Bio Boutique is looking for an experienced, highly motivated Reptile Care & Retail Specialist to join our team. This is not an entry-level position . We are looking for someone with professional, hands-on animal-care experience. This position is unique because it combines retail, reptile husbandry, and animal collection management . The right person will be comfortable interacting with customers one moment and cleaning dishes, managing feeders, or caring for a large snake collection the next.

THE POSITION

This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week position divided between two primary areas of responsibility: Approximately 20 hours per week — Bio Boutique Retail Shop You will help with the day-to-day operations our reptile retail store, including: Providing excellent, knowledgeable customer service in a retail setting. Caring for and maintaining the reptiles. plants and other animals housed at the shop. Representing Bio Boutique's emphasis on responsible, ethical animal keeping and education. Approximately 20 hours per week — Animal Collection & Feeder Colony The remainder of your week will be dedicated to our animal operations, including management of our rodent breeding colony and an extensive snake collection .

Responsibilities will include:

Daily care and husbandry of reptile and amphibian collection. Management of a large rodent colony. Monitoring appropriate environmental conditions for all animal areas. Assisting with animal moves, transfers, loading, and unloading. Occasional help on our farm- care of goats, poultry, fish and dogs.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for someone who already has substantial hands-on animal experience and can work independently with minimal supervision.

The ideal candidate will:

Have professional animal-care experience with reptiles and/or other substantial animal collections. Understand husbandry beyond basic pet ownership. Be comfortable making day-to-day decisions independently Be a self-starter who sees what needs to be done and does it Be comfortable working alone for portions of the day Have strong attention to detail Be organized and capable of maintaining records and routines Be comfortable interacting with customers and educating them about reptile care Be comfortable lifting, carrying, loading, and unloading animals, supplies, enclosures, feed, and other materials Be able to spend significant portions of the workday standing, walking, bending, kneeling, cleaning, and performing physical animal-care tasks Be comfortable working in an environment where cleanliness and biosecurity are important

EXPERIENCE

This is not an entry-level position. Candidates should have meaningful professional or equivalent hands-on experience working with animals.

Experience in environments such as:

Zoos Reptile parks or educational facilities Professional reptile breeding operations Large private reptile collections Wildlife or animal sanctuaries Farms or livestock operations Veterinary or veterinary-support environments Animal research or educational facilities Pet stores or exotic-animal facilities is strongly preferred. We are interested in what you can actually do—not simply how long you've owned pets. Candidates should be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of animal husbandry, safe handling, sanitation, observation, and day-to-day collection management.

WHY BIO BOUTIQUE?

Bio Boutique is a different kind of reptile store. We combine a retail environment with professional animal care, naturalistic and bioactive husbandry, education, and a working animal collection. Bio Boutique consists of two and a half people, the definition of a small business! It all started as a hobby and we maintain that essence to this day- we want to have fun, we enjoy what we do and we hope that you would too. We're looking for someone who wants to be part of the operation , not someone who simply wants a job working around animals. If you have professional animal-care experience, enjoy working independently, take animal welfare seriously, and want a position where your skills are actually used, we'd like to hear from you. Please do not apply if your only experience is keeping a few personal pets. We are specifically seeking someone with professional-level or substantial large-collection animal-care experience.

Pay:

$17.00 - $20.00 per hour Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

Employee discount Flexible schedule

Work Location:

In person