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Animal Care & Experience Specialist
The Arizona Humane Society is looking for a dedicated and motivated Animal Care & Experience Specialist to join our shelter team to provide industry leading complete care. If you are motivated by providing a clean and caring kennel environment for shelter pets, enjoy working on your feet, and staying active while executing excellent care, please continue to read more now!
Location: Sunnyslope /South Mountain / Papago Park Campus
Status: Full-time hourly
Schedule: Days, including weekends and holidays
Reports To : Animal Care & Experience supervisor
Supervises: None
Paws Up For Great Benefits!

• Competitive salary
• Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Health Savings Account and Flex Spending Account options
• Free Employee Assistance Program
• Free Life Insurance, Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) with employer contribution
• Generous PTO program
• Up to 8 paid holidays per year
• Continuing education, including employer Fear Free Certification
• Discounts on veterinary services
• Discounted bus and light rail passes
• Employee Wellness Plans and Activities
• Got student loans? Employment with AHS may qualify you for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program!

A Day in the Life:
As an Animal Care & Experience specialist, you will demonstrate innovation, compassion, and excellence by ensuring all animals receive: kindness, compassion, low stress handling, positive interactions, mental stimulation, and physical exercise daily. You will you will clean and sanitize facility and animal habitats according to outlined procedures and timelines, including emptying garbage, washing dishes, laundry, dog yards, and walkway sanitization daily. Feed, water, and maintain animal habitats in accordance with departmental and organizational standards at all times. You will also guide and work alongside volunteers and new team members.
Job Requirements:

• High school diploma OR
• Customer service or animal experience (preferred).
• Proficiency with or ability to learn/use Chameleon software for use with animals in shelter.
• Have and maintain a comprehensive knowledge of all animal care and experience procedures.
• Handle all animals humanely per our low-stress and fear-free standards; correctly use safety equipment if necessary.
• Adhere to all established workflows to ensure the needs of the animals, the department, and the organization are met.
• Understand and adhere to all set cleaning, chemical, handling, and safety procedures.

Work Environment / Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. There may be occasional wet floors, animal noises, odors, and dander. Most time will be spent in a typical air conditioned and heated office environment.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Additional Information
The Arizona Humane Society is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a participant in the E-Verify program. Pre-employment background check required.
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