POSITION: Animal Care Attendant – ACA1

JOB TYPE: Regular; Casual

WAGE: $ 19.00 per hour

LOCATION: BC SPCA Cowichan & District Branch

Duncan, BC

CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled

Join the team! The BC SPCA Cowichan & District Branch is looking for regular; casual Animal Care Attendant with the flexibility to work weekdays, weekends and statutory holidays.
Reporting to the Branch Manager, you bring energy and enthusiasm to a team environment while you will participate in all animal care duties and ensure that optimal levels of care are administered to the animals based on the Five Freedoms. You are an energetic team player, with good customer service skills. You also have as a minimum a basic knowledge of animals and animal welfare. You care deeply about animals and uphold the highest animal care standards.

What you will do:

• To maintain the entire physical plant in a clean, sanitary, and efficient manner on an ongoing basis and in a collaborative manner
• To ensure kennels, runs, and cat cages are kept in a manner that is best suited for the animal’s health and welfare as per the ShelterSense protocols
• To monitor the health and welfare of the animals through the maintenance of up-to-date kennel cards, recording information on whiteboard and daily logs, and completing daily welfare sheets
• To maintain animals on a proper diet ensuring daily feeding, watering, exercise, and enrichment
• To perform general bathing and grooming of animals
• To treat animals humanely, with compassion and concern, and in a manner consistent with the BC SPCA’s five freedoms
• To treat animals humanely, with compassion and concern, and in a manner consistent with the BC SPCA’s five freedoms.
• To immediately report any health or welfare concerns to the Manager or designate.
• To act as an ambassador of the BC SPCA at all times and ensure customer and community relations are consistently professional and positive.
• To perform other duties as assigned

You will have:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Valid Class 5 BC Drivers’ License in good standing
• Strong desire to provide excellent customer service skills: patience, professional, positive attitude, attention to detail, adaptability
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Resourceful team player who excels at building trusting relationships with colleagues, customers and volunteers
• Highly motivated self-starter who takes initiative with minimal supervision
• A sound knowledge of animals, their breeds, characteristics and common diseases
• Previous kennel or animal care experience will be considered an asset
• Demonstrable interest in all aspects of animal welfare
• Philosophical harmony with the mission, vision and strategic direction of the BC SPCA
• Position is physically demanding and includes heavy lifting, pushing and pulling which requires an individual with the ability to maintain a level of fitness and endurance to fulfill the required duties
• Computer experience: Windows, Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• The animals in our care require attention seven days a week, must be flexible and able to work weekdays, weekends and statutory holidays.

How to Apply:
Are you looking to grow your career with a challenging, meaningful and exciting opportunity? Please apply to this BC SPACA internally-open Animal Care Attendant position and help us to make a difference. Click on apply now or use the link: https://spca.bc.ca/about-us/careers/

We welcome diversity, value differences, and foster inclusion in our employment practices. We invite applications from all qualified individuals who are philosophically aligned with our mission and guiding principles.

No telephone calls please. We thank you for your interest in the BC SPCA; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.


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