Animal Welfare Assistant, Manchester

2 weeks ago


Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Blue Cross For Pets Full time

Animal Welfare Assistant, Manchester Rehoming Advice and Behaviour unit

**Salary**: £21,622 pro rata per annum
Location: Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
Closing date: 26th February

We currently have the following contracts available:
Permanent, Full time (42 hours/5 days)
Permanent, part time (21 hours/3 days)
Fixed term contract until Dec 23, part time (21 hours/3 days)

Blue Cross are one of the UK’s leading animal welfare organisations for animals. We support sick, injured and homeless pets and care for more than 40,000 animals every year through our rehoming, veterinary and education programmes.

What is the role?

Our Blue Cross team members will be passionate about animal welfare and have a desire to help pets and people. We are looking for success orientated individuals who are self-starters and will thrive on the challenge of working in a Blue Cross rehoming and advice unit. Accurate record keeping, decision making skills and ability to work both in a team and alone are essential.

All positions are on a locally agreed rota which includes weekends and public holidays. (full time hours for this role are 42 hours per week).

Want to know more the detail? Great We have attached the job description which hopefully gives you everything you need.

What is required?
We are looking for people with the following:

- Valid manual driving licence, this role requires a significant amount of driving
- Paid or voluntary employment with domestic animals
- Experience of working with members of the public in a customer service environment
- Sound administrative skills, including computerised systems
- Experience of working to strict health and safety procedures
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Good literacy and numeracy skills.
- Experience of cash handling

It would be great if you had:

- Paid or voluntary employment in an animal welfare environment
- Experience of working with volunteers
- Animal management qualification or equivalent experience gained through employment or vocational training
- Animal behaviour qualification or equivalent experience gained through employment or vocational training

Why work for Blue Cross?
- 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Holiday exchange & enhanced parental leave
- Annual volunteer days
- Long service awards, starting from 5 years
- Huge range of discounts across high street stores, insurance services & more

To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £21,622.00 per year



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