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Date Posted: 3/29/2024
Organization: Pasadena Humane
Location: Pasadena, CA
Job Title: Veterinary Health Technician - Wildlife
Position Type: Paid Position
Position Hours: Full time
Position Description: As a Health Technician you will partner with veterinarians to address the husbandry, medical and behavioral needs of each animal on its rehabilitation journey back to its natural habitat. In addition to partnering with veterinarians, Health Technicians work with multiple other teams, including animal control officers and customer care associates, as well as volunteers, to ensure that animals are triaged and placed on appropriate pathways out of the shelter as expediently as possible.
This position will challenge you to grow nursing skills and develop your project management, communication, and critical thinking skills.
If you are a Registered Veterinary Technician interested in wildlife nursing, high volume high quality spay neuter, or shelter medicine (including behavioral care), this position will give you the opportunity to expand your skills in these specialty areas.
As a Wildlife-Focus Health Technician, you will share your expertise with wildlife for the benefit of human and non-human animals in the community and work to advocate for wildlife and healthy ecosystems by assisting with outreach and educational programs such as tabling events, public speaking to all ages, and assisting with our humane exclusion program. In this position you will work with residents to solve wildlife conflict issues and use creative problem-solving skills to find solutions that are humane and effective for both residents and wildlife, offering the community an alternative to conventional pest control.
Date Posted: 3/29/2024
Organization: Lindsay Wildlife Experience
Location: Walnut Creek, California
Job Title: Wildlife Rehabilitation Intern
Position Type: Internship (volunteer)
Position Hours: Seasonal
Position Description: Lindsay Wildlife Experience has one of the oldest and largest wildlife rehabilitation programs in the country. Our 200 volunteers care for more than 4,000 native California animals, from about 175 different species, each year.
This unpaid internship offers an unparalleled opportunity for hands-on experience with care and treatment of injured or orphaned native California wildlife. This position requires a minimum of 15 hours per week for a 12-week session from May 19 – August 10, or June 23 – September 14. Interns help provide husbandry and medical care for patients. Full program details are available in the program description document at the link below.
Date Posted: 3/29/2024
Organization: Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care
Location: South Lake Tahoe, California
Job Title: Seasonal Wildlife Rehabilitation Technician
Position Type: Paid Position
Position Hours: Full Time & Part Time Seasonal
Position Description: This position is part-time and seasonal, following a non-traditional work week. It typically runs from May to October, depending on the needs of the organization. Availability for weekend and evening shifts is required. Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care (LTWC) is seeking a Wildlife Rehabilitation Technician that will support animal care shifts as part of the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care rehabilitation and release program. Animal care functions include but are not limited to animal intake, animal care, enrichment, maintenance of proper diets, and release. The Wildlife Rehabilitation Technician will work directly under the Wildlife Rehabilitation Managers. Other Duties may include training volunteers and interns, participating in educational events, and answering LTWC phones.
Date Posted: 3/14/2024
Organization: Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care
Location: South Lake Tahoe, California
Job Title: Community Programs Coordinator
Position Type: Paid Position
Position Hours: Full Time
Position Description: The Community Program Coordinator collaborates closely with and reports to the Executive Director to develop and promote innovative community and volunteer programs aligned with the center’s mission. Key responsibilities include overseeing volunteer management and retention, coordinating events and outreach activities, creating initiatives to enhance community awareness of LTWC’s programs, and managing all social media accounts and campaigns.
Date Posted: 3/14/2024
Organization: Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care
Location: South Lake Tahoe, California
Job Title: Facilities Coordinator
Position Type: Paid Position
Position Hours: Full Time
Position Description: Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care (LTWC) is seeking a Facilities Coordinator who will play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficient operation and upkeep of our facilities. The primary responsibilities include coordinating and overseeing maintenance activities, managing schedules for routine inspections and repairs, and liaising with external vendors and internal teams. This position is responsible for maintaining accurate records of maintenance tasks, monitoring equipment performance, and promptly addressing issues to minimize downtime. Additionally, as a key point of contact, you will collaborate with various departments to prioritize maintenance needs, implement preventative measures, and contribute to the overall safety and functionality of the organization’s physical assets. This position reports directly to the Executive Director and Senior Leadership.
