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Animal Behavior Technician Position Announcement
The Humane Society for Southwest Washington is seeking a candidate to join our Animal Care Team. This is a full-time, FLSA nonexempt opportunity reporting to the Animal Care Manager for the Dog Team.
Since 1897, The Humane Society for Southwest Washington (HSSW) has been caring for the animals of Southwest Washington and the surrounding area. We are a donor-supported non-profit with public contracts. Our mission is to rescue, return, restore, rehome, and reconnect one animal at a time. We also own and operate ReTails Thrift Store - the premiere Clark County thrifting experience. Proceeds from ReTails support animal care and shelter operations.
Path Forward 2025 is an exciting and ambitious strategic plan focused on five strategic pillars: lifesaving pathways for animals, keeping people and pets together, thriving workforce, mission expansion and leveraging technology. Through these efforts we will build a community low-cost veterinary clinic, behavior and education center and improve animal spaces. We will expand programs and resources for the community allowing people and pets to stay together. People bring our mission to life each day. We are committed to a diverse, healthy, and engaged team of employees and volunteers who strive for excellence, treat one another with kindness, and provide quality and compassionate care for the pets and people we serve.
Our Ideal Co-worker
Animal Behavior Technician
The Animal Behavior Technician applies advanced knowledge and experience to pathway plans for dogs displaying behavior concerns and creates behavior management plans for adoption candidates. The position takes a one-team approach in working with fellow staff and volunteers and requires a person with effective verbal and written communication skills.
Essential Duties and Primary Responsibilities
Additional Duties and Responsibilities
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
General Expectations
Compensation and Benefits
Hourly pay starts at $18.35 within a pay range that extends to $19.65 per hour. Pay increases are obtained depending on core competencies, experience, attitude, work ethic, commitment to teamwork, learning ability, skill level, and organizational budget.
Full-Time Employee Benefits
In addition to serving in an organization with a compassionate and strategic purpose; full-time employees currently enjoy health, dental, and vision insurance benefits that become effective the first of the month after hire. A matching percentage 401 (k) retirement plan that begins the first month after hire, has a 3-year graded vestment schedule and a ROTH contribution option. An employee assistance program for all household member access is also available. A Section 125 FSA Cafeteria Plan for out-of-pocket health and/or dependent day care expenses and numerous employee discounts that include partner organizations and access to affordable life, disability, and accidental supplemental insurance. As a 501c3 non-profit organization, full-time employees may be eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness with the potential to eliminate student loans within 10 years!
Paid Time Off (PTO) benefits -This PTO-4 position accrues PTO at a rate of .046 for every hour worked. Working 40 hours per week equates to about 96 hours per year. HSSW’s Paid time off plan includes bereavement, pet bereavement leave, and jury duty pay. Additional Paid time off for full-time employees includes the ability to build a long-term sick leave bank and 48 hours of Floating Holiday annually.
HSSW’s Organizational Culture
We endeavor to seek excellence in all we do; we strive to maintain a positive attitude while doing it; we seek out opportunities to be in-service to one another; we depend on teamwork and collaboration in setting and achieving goals. With integrity as a core value, we expect everyone to set a positive example of excellence, service, compassion, integrity, and collaboration.
Requirements
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions
This position requires you to be comfortable speaking with people and to groups of people. Work duties and tasks may require walking, standing, sitting, stooping, squatting, bending, typing, speaking, seeing, listening, utilizing arms, hands & fingers for grasping, lifting, operating computers, answering telephone, and in working with animals. Position may call for repetitive use of hands to perform tasks in addition to operating computers, telephone, and computer keyboard for extensive periods of time. Reasonable accommodations may enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Additional physical requirements may include occasional lifting of up to fifty pounds with assistance. This position may require work on weekends, evenings, and on-call.
Work is performed in an animal shelter that operates seven days per week, with exposure to environmental conditions that include working with and/or near animals, with exposure to animals with questionable temperaments and potential exposure to fractious animals, high noise levels, zoonotic diseases, animal bites and scratches, cleaning chemicals, allergens, and potential exposure of infectious diseases to personally owned animals.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees are expected to follow any other job-related duties required by their supervisor. This document does not create an employment contract implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship.
How to Apply
If HSSW and this job sounds like the right place for you, and you meet the qualifications for this position, click the Apply button to begin your journey today. HSSW participates in E-Verify
For more information visit HSSW.org/Careers
Application Deadline: Open until filled.
Full Time
Civic & Environmental Advocacy
$48k-55k (estimate)
04/29/2023
07/19/2024
southwesthumane.org
VANCOUVER, WA
25 - 50
1963
GARY BUTLER
<$5M
Civic & Environmental Advocacy