Animal Care Attendant - ACA1

BC SPCA; Quesnel; On-site; CAD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

BC SPCA in Quesnel, BC is seeking an Animal Care Attendant for on‑call, casual shifts. You will participate in daily animal care duties and ensure adherence to Five Freedoms.

Responsibilities include maintaining kennels, monitoring health, feeding, grooming, and welfare reporting. Must have a high school diploma, valid BC driver's license, strong customer service, and ability to work flexible weekdays, weekends, and holidays.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid Class N or 5 BC Drivers’ License and driver’s abstract.
• Strong customer service orientation with patience, professionalism and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Team player who builds trust with colleagues, customers and volunteers.
• Self-motivated with initiative and minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of animals, breeds, characteristics and diseases.
• Previous kennel or animal care experience is an asset.
• Physical endurance for demanding duties and heavy lifting.
• Computer experience: Windows, Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Availability to work weekdays, weekends and statutory holidays.

Responsibilities

• To maintain the entire physical plant in a clean, sanitary, and efficient manner.
• Keep kennels, runs, and cat cages healthy and well‑maintained.
• Monitor health using kennel cards, logs and welfare sheets.
• Feed, water, exercise, and enrich the animals daily.
• Perform general bathing and grooming of animals.
• Treat animals with compassion and in line with BC SPCA five freedoms.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Team player

Adaptability

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Windows

Microsoft Office

Job description

POSITION: Animal Care Attendant

STATUS: On-Call; Casual

SHIFT: Various

LOCATION:Quesnel, BC

CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

WAGE: Hourly

CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled

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.

About the Position:

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.

You care deeply about animals and uphold the highest animal care standards. If you are hard-working, collaborative, highly skilled and passionate about making a difference, you will find yourself among like‑minded people at the BC SPCA.

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 mission, vision and strategic direction 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 telephone calls, please.

The BC SPCA is a Registered Charity BN 11881 9036 RR0001