Date Posted: 3/14/2024
Organization: Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care
Location: South Lake Tahoe, California
Job Title: Wildlife Care Internship
Position Type: Internship (volunteer)
Position Hours: Seasonal
Position Description: Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care Interns will have the opportunity to learn and experience the roles and responsibilities of care center staff by observing and assisting with a wide variety of daily operations, including treatment and care of injured and recovering wildlife, public outreach, record keeping and enclosure maintenance. An approximate breakdown of those duties can be found below, but is subject to change depending on the season and needs of the center.
Time Frame: Two terms lasting 12 weeks, involving 8 hours per day and 3 shifts per week.
1st Term: May-August 2024
2nd Term: July-October 2024
Date Posted: 3/14/2024
Organization: Hawai'i Wildlife Center
Location: Kapaʻau, Island of Hawaiʻi
Job Title: Wildlife Rehabilitation Technician
Position Type: Paid Position
Position Hours: Full time
Position Description: The Hawaii Wildlife Center is looking for a Wildlife Rehabilitation Technician (WRT) to assist in the care of native Hawaiian birds. The WRT assists the Wildlife Rehabilitator (WR) and the Director of Wildlife Rehabilitation and Veterinary Medicine (DWRVM) in animal handling and restrain, care, rehabilitation, and cleaning at the rehabilitation facility. The WRT takes direction from the WR and DWRVM and the WRT fills in as rehabilitator when the WR and DWRVM are off.
The WRT helps to ensure that the Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center’s high standards for animal welfare are met through appropriate wildlife care practices, husbandry, and daily hospital maintenance tasks. The WRT also contributes to and sometimes leads projects that further HWC’s mission.
Must have a strong interest in learning about the natural history and conservation issues of native and migratory Hawaiian birds and the Hawaiian Hoary Bat, Hawai‘i’s only native terrestrial mammal. Experience in seabird and raptor rehabilitation preferred, but training will be provided. Additional position requirements and directions to apply on our website.
Date Posted: 3/14/2024
Organization: Hawai'i Wildlife Center
Location: Kapaʻau, Island of Hawaiʻi
Job Title: Wildlife Rehabilitation Manager
Position Type: Paid Position
Position Hours: Full time
Position Description: The Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to protect, conserve, and aid in the recovery of Hawai‘i’s native wildlife through hands–on treatment, research, training, science education and cultural programs. We are a federally and state permitted wildlife rehabilitation center with operations throughout the state of Hawaiʻi and provide quality and humane care for over 70 different species and subspecies of native birds and the Hawaiian hoary bat.
The Wildlife Rehabilitation Manager is responsible for managing native Hawaiian wildlife response, stabilization and animal care operations at the main Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center located on Hawaiʻi Island and ensure that the Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center’s high standards for animal welfare are met through appropriate wildlife care practices and husbandry. The Manager represents the Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center and its mission and values during training, educational and cultural programs.
The Wildlife Rehabilitation Manager reports directly to the Director of Wildlife Rehabilitation and Veterinary Medicine (DWRVM). Candidates must be able to professionally manage the main facility operations and assist the satellite facilities (Oʻahu, Lānaʻi) in coordination with the DWRVM, wildlife agencies and assisting veterinary clinics. Candidates should possess the ability to act decisively regarding changing cases and situations and further develop HWC protocols in consultation with the DWRVM. Candidates must have experience in seabird rehabilitation and be able to handle the rigors of seabird fallout season, when 400-800 birds come through the HWC Oʻahu Seabird Aid Program and 40-80 birds may need to be evaluated daily during the peak fallout. Keen interest in wildlife conservation issues is a must. More info on requirements and how to apply on our website.
