Caregiver, Environment team members are crucial, valued members at Farm Sanctuary who are tasked with ensuring our Sanctuary residents have safe and healthy living environments on our 275-acre site.
Requirements
- Provide animal enclosure cleaning and bedding
- Provide environmental enrichment
- Provide general landscaping, as well as snow removal in the winter months
- Provide general work in support of large maintenance projects including tasks such as painting and fence maintenance
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Sanctuary Environment & Transport
- Must be able to perform strenuous physical labor and lifting (up to 60 lbs regularly; team-lift heavier amounts regularly)
- Must be able to bend, lift, push, stoop, stretch, climb, and crawl and other strenuous activities
- Must be able to regularly perform work in a variety of weather conditions; almost all work is done in outdoor setting that is not climate controlled
- Must be a team player and demonstrate willingness to help others
- Flexible with positive attitude, willingness to pitch in where needed and as assigned
- Reliable and dependable
- Must be able to communicate with others in a respectful and productive manner
- Able to follow direction and complete all tasks as assigned
- Comfort with and ability to develop expertise working with all species in Farm Sanctuary’s care.
- Proactively centers racial equity at Farm Sanctuary in all work contributes to an anti-racist culture on-site, and exhibits humility.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package, including 13 paid holidays
- Generous paid time off
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 403(b) plan
- Flexible spending accounts
- Long-term disability insurance
- Free access to the CALM meditation app
- Access to the Nivati wellness platform