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ASPCA

$25/hr

Who We Are The ASPCA's Animal Relocation department is tasked with providing effective, lifesaving ... About this Contingent Opportunity: This is a temporary, contingent position and the person hired ...

Cornell University

Animal Technician III - CRES

New York, NY · On-site

$24.30 - $26.15/hr

This is a full-time three-year term position with potential for extension contingent upon funding ... Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position. While the regular business hours are ...

Cornell University

Animal Technician II - Duck Lab

Ithaca, NY · On-site

$18.25 - $24.25/hr

This is a full-time three-year term position with potential for extension contingent upon funding ... Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position. While the regular business hours are ...

Cornell University

Animal Technician II - Duck Lab

Albany, NY · On-site

$18.75 - $25/hr

This is a full-time three-year term position with potential for extension contingent upon funding ... Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position. While the regular business hours are ...

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How much do contingent animal relocation jobs pay per hour?

As of Jun 5, 2026, the average hourly pay for contingent animal relocation in the United States is $21.05, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $17.31 and $25.00 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Contingent Animal Relocation Specialist, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Contingent Animal Relocation Specialist, you need expertise in animal handling, transportation logistics, and knowledge of animal welfare regulations, often supported by relevant certifications or experience in animal care. Familiarity with animal transport vehicles, tracking systems, and health documentation tools is typically required. Strong problem-solving, communication, and stress management skills are crucial for coordinating relocations and ensuring animal safety. These skills ensure the safe, efficient, and humane relocation of animals, often under urgent or changing conditions.

What are some common challenges faced by professionals in Contingent Animal Relocation, and how can they be addressed?

Professionals in Contingent Animal Relocation often encounter challenges such as coordinating logistics on short notice, ensuring animal welfare during transport, and complying with varying regulations across regions. To address these challenges, it's important to have strong organizational skills, establish clear communication with all stakeholders, and stay updated on legal requirements. Collaborating effectively with veterinary staff, transport teams, and destination facilities is also key to ensuring smooth and humane relocations.

What is contingent animal relocation?

Contingent animal relocation refers to the temporary or conditional movement of animals from one location to another, usually in response to emergencies such as natural disasters, habitat destruction, or other unforeseen circumstances. The goal is to ensure the safety and well-being of the animals until their original environment is safe or a permanent solution is found. This process often involves coordination with animal welfare organizations, veterinarians, and government agencies to manage logistics and care for the animals during transit and temporary housing.

What is the difference between Contingent Animal Relocation vs Wildlife Technician?

AspectContingent Animal RelocationWildlife Technician
CredentialsTypically requires permits, certifications in animal handling, and environmental regulationsRequires wildlife management or biology degrees, permits, and field experience
Work EnvironmentField-based, often outdoors, involving animal capture, transport, and releaseFieldwork and laboratory settings, monitoring wildlife populations and habitat
Employer & IndustryEnvironmental consulting firms, wildlife agencies, conservation organizationsGovernment agencies, research institutions, conservation groups

Contingent Animal Relocation focuses on the temporary or project-based movement of animals, often requiring permits and specialized handling skills. Wildlife Technicians support wildlife management through fieldwork, monitoring, and data collection. While both roles involve outdoor work and animal handling, Contingent Animal Relocation emphasizes animal transport and placement, whereas Wildlife Technicians focus on research and habitat management.

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Contingent Vehicle, Crate & Inventory Assistant - Animal Relocation

Contingent Vehicle, Crate & Inventory Assistant - Animal Relocation

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Remote

$25/hr

Part-time

Posted yesterday

Job description

This position is open to all eligible candidates based within a one-hour driving radius of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas, Texas. A 30-minute or less driving radius is highly preferred.
Overview
For more than 150 years, the ASPCA has been on the frontlines to save, transform, and protect the lives of millions of animals. As a Vehicle, Crate, & Inventory Assistant, you will work alongside a team of experts and help advance our lifesaving work and create meaningful change for animals.
Who We Are
The ASPCA's Animal Relocation department is tasked with providing effective, lifesaving, animal relocation and transport. Using the theories of supply and demand, relocation saves lives by transporting animals from under-resourced shelters in areas of oversupply where the chance of adoption is slim, to shelters where the chances of adoption are greater.
About this Contingent Opportunity:
  • This is a temporary, contingent position and the person hired will be employed through a third-party staffing agency
  • The target hiring range for this temporary role is $25 per hour and may be modified in the future
  • This is a part-time, variable hour opportunity with a flexible schedule and no specified end date to the assignment

What You'll Do
  • As part of the department's Flex Workforce, the Vehicle, Crate, & Inventory Assistant reports to the Director, Performance & Engagement. Day-to-day responsibilities are largely guided by the Senior Manager - Operations
  • This position has no direct reports
  • This role is crucial to the success of our program - properly sanitized crates, fleet readiness, and an organized inventory of readily accessible supplies, contribute to the health of the animals on transport and ensure we can maximize the number of animals relocated

