Animal Care Associate

The Central PA Humane Society is hiring individuals for the Animal Care Associate role on a PART TIME basis. We are seeking for the following times:

**Please only apply if you are available 3-4 days during the week (Monday - Friday) and Sundays. Hours would be 8:30am to 4:30pm. Total amount of hours per week would be around 35.**

We are looking for a motivated individual who has a genuine desire to work with animals. Duties will include:

· Daily cleaning all animal kennels and cages and feeding of all animals.

· Maintaining food and litter supply stocks, putting away donations.

· Intake of stray and owned animals, vaccination of animals and intake paperwork completion.

· Showing of animals to potential adopters, review of applications and processing of adoptions.

· Assist with dog assessments.

· Answering phones and emails and servicing customers.

· Processing of dog licenses, DOA’s, lost and found reports and general office duties.

The candidate is required to be a high school graduate or equivalent. Experience handling animals (dogs and cats) is desired and you need to be confident handling large breed dogs. Must be capable of lifting and carrying heavy bags of dog food and cat litter. Excellent customer service, communication skills and attention to detail are desired. Candidates must be able to take direction from management and be considerate of fellow employees and volunteers. Basic knowledge of computers and the ability to learn new software quickly is desired. You will need your own transportation and a valid PA driver’s license. Candidates will be asked to undergo a background check and random drug testing.

**Only successful candidates will be contacted for an interview.**

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $11.00 - $12.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person