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Relief Animal Care Assistant - SSPCA

Company: SSPCA
Salary: £4,761.90 per annum (£23,809.50 pa FTE)
Location: Balerno, Edinburgh
Date posted: 23 September 2025
Apply before: 2 October 2025

 

The Job:

We are current looking for a Relief Animal Care Assistant to join the team at the Edinburgh Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre. This centre offers rehabilitation and rehoming to both domestic animals and equine.


  • Location: Scotland, Edinburgh & The Lothians
  • Industry: Animal Care
  • Job type: Permanent, Part-time

Relief Animal Care Assistant - SSPCA

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The Company:

As Scotland’s animal welfare charity, we have been on-hand to protect animals and prevent cruelty since 1839 – that’s over 184 years of creating a better world for all animals. We’ve grown to become a national charity which celebrates the strength of the human-animal bond and enriches the lives of animals and people. We are Scotland’s animal champions.

The Candidate:

  • Practical experience working with animals
  • Experience working with the general public
  • Previous experience in a customer focussed environment
  • Excellent customer care and communication skills
  • Good attention to detail
  • Good IT skills
  • A commitment to animal welfare
  • Resilient and calm approach to the role
  • Ability to act with professional integrity
  • Flexible approach
  • Able to work well within a team
  • A willingness to work within group shift pattern.

The Package:

  • Hours – 7.5 hours per week, 2 days in 14 to include weekend working on a rota basis (plus extra to cover holiday, maternity and sickness as required can end up doing 3 - 4 days a week).

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