Animal Care Assistant

3 weeks ago


ChesterleStreet, United Kingdom RSPCA Full time

Are you looking to work on the frontline of an organisation that ends cruelty, promotes kindness and alleviates suffering to animals?

We’re recruiting an Animal Care Assistant to join us at RSPCA Felledge Animal Centre on a **casual basis** to provide care for all animals in the centre, establish good customer relations and maintain administration and health and safety procedures.

Each year Felledge Animal Centre becomes home to hundreds of animals that our Inspectors rescue from cruelty, abandonment and neglect.

This is a **flexible working relationship** as we are unable to guarantee set hours or days. Work will be on a casual basis entails filling essential gaps in the roster caused by holiday or sickness.

**Why work for the RSPCA?**

It’s an exciting time to join us in the decade of our bicentenary as we focus on our _Strategy to 2030_. The RSPCA works 365 days a year, rescuing all animals of all types from abuse, neglect, and injury.

**Here’s some of the key work you’ll be doing**:

- Cleaning animal accommodation for cats and dogs to the required standard set by the RSPCA
- Preparing and providing food and water for all animals in the establishment
- Performing regular health checks on all animals and giving medical treatments as prescribed by the centre’s consulting Veterinary Surgeon
- Attending to the needs of the individual animals including providing exercise/socialisation and grooming for all animals within the care of the centre
- Communicating with members of the public, representing the RSPCA positively and professionally at all times.
- Working as part of a team with staff and volunteers
- Completing all relevant animal paperwork and updating the Centres computer data base for all animals held on site

**What we are looking for in you**:
We think this is a great role and to add value we are seeking a match of these skills, but don't worry if you don't tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you.
- Experience working with domestic animals (good animal handling skills are essential)
- Good communication skills and enjoy working as part of a team
- Good customer care skills
- Animal care qualifications are desirable

**Our values**:
We are compassionate
- We are inspirational
- We are committed
- We are expert
- We act with integrity.

**How to apply**:
quoting reference **ACA2558 **by the closing date of **Friday 2nd December.**

All online information and documents are available in alternative formats, including Braille and large font, upon request from the Resourcing Team.
- We strongly believe in being an innovative, diverse, and inclusive organisation and recognise that diversity in all of our people will help achieve that purpose and our mission more effectively._
- Ending cruelty, promoting kindness and alleviating suffering to animals._

**Job Type**: Zero hours contract

**Salary**: £11.11 per hour

Work Location: One location



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