Wildlife Assistant

Wildlife Assistant Hastings, England

RSPCA
Full Time Hastings, England 19838 - 19953 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

We are currently looking for a Wildlife Assistant to join our brilliant team at Mallydams Wood Wildlife Centre

Mallydams Wood is a wildlife rehabilitation and education centre that also contains a woodland nature reserve. We are equipped to deal with a variety of wild animals, from orphaned fox cubs to oiled birds, and have a knowledgeable and experienced team who treat, rehabilitate and release wildlife casualties, as well as monitor their survival in the wild.

Here's some of the key work that you will be doing...

  • Primarily, you'll be ensuring the cleanliness, hygiene and maintenance of all areas, including pens, aviaries, pools, treatment rooms, kitchen and storage areas.
  • Carrying out care, feeding and rehabilitation procedures involving hands-on treatment and monitoring of all sorts of wildlife species requiring different approaches.
  • Accurately recording information and assisting in the collation of statistics.

What we are looking for in you...

  • Experience of handling, rehabilitating and assessing a variety of British wildlife species.
  • The emotional resilience to regularly manage injured and distressed wildlife.
  • Days are varied and busy, so you'll be highly organised and adept at planning your day effectively and working under pressure.
  • Ability and comfortable to work alone and unsupervised.
  • Good interpersonal skills, a natural communicator and enjoy talking to people as much as you enjoy helping our wildlife!
  • A whizz at keeping and maintaining computerised records.
  • Whilst it is not essential you have a driving license, we are located in a rural area with limited public transport so it is important you have a reliable means of transport to work. If you do have a driving licence, for insurance purposes you will need to have held it for three years in order to drive our fleet of vehicles
  • Able to work evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

How to apply

Please visit our website using the link below to make an application:

https://jobs.rspca.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/wildlife-assistant-0565-mallydams-wood-wildlife-centre/583/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. Our contact details can be found using the link to the advert above.

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-£19,953.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Company pension
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Life insurance
  • Sick pay

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 02/07/2023
Reference ID: 0565

Wildlife Assistant
RSPCA

www.rspca.org.uk
Horsham, United Kingdom
Chris Sherwood
$100 to $500 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Non-profit Organisation
Grantmaking & Charitable Foundations
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