Animal Care Attendant - ACA1

Spca; Nanaimo; Hybrid; CAD 2,066,000 - 3,031,000; Part time

Job summary

BC SPCA is seeking an Animal Care Attendant to join our team in a casual, on-call capacity. You will participate in daily animal care tasks and ensure the welfare of animals across our facilities, following the Five Freedoms and shelter protocols.

The role requires physical stamina, the ability to work on weekdays, weekends, and holidays, and a proven commitment to animal welfare. A valid BC driver's license is preferred where applicable.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Strong customer service orientation with patience and positive attitude.
• Resourceful team player with good relationship-building.
• Motivated self-starter with ability to work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the physical plant in a clean, sanitary, and efficient manner.
• Keep kennels, runs, and cages clean and suitable for animal health and welfare.
• Update kennel cards, daily logs, and welfare sheets.
• Feed, water, exercise, and enrich animals daily.
• Perform bathing and grooming of animals.
• Treat animals with compassion and in line with the five freedoms.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Verbal & written communication

Team-oriented

Adaptability

Initiative

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Job Description

Posted Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM | Expires Friday, January 1, 2027 at 10:59 AM

We welcome diversity, value differences, and foster inclusion in our employment practices.Find out more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion by reading our Foundational Principles on our website. We invite applications from all qualified individuals who are philosophically aligned with our mission, vision and values .

The BC SPCA is a dynamic organization with facilities and services across the province of BC. Join an expanding team in an exciting time of change in an organization that makes a difference! Please read below for additional details and let us know if you have the skills and experience we are looking for by submitting your application.

If you are up for the challenge and would like to be considered for this position, we would like to hear from you. The British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BC SPCA) is looking to fill the following career opportunity:

POSITION: Animal Care Attendant

STATUS: On-Call; Casual

CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

WAGE: Hourly

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 optimal 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
• 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.

We are committed to a transparent, human-led hiring process. While we use technology to support application management, applications are not screened, scored, or ranked by AI systems. All hiring decisions are made by human hiring managers based on skills, experience, and alignment with the organizational values.

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

The BC SPCA is a Registered Charity BN 11881 9036 RR0001