parking.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