Where and When You'll Work
  • The assistant will work year-round in a warehouse, storage unit, and outside on a regular basis, including during a variety of weather conditions. Work environments are in Dallas, Texas
  • This role typically includes several hours of scheduled work each week, and then occasional work that arises throughout the week. Work schedule is generally flexible but includes availability during business hours and may require occasional quick responses or early mornings
  • Candidates may periodically travel by ground or air to support movement of vehicles, equipment, supplies, and animals

Responsibilities
Responsibilities are listed in general order of importance. They include but are not limited to:
Vehicle, Crate, and Equipment Management
  • Help the Senior Manager - Operations maintain a custom-built fleet of 23 vehicles by completing checklists and required logs, identifying and performing basic maintenance, reconfiguring crates and equipment, and all other tasks that help keep vehicles on the road and ready for transport
  • Help the Senior Manager - Operations and the Manager - Flights maintain hundreds of RuffLand kennels and airline flight crates, stored and transported coast-to-coast
  • Help outfit new vehicles, installing basic equipment and loading supplies, transporting vehicles between multiple vendors and helping monitor and document the process

Cleaning
  • Thoroughly sanitize and disinfect vehicles, crates (on average 50-100 per assignment) and other equipment, including the removal of feces, urine, and vomit in accordance with complex, very detailed Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
  • Perform extremely physical, multi-step cleaning process in a variety of weather conditions, including:
    • Unpack, disassemble, inspect, clean, and reassemble crates as part of the cleaning process
    • Palletize, wrap, load, ship, move, and receive crates and other supplies following the cleaning process
    • Load crates onto vehicles for shipping and delivery processes, including lifting up to 50 pounds repeatedly

Inventory
  • Perform vehicle audits, thoroughly inspecting and documenting equipment, supplies, and condition and performance of vehicles
  • Partner with the Senior Manager - Operations to monitor, accurately document (electronically), and maintain an extensive inventory of supplies, crates and equipment; may require travel to facilities in other states
  • Communicate challenges with inventory clearly and timely to management; support implementation of new inventory processes or guidelines

Administration
  • Complete all forms, reports, data collection, and other activities on-time and with the highest degree of accuracy
  • Partner with the Senior Manager - Operations to ensure insurance, registration, and other required paperwork and documentation is maintained on each vehicle
  • Assume financial accountability for an ASPCA credit card, submit receipts in a timely manner, and adhere to ASPCA expense and travel policies
  • Understand and follow OHSA regulations and requirements of the vehicle
  • Take photographs for training, outfitting vehicles, and inventory management

Driving
  • Drive ASPCA (or rented) vehicles in accordance with all federal, state and local laws, ordinances, codes, regulations, and the ASPCA Fleet Policy
  • Drive defensively, in accordance with extensive training; respond to and report all accidents and moving violations/citations immediately, following ASPCA policy and procedures
  • Drive vehicles to scheduled maintenance appointments, to shelters for supply/equipment delivery, and any other local needs
  • Occasionally drive the vehicle both intrastate and interstate to move the vehicle in place for transport, cleaning, or other use
  • Rarely, serve as a back-up driver for Animal Relocation Drivers, serving as a passenger and supporting the driver with safely managing the animals and vehicle throughout the relocation process

Qualifications:
  • Deep commitment to saving more shelter pets' lives through critical transport assistance work
  • Ability to work collaboratively with team members, supervisors, and colleagues from other departments
  • Ability to always represent the ASPCA in a professional manner when communicating with shelter staff and the general public, serving as an ambassador for our mission-driven work
  • Self-directed and highly-motivated, demonstrating the highest level of performance, with minimal supervision in a remote environment
  • Ability to read, understand, and precisely follow extensive and complex directions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
  • Demonstrate attention to detail and take pride in our work
  • Willingness to clean animal housing areas, including exposure to animals' bodily fluids
  • Basic computer skills required; familiarity with using an iPad, iPhone, Airtable or other database software, and Teams highly preferred
  • Ability to repeatedly bend, crouch, and kneel throughout multi-step process in a variety of weather conditions
  • Ability to repeatedly lift, carry, and move up to 50 pounds

Driving Qualifications:
  • Able to provide a valid driver's license upon hire and pass a motor vehicle history check demonstrating a safe driving history
  • Able to obtain and provide a Department of Transportation Medical Certificate highly preferred

Language:
  • English

Education and Work Experience:
  • High School Diploma required
  • Minimum (1) year of work experience required
  • Experience working or volunteering in an animal shelter, veterinary clinic, animal control facility, etc. -- Highly preferred

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