2024 Job Listings (Positions will be reliant on funding of the Canadian Youth Grant incentive)

4 job position descriptions, scroll down to see what is available...

Wildlife technician
This job entails working directly with wildlife.  Silverwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre Inc focuses on migratory birds and waterfowl, raptors and all mammals.  Our goal is to raise and help wild animals in order to return them to their natural habitats.  We must balance their need of food, shelter and nurturing with the necessity of keeping them wild and afraid of humans in order to be successful in the wild.
This position reports to the Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator.
Duties may include but are not limited to the following:
  • Answer the phone and triage calls from the public about possibly injured and orphaned wildlife
  • Provide education and information to the public by phone and in person
  • Assist with animal captures as considered safe (no large predators)
  • Pick up animals as able from veterinary clinic or other safe locations
  • Create and building housing appropriate for each animal
  • Feed animals as scheduled throughout the day
  • Document daily activities and maintain records for each animal
  • Clean/disinfect cages and other instruments as necessary
  • Launder soiled linens as necessary
  • Attend to the animals welfare and observe closely for changes in health status
  • Treat wounds and give medications as determined by the Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator
  • Provide guidance and direction to the volunteers and wildlife technicians on staff
Other duties may be requested/expected as they arise in the course of caring for wild animals to prepare them for release back into their natural habitats.
 
Qualifications:
  • Strong verbal communication and effective interpersonal skills required
  • Knowledge about wildlife biology and behavior preferred
  • Valid drivers license and access to a vehicle preferred
  • Rabies vaccine series and proof of sufficient titer preferred
  • Effective interpersonal skills required
  • Prior experience and training in working with wildlife preferred
  • Physical ability to handle wildlife required (can lift and carry up to  50 pounds)
Helpful Qualities
  • Creativity, resourceful, independence, compassion, patience and initiative
 
Working Conditions
This job entails working indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions.  You can expect to be bitten, scratched and defecated upon regularly.  Working with wildlife entails daily risk of exposure to zoonotic diseases as well.
This job is emotionally draining.  We work with animals that are injured or sick and many will not survive despite our best efforts.  We must work together and support each other in our efforts to support and do our best for the animals.  


Up to 4 Positions available- 2 @ 40 hours/week; 2 @ 35 hours/week,   8-16 weeks
Applicants MUST be a student  age 15-30 (in school/university/college this year and planning to return in the fall)
Aboriginal and those that identify as minority students are encouraged to apply.
Preference will be given to those with prior training and experience working with wildlife.
 
Pay scale: $15-17.00/hour
Work days include weekend and stat holidays
Shifts are either 7am – 3:30 or 3pm – 11:30, these may change as the season progresses along with shifts broken up in the day.
(8 hour shift with  ½ hour unpaid meal)
Start date- May, 2024

 Positions, hours and length of job are dependant on receiving grant funding
Send your CV or resume plus a cover letter by April 10, 2024 to
Silverwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre Inc
Box 94,
Wapella, SK  S0G 4Z0 
Or email to
[email protected]

Spring 2024
April 27 
Spring Bloom Wild Baby Spectacular- meal, dessert, mocktails, silent auction and special guest comedian
$30 ticket or save a table of 6 at $200 
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Active fundraisers- Raffle tickets- $500 Grocery Gift card to store of your choice for $10/ticket; $500 Booze basket collection of variety of alcohol and mixers for $10/ticket.  
Call or email for more information and to order your event tickets or buy raffle tickets.  Stay tuned on our facebook page for more information. 



Fall/Winter 2020
We have had an incredible year so far with more than doubling our intake of wildlife in need of our care.  This has been matched with amazing help both with food and monetary support whether it was through the online auctions or from private donations.  All have made our job a lot easier.  We also had two great youth grant workers in for a part of the season and both young ladies were awesome and worked very hard while they were here. Hoping we will be able to hire more next year and for longer.  
We have also made a dent in our pen constructions thanks to some major donations of manual labor from both the Wolf Family and Lindemann family along with Duane Winkler who donated pens.  

Spring 2020
We are currently working and saving  up for a few projects and could really use your help.  If you wish to help please press the donate button found on this site and/or message how you would like to help along with designating which project you are donating to...

Undulate Pen (deer, moose, elk)
The first phase will be made with recycled wooden pallets with the hopes of only having to buy the poles.  With support from our community we are hoping to collect 300 + pallets and applying for grants plus donations for the posts, auger rental and trailer.  The cost for posts, auger rental and trailer come to just over $2000.    Thank you to Saskatchewan Eco Grants for donating $500 towards this pen, to Moosomin Flamans for donating one of their flatbeds for hauling pallets, to a private number of people who hauled pallets, to Harald and Rori Mogstad who worked beside me hauling pallets along with putting this whole phase one together.  Phase one of the undulate pen is complete.  



                                
 Medium Mammal (raccoon) and Raptor Pen
This will be a well built and fortified building with floors for easy sterilization potential along with being very secure to hold very intelligent wildlife.  It will be 12ft x 24ft x 12ft high at a cost of $10,418.08.  We have $1000.00 saved with plans to run various fundraisers to assist us.
Thanks to Duane Winkler for the donation of our medium mammal pen.
                                        
 Mammal Pen
This is another needed pen that will be used for a variety of mammals in care from foxes to porcupines with also being possible to be used for our crows, ravens and some raptors depending who is in care at the time.  
Cost of this one is between labor and supplies is $8, 432.00                                                                                                                              Thank you to the Lindemann family for assisting us in the building of this phase one of the unit, we hope to add another 8 feet on to the pen in the spring but it did hold foxes this year.  
                         
 Large Raptor Flight Pen
This is our dream flight pen which will hold up to 4 eagles, 4 owls, 6 hawks at any given time.  Numbers will vary depending which raptors we have in care.  So far the cost estimate is sitting about $80,000 but may go up or down depending on the supply costs at the time of purchase.  We have $1000 sitting in the Lrg flight pen saving acct.  Building size is 75ft x 100ft x 16          



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October 2019
Our 1st Annual Fall Fest Fundraiser went very well and we thank you for all your support.  We would like to thank all our sponsors both with monetary donations and auction items.
- Wapella Pipestone Wildlife Club                    - Kari's Kloset
- Moosomin Borderland Coop                          - Glassers Electronics Moosomin
- Wapella Store                                                    - Garnett, Ray & Joei Teale
- Moosomin Pharmasave                                    - Jan Mitchell
- Home Hardware Moosomin                            - Visions By Pat
- IDA Pharmacy Moosomin                                - BMF Consulting Lmt. Virden
- Rocanville Remedial Massage                         - Whispering Wind Spirit Healing                           
-West Wind Florist Moosomin                           - Whitewood Herald
- Moosomin Spectator                                         - Rosie Trakastonec
- Zaylees Furniture Moosomin                           - Beauty on Broadway Moosomin
- Erin Strachin                                                       - Red Hawk
- Ayana Wellness Spa Virden                              - Pat & Kenton Janzen
- Ryan Bender of Moosomin and DJ Dusty from Regina for keeping our evening well entertained
-Brenda Jones, Shania Mogstad and the Lindemann family for keeping our kitchen working …
Thank you to all that came and supported us along with all the home businesses that donated items for our auctions.