Animal Care Attendant - ACA1

Spca; Parksville; Hybrid; CAD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

BC SPCA in Parksville, BC is seeking an Animal Care Attendant to join a dynamic team. You will participate in all animal care duties and ensure high standards of welfare are maintained for the animals.

The role is on-call, casual and requires flexibility to work weekdays, weekends, and holidays. A high school diploma and valid BC license are required, with an emphasis on compassionate animal care.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Team player who builds relationships with colleagues and volunteers.
• Self-starter with minimal supervision and initiative.
• Knowledge of animals, breeds, characteristics and diseases.
• Experience with kennels or animal care is an asset.
• Flexibility to work on weekdays, weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the physical plant in a clean, sanitary, and efficient manner.
• Keep kennels, runs and cat cages in animal-friendly condition per protocols.
• Monitor health and welfare via kennel cards, logs, and welfare sheets.
• Feed, water, exercise and provide enrichment to animals daily.
• Perform bathing and grooming of animals.
• Treat animals humanely and in line with BC SPCA five freedoms.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Team player

Initiative

Animal welfare knowledge

Physical stamina

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

1565 Alberni Hwy, Parksville, BC V9P 2H3, Canada

Job Description

Posted Wednesday, September 2, 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 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 basic knowledge of animals and animal welfare. You care deeply about animals and uphold the highest animal care standards.

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 the 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, professionalism, 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

1565 Alberni Hwy, Parksville, BC V9P 2H3, Canada