Animal Care Assistant
1 month ago
Thorrington
- 3-4 days per week (flexible hours which will include some weekends/bank holidays) - Clean driving licence preferred ** Wildlives Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (East Anglia) is looking for a competent and committed professional to join a very busy registered charity caring for injured and orphaned wild animals and birds. This is a fully paid position but shortlisted candidates will be expected to volunteer for a few days as part of the interview process. Competitive salary for the right candidate. Full training will be given.**
** Overall Responsibilities** - Undertake basic care needs of wildlife in care - cleaning out, feeding, treating and monitoring - Administering drugs and ensuring drugs regimes are followed - Ensuring adherence to workplace practice including health and safety - Admission of new animals and birds and dealing with members of the public - Assist with maintenance of animal shelters and pens - Grounds maintenance, weeding, hedge trimming etc. - Occasional driving to veterinary surgeries or to collect feed - Work flexibly in relation to increased demands with influx of animals or volunteer availability ** Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Characteristics Required** - Must be able to work on own initiative - Desire and ability to learn; be prepared to undertake any training required to fulfil the position - Demonstrate empathy and respect for the animals and birds in care - Demonstrate good inter-personal skills - Work well as part of a team and in the absence of Principal Trustee. - Flexibility around working hours – emergencies cannot be scheduled - Literate and numerate, able to manage drug calculations and complete forms legibly - A strong stomach. Wildlives deals with serious and sometimes infected wounds and many other injuries and ailments, as well as performing post mortems on site. - Resilience – while Wildlives has an unprecedented success rate, not everything has a happy ending. The successful candidate would be able to learn from those that do not and move on. This job description is not exhaustive and candidate will be required to undertake duties commensurate with this role
