Operations Assistant - H - Abacus

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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Join the Abacus family of more than 27,000 employees assigned to top-rated clients, nationally.

Why Abacus?

• Competitive Pay Rates
• Excellent Culture
• Meaningful Employment
• Potential for Growth

When you apply, your experience may be considered across business verticals:

• Abacus Staffing – Multi-Client General Staffing
• Abacus Solution Group – Professional Placement
• Harrison Richard Group – Accounting & Finance
• Abacus Security Services

Employment opportunities include a wide range of placement options: project-based, temporary to permanent hire, part-time, contract-basis, direct hire and on-demand placement.

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

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