Animal Care Attendant - ACA1

Clear Destination Inc.; Salmon Arm; Hybrid; CAD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Clear Destination Inc. in Salmon Arm, BC is seeking an Animal Care Attendant to join our on-call team. You will participate in daily animal care duties and help ensure welfare according to established standards.

The role requires physical stamina, flexibility to work weekdays, weekends and holidays, and good communication with staff and volunteers. Prior kennel or animal care experience is a plus and a positive, compassionate attitude is essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid BC driver's license and clean driving record.
• Desire to provide excellent customer service: patient, professional, positive attitude.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work well with colleagues, volunteers, and customers.
• Interest in animal welfare and knowledge of animal breeds and diseases.
• Position is physically demanding and includes heavy lifting.
• Proficiency with Windows and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the physical plant in a clean, sanitary, and efficient manner on an ongoing basis and in a collaborative manner.
• Ensure kennels, runs, and cat cages are kept in a manner best suited for the animal's health and welfare as per ShelterSense protocols.
• Monitor the health and welfare of the animals through up-to-date kennel cards, daily logs, and welfare sheets.
• Maintain animals on a proper diet, ensuring daily feeding, watering, exercise, and enrichment.
• Perform general bathing and grooming of animals.
• Treat animals humanely, with compassion and concern, and in line with welfare standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Team player

Animal welfare knowledge

Physical stamina

Adaptability

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

POSITION: Animal Care Attendant

STATUS: On-Call; Casual

SHIFT: Various shifts

LOCATION: Salmon Arm, BC

CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

WAGE: Hourly

CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled

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 vision, mission and strategic directions of the BC SPCA.