Animal Care Attendant - ACA1

Spca; Williams Lake; Hybrid; CAD 22,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

BC SPCA Williams Lake is seeking an Animal Care Attendant to join our team on an on-call, casual basis. The role involves daily animal care, feeding, grooming, and maintaining cleanliness within the shelter to support animal welfare.

The position requires flexibility to work various shifts, including weekends and holidays, and a valid BC driver’s licence. You will work under the supervision of the Animal Centre Manager to ensure the wellbeing of all animals.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid Class N or 5 BC Drivers' Licence and driver’s abstract.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.
• Resourceful team player with strong relationships with colleagues, customers and volunteers.
• Physically able for daily animal care duties including lifting and bending.
• Computer experience: Windows and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the entire physical plant in a clean, sanitary, and efficient manner.
• Ensure kennels, runs, and cat cages are kept in a manner best suited for animal health and welfare.
• Monitor health and welfare of animals by maintaining kennel cards, daily logs, and welfare sheets.
• Maintain animals on proper diets with daily feeding, watering, exercise, and enrichment.
• Perform general bathing and grooming of animals.
• Treat animals humanely and in line with the BC SPCA Five Freedoms.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Customer service

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Initiative

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Windows

Microsoft Office

Job description

POSITION: Animal Care Attendant

STATUS: On-Call; Casual

SHIFT: Various shifts

LOCATION: Williams Lake, 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.