{"id":458,"date":"2015-04-08T03:13:02","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T19:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spca.org.my\/?p=458"},"modified":"2020-09-30T13:07:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T13:07:38","slug":"we-are-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.spcaselangor.org\/wp49\/news\/we-are-hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"We are hiring!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-459 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.spcaselangor.org\/wp49\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8Apr2015_Vacancy.jpg\" alt=\"8Apr2015_Vacancy\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" \/><br \/>\nLove animals enough to be practical about it?<br \/>\nWe\u2019re looking to hire an\u00a0<strong>Assistant Animal Welfare Officer (Events &amp; Admin support)<\/strong> to help us move SPCA into a new era of animal welfare.<br \/>\nYou\u2019ll be expected to perform a variety of duties depending on your talents and how you fit into our current team.<br \/>\n<strong>Qualities we look for in our staff:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Versatile<\/li>\n<li>Fast learner and willing to learn<\/li>\n<li>People skills<\/li>\n<li>Love animals<\/li>\n<li>Positive attitude<\/li>\n<li>Team player<\/li>\n<li>Multi-lingual is a bonus<\/li>\n<li>Administrative skills<\/li>\n<li>An organised person<\/li>\n<li>Must love to meet people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Requirements:<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity degrees are favored. Experience not necessary; willingness to learn essential.<br \/>\n<strong>What you\u2019ll get from us:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since we have a small team, you\u2019ll have five times as much responsibility as you would in a similar position in the US, Australia or UK.<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll gain a huge amount of experience in lots of different areas of animal welfare<\/li>\n<li>Diverse environment with a strict non-discrimination policy. All we care about is how well you can help the animals!<\/li>\n<li>Starting salary RM1800<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Animal Welfare Officers are qualified, experienced animal handlers with a clear understanding of the vision\/mission of the SPCA. A confident ability to handle a multitude of situations and take on multiple roles to support the welfare of animals. This includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rescue and rehabilitation of animals<\/li>\n<li>Handling both helpful and hostile people<\/li>\n<li>Knowing their role as it relates to the law and government bodies<\/li>\n<li>Education, promotion and fundraising<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Animal Handling<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The ability to understand a range of animal behaviours<\/li>\n<li>Handling defensive, fearful, unruly and semi-wild animals<\/li>\n<li>Be capable of a variety of animal \u2018rescue\u2019 techniques: netting, noosing, trapping, in a manner that creates maximum success with minimum stress to the animal.<\/li>\n<li>Be capable of defining, explaining and demonstrating long term animal management, including: the health, training and daily care of common domestic pets; the support and long-term care of stray, feral and \u2018loosely owned\u2019 animals; and the support and care of wild animals in local environments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Communication\/People<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrate a confident and articulate manner with all kinds of people, on the telephone, face to face and through written mediums<\/li>\n<li>Work well as part of a team<\/li>\n<li>Be capable of working on their own initiative, driving long and short term SPCA projects\/events\/programmes<\/li>\n<li>Be supportive and positive towards other staff members, volunteers, visitors, and public<\/li>\n<li>Deal with emotional\/difficult people with a professional mixture of sympathy\/understanding and confident strength.<\/li>\n<li>Independent driver capable of multiple forms of transport<\/li>\n<li>Ability to keep accurate records and follow programmes and standard operating systems as defined by the SPCA<\/li>\n<li>Capable of working with all standard computer systems<\/li>\n<li>Capable of handling a variety of social media portals<\/li>\n<li>A working knowledge of the law as it relates to animal welfare.<\/li>\n<li>An understanding of the role of the SPCA in its relations with Department of Veterinary Services (DVS), Health &amp; Safety, licensing and council by-laws<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Please send us your CV and cover letter at enquiries@spca.org.my, or call Lorna Fisher at 42565312 for more information.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love animals enough to be practical about it? 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