Operations Assistant
Abacus, Virginia Beach, VA, United States
Job Title: Operations Assistant - Stranding
Job Locations: City of Virginia Beach, Virginia Aquarium - Aquarium Foundation
717 General Booth Blvd Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Schedule: 3 days (30 hours) per week
7:00am-5:30pm
Pay Rate: $15.00/hr.
Job Duties:
• Live animal care including admit, feeding, medication administration, wound care, cleaning, equipment maintenance, etc.
• Assist with training and oversight of volunteers and interns.
• Coordinating and/or participating in field response of live and dead marine mammals and sea turtles, including pre-response preparation and post-response wrap up/restocking/cleaning/ record-keeping.
• Performing outreach/releases as needed
• Various roles in necropsy including assisting with the exam, note-taking, photos, sampling, filling out datasheets, cleaning, and disposal.
• Additional necropsy/response tasks such as equipment maintenance, inventories, etc.
• Cover shifts on the after-hours hotline, as well as answering the hotline during the day, filling out stranding and sightings paperwork, and entering data electronically.
Requirements:
• Upon hire, you must complete the City of Virginia Beach's Defensive Driving Course and have a valid drivers' license.
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Ideal Candidate will possess:
- Minimum of 6 months experience in this position
- Flexibility to align your experience with a broad range of assignments
- Meet physical, aptitude, educational and minimum experience criteria