Animal Care Attendant - ACA

4376 Solar Rd, Sechelt, BC V7Z 0A8, Canada

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• Position:
  Animal Care Attendant
• Status:
  Permanent;
  Part-Time with benefits
• Shift: 28 hours per week – 8:30 am–4:30 pm Friday to Monday. Weekends required.
• Location:
  
  Sunshine Coast Animal Centre in Sechelt, BC
• Classification:
  Exempt
• Wage:
  Hourly

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.

• 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 Shelter Sense 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.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid Class N or 5 BC Driver’s 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.
• 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.

The BC SPCA is a Registered Charity BN  RR0001.