Wildlife Helpline & Rescue Assistant
Hours: 30 hrs/week (7.5-hour days, 4 days a week)
Dates: 8 weeks contracts, Starting July 8th – Ending August 31st
Pay: $13.85
Closing: once filled
Want to make a difference for wildlife? Enjoy talking to people, giving advice, coordinating activities? Wildlife Rescue is seeking enthusiastic, hard-working Wildlife Helpline & Rescue Assistants to perform essential daily duties at our rehabilitation centre. Come and work alongside staff and volunteers, and help keep our Outpatient Care Program in operation 7 days a week during our very busy baby bird season.
Positions are made available through the federal Canada Summer Jobs program, administered by Service Canada. To be eligible, applicants:
Responsibilities
- Coordinate
daily transports to and from Wildlife Rescue
- Respond
to incoming calls on the Wildlife Helpline
- Support
volunteers in various roles within the Outpatient Care Program
- Grow
and maintain relationships with partner organizations
- Provide
direction to members of the public with injured or orphaned wildlife
- Educate the public on species-specific behaviors
of urban wildlife and common
human
wildlife conflicts
- Arrange
releases of animals in care
- Liaise
with hospital staff and volunteers
- Represent
Wildlife Rescue in a positive manner as a first contact to the public
- Follow
data collection procedures
- Engage in donor conversations with finders and members of the
public
- Assist
in collection, distribution and storage of in-kind donations
- Facility
clean-up and inventory control
Requirements
- Experience
working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment (e.g. restaurant, retail)
- Excellent
communication skills
- Good organization
and time management
- Demonstrable
passion for animals, preferably wildlife
- Reliability
- Patience and
compassion
- Comfort around
small birds and mammals
- Able to work 4-5 days
a week, which can include weekends
Training
- Introductory
training to our systems, protocols and procedures
- Ongoing training
and support in species specific and seasonal wildlife behaviours
Benefits
- Become part of a
small team and make a difference
- Increase your
knowledge of local bird species and how to cohabit with urban wildlife
- Expand your
knowledge and skills in communications, customer relations, and administration
- Learn about the
field of rehabilitation and network with other animal care centres in the Lower
Mainland
- Build your
resume!
To apply for a position,
please send a cover letter and resume together in a single pdf file, with your
name and the position (WHRA) in the title, to recruitment@wildliferescue.ca
Please be advised that only short-listed candidates will be contacted
for interviews, but Wildlife Rescue would like to thank all applicants in
advance for their interest.