Animal Care Attendant - ACA1

Colonial Group; Nanaimo; Sur place; CAD 19 000 - 28 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

BC SPCA Nanaimo is seeking an Animal Care Attendant to join our team. Reporting to the Animal Centre Manager, you will participate in daily animal care duties and ensure the Five Freedoms are upheld in a busy shelter environment.

The role requires a high school diploma, reliable transport, and the ability to lift and handle animals. Weekend and holiday availability is often needed; training and benefits are provided for a permanent, part-time position.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfort with physical tasks and long shifts.
• Experience with kennel or animal care is an asset.

Responsabilités

• Maintain the facility in a clean, sanitary condition.
• Keep kennels, runs and cages clean for animal welfare.
• Maintain kennel cards and daily welfare records.
• Provide daily feeding, water, exercise and enrichment.
• Perform bathing and grooming as needed.
• Support humane animal care following BC SPCA standards.

Connaissances

Customer service

Communication

Team player

Initiative

Physically fit

Computer skills

Adaptability

Attention to detail

Formation

High school diploma or equivalent

Outils

Windows OS

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

POSITION: Animal Care Attendant

STATUS: Permanent; Part-Time with benefits

SHIFT: 20 hours per week

LOCATION: Nanaimo, 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 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
• 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.