Wildlife Assistant
Company: SSPCA
Salary: £23.809.50
Location: Fishcross
Date posted: 5 June 2025
Apply before: Unspecified
The Job:
We are current looking for a Seasonal Wildlife Assistant to join the team at the National Wildlife Rescue Centre, Fishcross, Alloa. The contract dates for this role will be from 21 July until no later than 31 October 2025 to cover the busy season at the wildlife centre.
Our Wildlife Assistants are there to provide a caring and safe environment for all animals and maximise their comfort in the National Wildlife Rescue Centre.
Working with many different types of animals, no day will ever look the same.
The role requires feeding; cleaning animal accommodation, isolation areas, pens, treatment rooms and exercise facilities; hands on treatment, care and monitoring all sorts of creatures including administering medications as required; and release of animals back into the wild.
- Location: Scotland, Perth and Kinross, Fife
- Industry: Animal Care, Environment, Conservation and Sustainability
- Job type: Full-time, Fixed term
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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 185 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
- An interest in wildlife and animal welfare
- Excellent customer care and communication skills
- Good attention to detail
- Good IT skills
- 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.
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