{"id":65098,"date":"2022-09-20T11:22:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T16:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsni.org\/?page_id=65098"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:33:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:33:01","slug":"animal-caretaker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hsni.org\/?page_id=65098","title":{"rendered":"Now Hiring: Animal Caretaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/94642-dog-licking-woman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69560 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hsni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/94642-dog-licking-woman-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/94642-dog-licking-woman-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.hsni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/94642-dog-licking-woman.jpg 545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a>Job Title: Animal Caretaker<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Position summary:<\/b>\u00a0Responsible for the general care and monitoring of the animals in the custody of the Humane Society of North Iowa within the guidelines set by the Board of Directors<\/p>\n<p><b>Qualifications:<\/b> Willing and able to work directly with shelter animals (mostly dogs and cats); basic math, reading, writing and oral communication skills; able to read and comprehend simple instructions; able to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions; able to work well without direct supervision. Must have reliable transportation and be 18 to apply.<\/p>\n<p><b>Working conditions:<\/b> Noise level in work environment is loud (barking dogs) and sometimes includes working outdoors in inclement weather.<\/p>\n<p><b>Hours:<\/b> Various weekday and weekend shifts available.<\/p>\n<p><b>Wage:<\/b> $15.00 per hour<\/p>\n<p><b>Duties:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Care of animals: feeds and water shelter animals, exercise animals, administers medication per request of Shelter Manager, socialize the animals<\/li>\n<li>Cleaning: scrub, clean and sanitize kennels, sweep and mops floors, cleans outside kennel areas, sprays and disinfects outside dog runs, takes out garbage, does laundry, performs light cleaning duties<\/li>\n<li>Record keeping: keeps track of the day to day health of the animals and makes notations regarding any concerns about temperament, appetite, attitude, health issues. etc&#8230;.<\/li>\n<li>Other duties: attends to cleanliness of animals, notifies Shelter Manager when running low on supplies, any other duties deemed necessary by Kennel Manager or Shelter Manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Must be 18 to apply.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hsni.org\/?page_id=55615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here for application instructions.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<iframe src='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hsni.org%2F%3Fpage_id%3D65098&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=280&amp;action=recommend&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=30' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; height:30px' allowTransparency='true'><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job Title: Animal Caretaker Position summary:\u00a0Responsible for the general care and monitoring of the animals in the custody of the Humane Society of North Iowa within the guidelines set by the Board of Directors Qualifications: Willing and able to work directly with shelter animals (mostly dogs and cats); basic math, reading, writing and oral communication [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<iframe src='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hsni.org%2F%3Fpage_id%3D65098&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=280&amp;action=recommend&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=30' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; height:30px' allowTransparency='true'><\/iframe>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":897,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-65098","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsni.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsni.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsni.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsni.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsni.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65098"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsni.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80026,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsni.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65098\/revisions\/80026"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsni.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsni.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}