Location: Fall City, WA
Pay: Starts at $19-$23/hour based on experience; performance-based raises after six months then annually
Hours: Flexible; minimum one shift per week required; additional shifts available up to 30 hours/week
The ideal candidate is someone who is dedicated to providing compassionate animal care and whose values are aligned with our mission. Duties include feeding, administering medication, and/or cleaning while monitoring residents’ health and behavior and ensuring safety at all times. All training is paid.
We’re currently hiring for any or all of the below shift types. Employees will be given the flexibility to choose which shifts they prefer to work. Shifts can be combined (i.e. employees may choose to work morning + afternoon shifts or afternoon + evening shifts on the same day).
Morning shifts: 8:30am-12:00pm
Must be comfortable caring for sanctuary residents including chickens, turkeys, ducks, peafowl, pigeons, and fish
Prepare food for residents under special care
Prepare and administer medications to residents under special care
Fill water and food bowls; clean bowls as needed
Open coops to let residents out into their predator-proof enclosures
Restock 40lb bags of food into containers around sanctuary
Ensure ongoing safety of residents, i.e. be watchful of abnormal behavior, potential medical issues, environmental hazards, fencing breaches or aviary netting damage, etc.
Clean coops and enclosures
Refill sanitary boot baths
Afternoon shifts: 11:00am-4:00pm
Clean coops and enclosures
Refill sanitary boot baths
Restock 40lb bags of food into containers around sanctuary
Ensure food and water bowls are full and clean
Distribute produce and/or scratch to residents
Ensure ongoing safety of residents, i.e. be watchful of abnormal behavior, potential medical issues, environmental hazards, fencing breaches or aviary netting damage, etc.
Evening shifts: 4:00pm-8:00pm (spring/autumn), 6:00pm-10:00pm (summer), 2:00pm-5:00pm (winter)
Must be comfortable caring for sanctuary residents including chickens, turkeys, ducks, peafowl, pigeons, and fish
Collect and wash afternoon feeding bowls
Move all regular food and water bowls to designated overnight areas
Ensure all residents are safely in their coops and counted, and that doors are latched and locked
Ensure ongoing safety of residents, i.e. be watchful of abnormal behavior, potential medical issues, environmental hazards, fencing breaches or aviary netting damage, etc.