Certified Animal Caretaker EFZ (60–100%)
Tierheim Chur Genossenschaft
Chur
Key information
- Publication date:10 November 2025
- Workload:60 – 100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Chur
Job summary
Join our young, dedicated team at the animal shelter, ARCHE. We offer a supportive work environment and opportunities for growth.
Tasks
- Provide professional care for our shelter and holiday animals.
- Manage hedgehog rescue operations from intake to release.
- Assist with administrative tasks and customer inquiries.
Skills
- Completed animal care training (EFZ) is essential.
- Team-oriented with a reliable and responsible work style.
- Strong communication skills and a friendly demeanor.
Is this helpful?
We are a young, committed, and warm-hearted team looking for a motivated, responsible individual who combines their passion for animals with a high level of professionalism. If you are easy-going, live team spirit, and appreciate respectful interaction with people and animals, then you are exactly the missing piece of our ARCHE family.
In our animal shelter and animal hotel, you will find diverse tasks as well as the opportunity to apply and further develop your expertise in various animal-related areas. Our clear departmental structure also opens up prospects for leadership roles.
Your main tasks
- Proper care and maintenance of our resident and holiday animals
- Independent work in our hedgehog station, from admission to release
- Carrying out cleaning and maintenance tasks
- Friendly contact and competent information provision to our customers
- Support with administrative tasks
- Substitution at the reception desk as needed
Your profile
- Completed training as an Animal Caretaker EFZ (mandatory)
- Several years of professional experience is an advantage
- Experience in administrative work
- Structured, independent, and responsible way of working
- Team-oriented, reliable, and conscientious personality
- Confident, friendly demeanor
- Driver's license category B
- Rabies vaccination present
We offer you
- Modernly equipped work environment as well as contemporary IT documentation systems
- Attractive and modern working conditions
- Allowances for weekend work (Saturday and Sunday)
- A warm, family-like working atmosphere where mutual appreciation is practiced
Have we sparked your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your complete application documents. Please send your application exclusively by e-mail to: Ms. Silja Patt – tierpflege@tierheim-chur.ch
