Employment Opportunities

Seasonal Wildlife Rehabilitation Assistant 

There are 2 openings for this baby season role

Purpose: Sarvey Wildlife is seeking a full-time seasonal wildlife rehabilitation assistant to aid our staff during the busy baby season.

~ Applicants MUST have experience caring for a variety of bird (including raptors) and mammal species found in Washington state. The applicant should be organized, hardworking, and efficient. Positions will be open until filled. Two openings exist for this role and applications will be reviewed as they arrive. Position start date is flexible. Preferably between April and May and position will end in September. 

Key Responsibilities 

  • Animal Care and Treatment 

    • Follow opening and closing procedures 
    • Assist with admits and creating treatment plans
    • Provide daily care for ICU, quarantined, or potentially dangerous animals that cannot be handled by volunteers or interns
    • Follow treatment plans and administer medications 
    • Record progress and maintain accurate, up-to-date patient charts
    • Communicate patient progress, issues, supply needs, and other concerns with senior staff
    • Assist senior staff by identifying animals ready for movement to new habitats or ready for release 

  • Volunteer and Intern Support

    • Assist with training/supervising volunteers and interns, ensuring satisfactory completion of tasks

  • Technical Skills

    • Gavage raptors, shorebirds, and waterfowl
    • Gavage and/or syringe feed small mammals
    • Experience with IV, IM, SQ injections
    • Analyze and prepare fecal analysis 
    • Handle raptors and small mammals
    • Bird identification
    • Dosing medication
    • Knowledge of medical terminology

  • Additional Responsibilities
    • Euthanize patients, as directed by senior staff
    • Maintain cleanliness of clinic, enclosures, and campus
    • Assist with releases and rescues
    • Assist with answering phones

Required Qualifications

  • A minimum of one year wildlife rehabilitation experience 
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills
  • Professional, responsible, caring
  • Experience capturing, handling and restraining non-domestic animals
  • Ability to work in a high stress, fast-paced environment
  • This position will require a background check

Preferred Qualifications

  • Euthanasia certification
  • LVT
  • Experience with cervids
  • 4-year degree in related field

Physical Demands

  • Ability to have full range of motion and movement, stretching and bending, standing for long periods of time, and ability to lift 40 lbs
  • Ability to work in extreme weather conditions

Applicants must submit a Cover Letter and a Resume to Suzanne West, Executive Director in a PDF Format. Email: Suzanne @ SarveyWildlife.org 

Hourly Rate: $21/hr 

Benefits: Sick Leave in Accordance with WA State law.