Animal Care Attendant - ACA1

BC SPCA; Kamloops; On-site; CAD 19,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

BC SPCA Kamloops is seeking an Animal Care Attendant to join our team. This permanent, part-time role (24 hours per week) supports daily animal care duties under the supervision of the Animal Centre Manager.

You will help maintain clean kennels and cat cages, monitor health, feed and enrich the animals, perform grooming, and ensure welfare in line with Five Freedoms. Flexibility for weekdays, weekends and holidays is required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Valid Class N or 5 BC Driver's License and driver’s abstract.
• Flexible schedule including weekdays, weekends and statutory holidays.
• Experience in kennel or animal care is an asset.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the entire physical plant in a clean, sanitary, and efficient manner.
• Ensure kennels, runs, and cat cages are kept for the animal’s health and welfare.
• Monitor health and welfare through kennel cards, whiteboard, logs, and welfare sheets.
• Maintain animals on proper diet with daily feeding, watering, exercise, and enrichment.
• Perform general bathing and grooming of animals; treat animals humanely per Five Freedoms.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Team member

Self-starter

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Animal welfare knowledge

Positive attitude

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Windows

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Excel

Job description

POSITION: Animal Care Attendant

STATUS: Permanent; Part-Time with benefits

SHIFT: 24 hours per week - Various shifts

LOCATION: Kamloops, BC

CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

WAGE: Hourly

CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled

About the Position:

Reporting to the Animal Centre Manager, you bring energy and enthusiasm to a team environment while you participate in daily animal care duties and ensure that optimum levels of care are administered to the animals based on the Five Freedoms. You are a positive, engaging people person and thrive in a fast paced environment with lots of changing needs and priorities.

Some specific duties:

• 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 perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications you need to have:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Valid Class N or 5 BC Drivers’ License and driver’s abstract
• 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
• 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
• Philosophical harmony with the vision, mission, and strategic directions of the BC SPCA.