Animal Care Assistant (Part Time weekends)

Animal Care Assistant – NAWT, Bedfordshire Centre

Glebe Farm, Salford Road, Aspley Guise, Milton Keynes, MK17 8HZ

Hours: 24 hours (3 days) per week – including weekends and 1 week day. 8:00am-5:00pm.

£10.42 per hour (£13,004.16 per annum)

Please apply by downloading an application form from our website and sending it to- c.farr@nawt.org.uk.

https://www.nawt.org.uk/vacancies/part-time-animal-care-assistant-bedfordshire/

At the National Animal Welfare Trust, we never stop caring for our animals and people. As a rescue and rehoming charity, operating five rehoming centres and three shops across the south of England, we are committed to improving the lives of the UK’s pets, helping around 1,500 animals each year. We have ambitious plans for our future development and need an enthusiastic and self-motivated Animal Care Assistant to join our Bedfordshire team and make a difference.

About the role:

Animal Care Assistants are responsible for the general care, welfare and homing of all animals during their time in NAWT care. To engage with members of the public looking to either relinquish or rehome a pet. To promote NAWT homing and support services, including homed direct and short-term fostering. To continually provide excellent customer service to optimise animal and customer journeys.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Animal Care

• Responsible for the day-to-day care of all animals, including the cleaning and maintenance of their accommodation, feeding, exercising and grooming.
• To be responsible for delivering the required training and behaviour modification programmes to all applicable animals.
• Maintain accurate paper and electronic records to include admission, rehoming, behaviour and veterinary information.
• To ensure that any animal illness, injury or behaviour issues are recorded and reported immediately to the centre management team.

Animal Intake and Rehoming

• Positively promote all homing services, including home direct and short-term fostering opportunities.
• Ensure a compassionate, empathic, and non-judgemental approach is taken with all members of the public needing to relinquish their pet.
• Inform customers of our rehoming procedures, give advice to those wishing to rehome a pet and assist customers with any homing enquiries, providing accurate information to ensure a thorough matching process is adhered to at all times.
• Ensure animals available for homing are advertised in a positive and professional manor, focusing on evidence based matching criteria.
• Ensure all paper and electronic details are updated in a timely manner and animal information recorded where required.
• To arrange and manage animal introductions with potential owners and animals available for homing.

Other Duties

• To be welcoming to customers visiting the Centre, informing them of our procedures and being helpful at all times whilst delivering exceptional customer service at all times.
• To positively promote and contribute to centre fundraising activities at all times.
• Responsible for keeping all areas of the centre clean and tidy at all times.
• To work alongside existing centre volunteers and assist with new volunteer inductions.
• To ensure that accurate written and electronic records for animals coming into and leaving the site are updating when necessary.
• To continually maintain professional and collaborative working relationships with all colleagues whilst always maintaining a positive and friendly culture.
• To assist in other areas of centre operations when staffing levels require.
• Attend any meetings as requested, contributing positively and collaboratively.
• Attend relevant training and personal development opportunities in order to fulfil the requirements of the ACA role.
• To adhere to all NAWT policies and procedures and assist the organisation in developing, implementing and monitoring them, including Equal Opportunities and Health & Safety policies.
• To carry out any other duties relevant to the post as directed by the Supervisor or Board of Trustees

About you:

The successful candidate will be hard working, reliable, physically fit due to the nature of the work, good humoured and a strong team player. They will have an aptitude for dealing with people and deliver excellent customer service to positively promote the work of NAWT. They will have an affinity with animals but will be able to take an objective view on the care of the animals for which they are responsible. They will be calm and assured under pressure and be able to deal with any given situation. A uniform is provided and must be worn during working hours.

If you feel you have the right skills to be a successful Animal Care Assistant, please fill out the application that can be found on our website and send it to c.farr@nawt.org.uk. The full Job Description can also be viewed on our website:

https://www.nawt.org.uk/vacancies/part-time-animal-care-assistant-bedfordshire/

Closing date for applications is Sunday 4th June 2023 at 5pm

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 24 per week

Salary: £10.42 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 04/06/2023
Expected start date: 17/07/2023