Animal Care Attendant - ACA1

Spca; Salt Spring Island Electoral Area; Hybrid; CAD 22.000 - 30.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

BC SPCA Salt Spring Island is seeking an Animal Care Attendant to join our on-call team. You will assist in daily animal care, maintain cleanliness, monitor welfare, and support a compassionate, welfare-first environment.

This role requires strong communication, reliability, physical stamina, and a genuine interest in animal welfare, with shifts across days, evenings, weekends and holidays.

Qualifikationen

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid Class N or 5 BC Drivers' License and driver’s abstract.
• Strong customer service skills: patience, professionalism, positive attitude, attention to detail, adaptability.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Resourceful team player who builds trusting relationships with colleagues, customers and volunteers.
• Motivated self-starter with initiative and minimal supervision.
• Sound knowledge of animals, breeds, characteristics and common diseases.
• Previous kennel or animal care experience is an asset.
• Demonstrated interest in all aspects of animal welfare.
• Position is physically demanding and includes heavy lifting, pushing and pulling; must maintain fitness and endurance.
• Computer experience: Windows, Microsoft Office.

Aufgaben

• Maintain the facility in a clean, sanitary, and efficient condition on an ongoing basis.
• Keep kennels, runs, and cat cages clean to support animal health and welfare per ShelterSense protocols.
• Monitor health and welfare using kennel cards, logs, and welfare sheets.
• Provide daily feeding, watering, exercise and enrichment for animals.
• Perform bathing and grooming of animals.
• Treat animals humanely in line with BC SPCA's five freedoms.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Kenntnisse

Customer service

Communication

Team player

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Self-motivation

Physical stamina

Ausbildung

High school diploma

Tools

Windows OS

Microsoft Office

Jobbeschreibung

POSITION: Animal Care Attendant

STATUS: On-Call; Casual

SHIFT: Various Shifts

LOCATION: Salt Spring Island, 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.