Volunteer Animal Care Assistant

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Recruiting Organization: Delaware Museum of Nature & Science

Delaware Museum of Nature and Science seeks dedicated volunteers to assist and support us with our mission - to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science. The Animal Care Assistant supports the museum’s mission by helping care for the live animal collection, which is an integral part of the museum’s educational programming and outreach.

Summary: The Animal Care Assistant helps the museum’s animal care team with the care of the live animal collection, which hosts around 30 live animal ambassadors including lizards, snakes, birds, arthropods, and more!

Volunteer Responsibilities:

• Preparing and executing animal enrichment, including creating and arranging toys, providing safe and supervised exercise time, and researching new enrichment methods
• Preparing animal diets according to their predetermined dietary plans
• Maintaining animal enclosures and habitats, including light cleaning, substrate changes, and water changes, as needed
• Assessing supply needs for live animal ambassadors
• Keeping record of animal wellness, diet, and enclosure conditions
• Completing other animal care tasks, as needed

Qualifications:

• Must be at least 18 years old
• Experience caring for live animals
• Comfortable around animals of all kinds
• Willing and eager to learn about the care of reptiles, amphibians, arthropods, and birds
• Previous animal handling and husbandry experience desired, but not required

Time Commitment: Due to the training requirements of this volunteer role, the volunteer must be able to commit to at least one 4-hour shift per week for 6+ months. The volunteer may choose Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, or Fridays for their routinely scheduled volunteer shift.

Work Environment: The Animal Care Assistant will be working in the museum’s Public Engagement department. The volunteer must be comfortable around loud noises and the general public due to the nature of this volunteer position.

Ready to Apply? Visit our Volunteer Hub to submit your application!

To learn more about our other volunteer opportunities, please visit delmns.org/volunteer!

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Wheelchair Accessible

Fee RequiredFalse

Fee Amount: None

This opportunity is recurring