Wildlife Assistant (1812)

We're looking for a  Wildlife Assistant to join our brilliant team at RSPCA West Hatch for on a casual basis. West Hatch has some of the best wildlife rehabilitation facilities in the country.

Our Wildlife Assistants play a fundamental role in supporting the rescue, rehabilitation and release of a variety of British wildlife including orphaned and injured wild animals, from hedgehogs to seal pups. We care for our patients for as long as it takes to get them fit for return to the wild.

The centre is open 8am-9pm. The successful candidate will work different shifts and this includes weekends, early shifts and late shifts. 

• Primarily, you'll be ensuring the cleanliness, hygiene and maintenance of all areas, including pens, aviaries, pools, treatment rooms, kitchen and storage areas.
• Carrying out care, feeding and rehabilitation procedures involving hands-on treatment and monitoring of all sorts of wildlife species requiring different approaches.
• Accurately recording information and assisting in the collation of statistics.
• Assisting with the release of wildlife including the identification, surveying and preparation of release sites as well as the transportation of the animal to the release site.
• Whilst it is not essential you have a driving license, we are located in a rural area with limited public transport. Manual driving license is desirable.

• Experience of handling, rehabilitating and assessing a variety of British wildlife species.
• The emotional resilience to regularly manage injured and distressed wildlife.
• Days are varied and busy, so you'll be highly organised and adept at planning your day effectively and working under pressure.
• Ability and comfortable to work alone and unsupervised.
• Good interpersonal skills, a natural communicator and enjoy talking to people as much as you enjoy helping our wildlife!
• A whizz at keeping and maintaining computerised records.
• Whilst it is not essential you have a driving license, we are located in a rural area with limited public transport.

Successful candidates for certain RSPCA roles will need to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK - We are unable to sponsor visas at RSPCA

Due to high interest in some of our roles, we review applications as they are received. This can occasionally result in positions closing earlier than advertised. Therefore, we strongly recommend submitting applications early. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applications after the posted closing date.

We want to ensure we do all we can to give you a positive candidate experience through our recruitment. Whilst we do try to give feedback where we can, sometimes due to receiving high levels of applications, this may not always be possible

We recognise that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to achieving our core mission. For this reason we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications - in particular from members of minority ethnic groups, and people with disabilities - as these candidates are currently under-represented at the RSPCA.

Should you need any support with your application or interview process please contact resourcingteam@rspca.org.uk / 0300 123 0685.

Our mission is to ensure animals have a good life by rescuing and caring for those in need, by advocating on behalf of all animals and by inspiring everyone to treat them with compassion and respect