Date Posted: 3/1/2024
Organization: Turtle Conservancy
Location: Ojai, CA
Job Title: Turtle Keeper
Position Type: Paid
Position Hours: Full time
Position Description: The person in this position will work alongside the Turtle Conservancy’s husbandry staff to provide day-to-day care for the turtles at our facility in Ojai, CA.
Turtle Conservancy is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to protecting the most endangered turtles and tortoises and their habitats worldwide. Established in 2005, the TC’s Conservation Center, located in Ojai CA, is an Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) certified institution housing over 500 chelonians representing more than 30 taxa.
As a Keeper you will play a key role in the care of our animals.
Applicants can send their cover letter, resume, and one reference to jobs@turtleconservancy.org.
Turtle Conservancy Phone: (212) 353-5060
Date Posted: 2/17/2024
Organization: International Bird Rescue
Location: Fairfield, CA
Job Title: Wildlife Rehabilitation Internship
Position Type: Internship (paid or stipend)
Position Hours: Seasonal
Position Description: The internship program at International Bird Rescue is a rigorous, hands-on learning program that immerses participants in every aspect of the operation of an aquatic bird hospital.
The intensely rigorous nature of wildlife rehabilitation requires many of the same skills that are required in an oil spill, and interns who can adjust to the pace and volume of the peak season caseload have an advantage in adapting successfully to working in an oil spill response.
To apply for an internship, please submit your application using the online form.
Each hospital is staffed daily with at least two experienced Rehabilitation Technicians who oversee case management and facilitate the learning processes of interns and volunteers. Although interns will sometimes interact with the staff veterinarian, this is a rehabilitation, not a veterinary, internship. Interns in the rehabilitation program generally volunteer for 3-6 months. Volunteer interns in the rehabilitation program may be eligible for reimbursement up to $500 per month for expenses related to the internship during this three-month program.
Date Posted: 2/17/2024
Organization: International Bird Rescue
Location: Fairfield, CA
Job Title: Volunteer Program Associate
Position Type: Internship (paid or stipend)
Position Hours: Seasonal
Position Description: The internship program at International Bird Rescue is a rigorous, hands-on learning program that immerses participants in every aspect of the operation of an aquatic bird hospital.
The intensely rigorous nature of wildlife rehabilitation requires many of the same skills that are required in an oil spill, and interns who can adjust to the pace and volume of the peak season caseload have an advantage in adapting successfully to working in an oil spill response.
To apply for an internship, please submit your application using the online form.
Each hospital is staffed daily with at least two experienced Rehabilitation Technicians who oversee case management and facilitate the learning processes of interns and volunteers. Although interns will sometimes interact with the staff veterinarian, this is a rehabilitation, not a veterinary, internship. Interns in the rehabilitation program generally volunteer for 3-6 months. Volunteer interns in the rehabilitation program may be eligible for reimbursement up to $500 per month for expenses related to the internship during this three-month program.
Most common aquatic bird patients: herons, egrets, waterfowl, shorebirds, loons, grebes, murres and other alcids, gulls, pelicans, cormorants, and the occasional tubenose.
Date Posted: 2/17/2024
Organization: Lindsay Wildlife Experience
Job Title: Wildlife Husbandry Coordinator
Position Type: Paid
Position Hours: Full Time
Position Description: The wildlife husbandry coordinator works closely with the lead wildlife technician and reports to the wildlife rehabilitation manager and the veterinarian and will work in a team environment for the daily hospital and rehabilitation operation; overseeing the husbandry and rehabilitation of wildlife; supervision of volunteers on shift in the hospital and in satellite locations; public interaction and communication to aid with wildlife questions and concerns as well as assist with hospital intakes when needed.
The priorities for this position are to 1) strengthen the wildlife rehabilitation program, and; 2) save the lives of injured and orphaned wild animals in our care by ensuring that husbandry and rehabilitation of all wildlife in our care is executed to the highest achievable level with the assistance of assistants, interns and volunteers in hospital and in satellite locations; 3) have strong communication and teamwork skills; 4) have the ability to work professionally in a high stress environment.
