Animal Care Assistant Chester-le-Street, England
Job description
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 our Felledge Animal Centre in Chester-le Street on a permanent basis to provide care for all animals in the centre, establish good customer relations, maintain administration and health and safety procedures.
At Felledge we can house up to 60 cats and 40 dogs at one time. All the animals that come to the centre have been rescued from cruelty or neglect, and our staff work hard to rehabilitate them and prepare them for a new life with caring and loving adopters.
Our vision is a society where no animal suffers unnecessarily. Some animals that come to us have been mistreated, kept in awful conditions or left without free access to food or water. They may arrive terrified and it's up to us to try and work out why and bring them round to trusting people again. We do this on a daily basis with a dedicated team that we're extremely proud of
What 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 centres 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 database for all animals held on site
You'll have...
- Experience working with domestic animals, preferably in a welfare setting. 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
- Able to commit to shifts, including bank holidays and weekends
What's in it for you
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.
Benefits:
- Great annual leave benefits - 25 days annual leave on entry rising after 5 years service
- Additional Society day around Christmas
- Generous pension scheme
- Associated life assurance and group income protection scheme
- Access to a private healthcare cash plan
- Employee assistance programme
- Family friendly policies
Our values
* We are compassionate * We are inspirational * We are committed * We are expert * We act with integrity *
How to apply
To make an application please visit our website by using this link:
https://jobs.rspca.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/animal-care-assistant-0600-felledge-animal-centre/618/description/
Please note we are unable to accept applications via Indeed.
We review applications as they are received, so early submissions are highly encouraged. We reserve the right to close this advert once sufficient applications have been screened and progressed.
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. We actively encourage and seek applications from a wide diversity of candidates and in particular welcome applications from minority ethnic, black, and candidates with disabilities, who are currently under-represented at the RSPCA.
Ending cruelty, promoting kindness and alleviating suffering to animals.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £19,838.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 05/07/2023
Reference ID: 0600
