What's involved with this role:
Temporary Animal Care Assistant
Job Ref: Sheffield 0009 7998 / 1
Pay Rate: £12.93 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Sunday, TBC
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: SHEFFIELD
Provide a high level of care for the animals (cats and dogs) and customers at the City Council’s Animal Shelter, working on a rota basis, 7 days a week. Day to day cleaning, feeding and watering of all animals on the premises. Work in accordance with council policies and procedures to support and assist other council officers in the performance of their duties.
Key responsibilities:
Prepare food and help with feeding the animals
Clean and groom the animals
Make sure the animals are exercised regularly
Clean out kennels, enclosures, cages or stables
Looking after animals that are sick or distressed
Maintaining the animal enclosures
Keeping up-to-date records and deal with questions from owners, colleagues, and visitors
Key requirements:
GCSE qualifications or equivalent.
Volunteering experience working with animals in sanctuaries, charities or rescue centres
Excellent verbal communication skills
Customer service skills
Be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device
Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
Ability to work well with others
Ability to accept criticism and work well under pressure
Ability to use your initiative
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Sheffield 0009 7998 / 1
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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