Date Posted: 1/25/2024
Organization: Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA
Job Title: Satellite Wildlife Rehabilitation Technician
Position Type: Paid
Position Hours: Full Time
Position Description: This position is on-site in Burlingame or San Jose and travels to our Burlingame for training
Who we are: The Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA (PHS/SPCA) is a local, private, non-profit charitable organization dedicated to animal welfare. It is our mission is to build healthy relationships between people and animals. PHS/SPCA is truly an open admission shelter, not only accepting many pet animals who might be refused at other shelters, but also taking care of injured and orphaned native wildlife. We’re among just a handful of humane societies and SPCAs, worldwide, that extends its caring services to sick, injured and orphaned wildlife. Typically, we successfully rehabilitate 1,200 to 1,400 animals each year, vital work made possible by generous donations. To learn more about us, visit www.phs-spca.org.
Who you are: You have a passion for rehabilitating a variety of wildlife animals, performing daily intake, initial medical assessment, and transfer of wildlife from satellite intake facility to the Saratoga. You also enjoy educating members of the public about wildlife related issues, as well as training and supervising department volunteers.
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Date Posted: 1/8/2024
Organization: WildCare
Job Title: Wildlife Assistant II
Position Type: Paid Position
Position Hours: Part Time
Position Description: The Wildlife Assistant II (WAII) reports to the Hospital Manager and Assistant Director of Animal Care and assists with animal treatment and volunteer management in both the songbird and clinic branches of the hospital. The primary goal is to ensure the highest quality and consistency of patient care through direct, hands-on care, management techniques, supervision and training of volunteers and interns in the Clinic and Songbird Hospital and enforcement of existing protocols.
The WAII must be able to work collaboratively with equal sensitivity to the care of the animals and the needs and requirements of the volunteers and staff in order to build and maintain a respectful and professional culture within rehabilitation functions and throughout WildCare.
Date Posted: 12/12/2023
Organization: SPCA Monterey County
Location: Salinas, California
Job Title: Wildlife Rehabilitation Intern
Position Type: Unpaid Internship
Position Hours: Seasonal
Position Description: Join the SPCA’s wildlife team for the busiest, most exciting season of the year: baby season! We experience an influx of wild patients—mostly baby birds & mammals—during Spring & Summer and are recruiting interns to learn in this immersive, fast-paced environment.
The SPCA Wildlife Center internship provides hands-on experience in every aspect of wildlife rehabilitation. Our goal is to rehabilitate and release orphaned, ill & injured wild animals from Monterey County. While working closely with the staff, you will be able to advance your skills in the following: animal husbandry, basic veterinary techniques, diet preparation, gavage feeding, capture and restraint, neonate care, anatomy, species and life history identification, record keeping and public education. Practical labs & discussions may include necropsy, wound care, veterinary medicine and in-house diagnostics.
This is an unpaid internship. Transportation & housing are not provided.
Date Posted: 6/21/2023
Organization: Lindsay Wildlife Experience
Location: Walnut Creek, California
Job Title: Associate Wildlife Veterinarian
Position Type: Paid Position
Position Hours: Full time
Position Description: The Associate Wildlife Veterinarian reports to the Lead Wildlife Veterinarian and is responsible for providing and overseeing veterinary health/medical/surgical services to maximize care for rehabilitating wildlife and assist in the healthcare of animal encounters (live collection) animals. S/he/they provide training for staff and volunteers to provide appropriate care.
The priorities for this position are to 1) strengthen the wildlife rehabilitation program and Animal Encounters collection through advanced medical care, and; 2) save the lives of injured and orphaned wild animals in our care by ensuring that treatment of all wildlife in our care is executed to the highest achievable level with the assistance of staff, assistants, interns and volunteers in hospital and in homecare.