Animal Care Assistant Manager

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Primary Purpose of this Position

The primary purpose of this position is to assist the manager in running the private animal care facility. The primary duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Assists the manager with maintaining supply and resale inventories; places orders for needed items through local and stateside vendors.
• Ensures internal controls are present to minimize the potential for fraud, waste, and abuse.
• Supervises and trains staff on animal health and handling; ensuring all training requirements are met.
• Monitors and maintains information for finances and customer usage, reporting to squadron, base and MAJCOM levels.
• Responsible for daily office work, petty cash disbursements and payroll.
• Monitors the health and well-being of the animals entrusted to facility; informs owner(s) of changes in health including illness and death.
• Works closely with base and local veterinarians to ensure health and sanitation standards are met and practiced by all employees.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.