Animal Attendant

Careers at Council; Campbelltown; On-site; AUD 76,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexi time leave

Free staff car park

Shifts across Mon-Sun

Job summary

Campbelltown City Council is seeking an Animal Attendant to join our team in Campbelltown. The role involves daily animal care, enrichment, record-keeping and customer interactions to find loving homes for animals in care.

We offer casual, permanent full-time and part-time, as well as temporary positions, with shifts across Monday to Sunday and a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in animal care/welfare or extensive related experience.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent customer service and ability to respond professionally in difficult situations.
• Ability to manage reactive animal behaviours and work in animal shelter environments.
• Self-motivated and able to meet deadlines without close supervision.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends and public holidays.
• Commitment to our values of respect, integrity, teamwork, trust and optimism.

Responsibilities

• Assist with companion animal care and treatment daily, including care, exercise and enrichment.
• Clean animal enclosures, feed, and administer medical treatments as required.
• Administer microchip implants for identification.
• Maintain and prepare records; educate the public on responsible pet ownership.
• Facilitate meet-and-greets to find appropriate matches for animals in care.

Skills

Animal care

Customer service

Communication

Teamwork

Time management

Flexible hours

Education

Animal care/welfare qualification

Job description

• Annual salary between $75,542.22 - $81,770.01 + relevant allowances + 12% superannuation.
• Multiple opportunities available! Casual, permanent full time & part-time as well as temporary full time & part-time.
• Be part of a passionate and proactive team that provide an amazing service to our community.

About us:

We are not your usual, we are upbeat, resourceful and determined. Our staff and community are at the core of what we do, looking for ways to work together and support each other. Naturally welcoming, we share good-natured humour and positivity. We aim to inspire a sense of possibility and create opportunities for all by rolling up our sleeves. Our workplace is agile and flexible, keeping ahead of the times. Be a part of it, let’s get something started.

About the role

We are currently seeking enthusiastic and passionate Animal Attendants to join our team at Campbelltown City Council.

A successful Animal Attendant will be responsible for the following:

• Assisting with companion animal care and treatment daily, including but not limited to:
• General animal care, exercising and enrichment.
• Cleaning of animal enclosures,
• feeding and administering medical treatment as required
• Administering microchip implants to identify companion animals.
• Maintaining and preparing records.
• Educating the public on responsible pet ownership and requirements of the Companion Animals Act.
• Facilitating ‘Meet and Greets’ with customers to successfully find an appropriate match for the animals in care, who require rehoming.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following key skills and attributes:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in animal care/welfare and/or extensive job-related experience in a related field.
• Well-developed oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent customer service skills and ability to respond professionally in difficult situations
• Ability to manage reactive animal behaviours and aware of animal shelter environments
• Self-motivated and able to work to deadlines without close supervision.
• Ability to work flexible hours, on weekends and on public holidays.
• Commitment to living our values of respect, integrity, teamwork, trust and optimism. It is throughrespect,integrityandteamworkthat we buildtrustand createoptimismfor Campbelltown’s future.

As a member of our friendly and passionate team, you’ll receive the following benefits:

• Annual salary between $75,542.22 - $81,770.01 + relevant allowances + 12% superannuation.
• Multiple opportunities available! Casual, permanent full time & part-time as well as temporary full time & part-time.
• Shifts available across Monday to Sunday.
• Be part of a passionate and caring team that provide an amazing service to our community.
• Generous leave provisions including flexi time.
• Free and secure staff car park.

Key contact:

For further information on this position, please contact Nathan Opetaia, Animal Attendant Supervisor on **************@campbelltown.nsw.gov.au.

Campbelltown City Council is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and values the unique contributions of all people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.

Council also recognises the skills and attributes of veterans and welcomes applications from ex-service personnel.