Equine Care Specialist

Equine Care Specialist# Equine Care SpecialistSimpsonville, KY 40067## Description**Summary of Purpose:**Provides daily care, cleanliness, comfort, and enrichment to KHS horses, ensuring excellent animal care.**Duties (Essential Functions):****Provide daily care, cleanliness, and enrichment to animals in care and maintain common areas.*** Responsible for daily cleaning and sanitation of equine areas and common areas with emphasis on disease control protocols.* Feed and provide daily care for equine of all training/behavior levels in such a manner as to ensure a low stress environment while adhering to safety protocol.* Administer medications or treatments to ill/injured animals under direction from a veterinarian.* Assist in movement of equine as needed.* Responsible for loading and unloading of animals for transport to foster, veterinarian, or rescue partners.* Provide physical exercise and/or social interaction for equine in care as assigned.* Follow and maintain excellent knowledge of organization, cleaning, sanitation, and safety practices to provide a healthy and safe environment for animals and people.* Unpack, sort, and organize donations as needed.* Help maintain inventory of shelter supplies and communicate with appropriate manager to order supplies when needed.* Assist in maintaining a clean and uncluttered environment; clean stalls, sweep, take out trash, clean offices, etc.* Drive KHS vehicles including tractor and trucks in a safe and courteous manner as needed.* Perform routine facility and grounds maintenance as appropriate.**Monitor the behavior and health of animals in care.*** Monitor health of animals to rapidly identify any health issues/injuries and report to manager while recording observations in departmental software systems (Petpoint).* Gain and maintain knowledge of animal behavior including animal body language and signals of stress/illness to safely handle equine of all sizes and temperaments.* Monitor behavior health of animals to rapidly identify any behavior issues and report to a manager while recording observations in departmental software systems (Petpoint).**Provide professional, compassionate, stellar customer services to all who visit, call, volunteer, donate or work for KHS.*** Communicate any animal health or temperament concerns to management in a timely manner.* Work with and supervise volunteers to provide animals and humans with a safe, clean, organized, and pleasant experience.* Communicate with manager on duty regarding unusual activities, significant problems or concerns.**Other duties as assigned.**## Qualifications## **Qualifications/Requirements:*** 2+ years of experience working with equine preferred.* Experience working with equine of unknown health & behavior including feral horses preferred.* Equine training experience preferred.* Ability to load, haul and handle horses of all temperaments for transport.* Intermediate knowledge of equine health, medical needs and treatment.* Ability to work independently with little direct supervision.* Great interpersonal skills in person and by phone with clients, staff, and volunteers.* Demonstrated attention to detail, and ability to process paperwork accurately and efficiently.* Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.* Humane attitude towards animals.* Ability to manage the emotional aspect of end-of-life services and humane euthanasia, and support staff in high-emotion circumstances.* Accept, support, and represent KHS core values, programs, policies, and procedures.* Basic computer knowledge.* Support the usage of approved AI tools when they can improve efficiency and reduce time spent on routine or administrative tasks while meeting quality, accuracy, confidentiality and professional standards.* Ability to lift or otherwise move large items and animals – up to 50 pounds; full range of motion, including stooping, bending, reaching, etc.* Must possess a valid driver’s license and clean driving record and be willing to drive KHS vehicles.* Background Check required.**Physical, Psychosocial, and Cognitive Demands/ Working Environment*** Requires travel, including overnight stays.* Frequent bending, reaching, kneeling, walking, and standing regularly while performing job functions.* Frequently lifts, carries, or otherwise moves and positions objects weighing up to and exceeding 100 lbs.* Includes working with equine in a barn setting (indoor/outdoor) in varying weather conditions.* Potential for exposure to allergens (including but not limited to pet dander, dust, peanut butter), and zoonotic diseases (diseases transferred from animals to humans).* Exposure to chemicals.* Exposure to loud noise.* Exposure to emotional circumstances.* Fast-paced environment. #J-18808-Ljbffr Kyhumane