Animal Care Associate (Full-Time, Part-Time, Temporary)

San Diego Humane Society is hiring Animal Care Associates for our San Diego Animal Care team!

How you’ll impact our mission:

At San Diego Humane Society, we’re united by our mission to Inspire Compassion. The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing daily care and enrichment for our shelter animals, including feeding, cleaning, disinfecting, grooming, vaccinating, medicating, and possibly performing euthanasia. If you’re passionate about making an impact in the animal welfare movement, we’d love to talk to you.

What’s in it for you?

At SDHS, we’re proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and commit to being a place where every person – staff, volunteer, and guest – can feel a sense of belonging. We support and invest in employees through conscious delivery of benefits and a workplace environment based on our Core Values.

As an employee you’ll enjoy:

• Free pet adoptions, pet vaccines and spay/neuter services
• 403(b) retirement plan with 5% match after 1 year
• Competitive pay and paid time-off (including your Birthday Day Off!)
• …and so much more!
• Comprehensive benefits package, training and well-being programs

What you’ll do:

• Provide kennel enrichment, training, and socializing of animals in conjunction with Behavior & Training, as time permits. Perform dog introductions and facilitate dog play groups with multiple dogs, following current protocols.
• Complete daily husbandry routines, including appropriate feeding and exercise, maintaining assigned area in a clean, organized and professional manner.
• Monitor animals daily and record details of diet, physical condition, elimination and behavior.
• Monitor the health of shelter animals; follow established procedures if symptoms of illness arise based on the degree of illness or injury. Administer daily medications, vaccinations and other treatments as appropriate.

What we’re looking for:

• Working knowledge of animal breeds, general care, and behavior related information preferred.
• High school graduate or equivalent required.
• One (1) year experience working with animals in a shelter, kennel, vet clinic or volunteer environment preferred.

Location & Hours: Based at our San Diego Campus. We are hiring full-time, part-time, and temporary Animal Care Associates. Full-time positions work 40 hours a week. Part-Time positions work 24-28 hours a week. Temporary Positions work 40 hours a week and will last approximately 6 months.

Pay: Starting range is between $17.50 – $19.47 per hour. The actual hourly rate is determined by your related education and experience.

Career Growth through Job Levels: Animal Care offers three job levels as you grow within your role. Growth is based on time worked in your SDHS Animal Care role and meeting other training and performance requirements – everyone can advance once they meet the requirements! Advancing levels is recognized through a title change and pay increase.