Location: Nova Scotia SPCA – Waterville, Nova Scotia
Job Type: Full-time
Compensation: Starting at $20 per hour, consideration given for experience and qualifications
Start Date: As soon as possible
The Nova Scotia SPCA is looking for a compassionate, dedicated, collaborative and people-focused Shelter Supervisor at our Kings SPCA Shelter. This individual will assist the Shelter Manager in promoting and contributing to organizational initiatives supporting day-to-day operational effectiveness.
The ideal candidate has strong interpersonal skills, fostering connections across our community of fosters, volunteers, staff and members of the public.
Please see below for more details on the position and information on how to apply.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Champions organizational initiatives by fostering engagement, collaboration and support for new strategic directions.
- Communicates with the Shelter Manager on daily challenges, ongoing operational needs and trends/challenges to identify shelter support needs.
- Providing supervision and support to shelter staff & volunteers.
- Assisting with training new staff/volunteers in reception & animal care duties.
- Support in maintaining the Foster and Volunteer programs within the shelter.
- Support communication efforts by ensuring policy and procedure changes are communicated, clarified, and implemented.
- Must be willing to handle urgent and sometimes emotionally challenging situations involving animals and the public.
- Provide a wide range of administrative and clerical duties.
- Maintain accurate records for animal inventory, health, medications, treatments, procedures and behaviour history.
- Assist with animal care tasks, including all nutritional, housing, grooming and medical needs are met daily according to approved processes.
- Provides humane handling and care for all animals.
- Other duties as assigned.
Additional Information:
- Flexibility is required as this role includes working evenings, weekends and holidays.
- A valid driver’s licence is required
What we offer:
- Dental and health benefits including Teladoc telemedicine service (after 3 months).
- RRSP matching contributions (after 1 year)
- Internal employee rewards program.
- Employee discount for veterinary services, pet food and at SPCA thrift stores.
Qualifications, Experience and Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to support and engage in organization initiatives
- Experience fostering relationships with community members
- Prior experience in animal care in an animal shelter or veterinary clinic setting and managing challenging animal behaviours safely and effectively is an asset.
- Physical ability to bend and lift and carry up to 40 lbs regularly.
- Experience working independently and as part of a team in a busy, collaborative, and task-oriented environment.
- Strong time and task management skills.
- Professional demeanour when navigating difficult situations.
- Experience and competence in handling sensitive and confidential information.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills.
Nova Scotia SPCA is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified applicants, regardless of gender, race, age, sexuality, or disability. SPCA provides a competitive salary and a rewarding work environment. Preference will be given to qualified candidates who self-identify as African Nova Scotians, racially visible persons, persons with disabilities,
Aboriginal persons and persons of the LGBTQ+ community. We encourage applicants to self-identify.
Interested applicants are asked to submit their resume and cover letter, indicating salary expectations to [email protected]. As a part of our hiring process, we require applicants to complete behavioural and cognitive assessments. You will be provided links and screening questions after submitting your resume.
We thank all applicants for their interest in the position; however, only those selected for screening will be contacted.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
Work Location: In person
