ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN (part-time):

The National Marine Life Center, a marine animal rehabilitation hospital on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, seeks a part-time animal care technician to work with stranded sea turtles and seals.  If you are flexible, organized, conscientious, and a team player with initiative, read on!

Responsibilities include:  animal husbandry, animal handling and restraint, food preparation, feeding, administering vitamins and medications, cleaning, facilities maintenance, water quality testing, and maintaining the life support systems.  Additional duties include:  volunteer training and coordination, presenting educational programs to the public, participating in fundraising activities, and assisting with general office duties.

Requirements:  experience handling wild animals, sea turtle and/or seal rehabilitation experience strongly preferred; B.A./B.S. in biology, zoology, or related field, and/or veterinary technician degree/certification, and/or equivalent work experience; excellent verbal and written communication skills; proficiency with standard MS Office software.  Must be willing to work weekends and holidays.

Send cover letter, resume, and the names of three professional references to Dr. Michele Sims, Associate Veterinarian, msims@nmlc.org, (fax) 508-759-5477, National Marine Life Center, P.O. Box 269, Buzzards Bay, MA, 02532-0269.

Application deadline:  15 January 2006.

The National Marine Life Center is an equal opportunity employer.  www.nmlc.org.

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Kathy Zagzebski

  President & Executive Director

      The National Marine Life Center

P.O. Box 269, 120 Main Street

Buzzards Bay, MA 02532-0269

  phone:  508 743-9888 x15

  fax:  508 759-5477

  e-mail:  kzagzebski@nmlc.org

  web:  http://www.nmlc.org/

     “Caring for stranded marine animals.”

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