Animal Care Technician

 DFW Humane Society is seeking a dedicated, part-time Animal Care Technician to join our team in a vital role ensuring the health, comfort, and well-being of the animals in our care.

Daily Care & Cleaning: Perform intensive, hands-on labor to clean and sanitize kennels, habitats, and animal living areas to maintain a healthy environment.

Health & Behavior Monitoring: Utilize your knowledge of animal body language to observe behavior, assess stress levels, and identify potential health-related issues.

Essential Operations: Provide consistent, high-quality care, feeding, and enrichment, serving as a crucial line of defense for shelter animal wellness.

Hours: Part-time, 20 hours per week (typically 4 hours a day, 5 days a week).

Flexibility: Potential for additional hours as operational needs change.

Requirements: A deep love for animals, physical stamina for labor-intensive tasks, and prior experience reading animal body language and identifying medical/behavioral warning signs.

 

 

This job description reflects the assignment of essential functions, it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.