Senior Animal Attendant - BARC
Job No:
8520226
Location:
Bendigo
- Full time, Ongoing
- Band 4, Starting salary $72,038 plus superannuation
Click here to view the Position Description
The City of Greater Bendigo is in the heart of central Victoria on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country. Located just 90 minutes’ drive from Melbourne, our region offers all the benefits of a large city with a warm and welcoming country feel.
Greater Bendigo is an attractive region that is famous for its food and wine, and boasts the Bendigo Art Gallery, theatres, stunning heritage buildings and natural surrounds that provide great recreational opportunities. There are also high quality education and health services, a wide range of housing options, excellent rail and road networks, and Bendigo Airport has regular direct QantasLink flights to Sydney.
We provide more than 65 important services to support our community, which is heading towards a population of 200,000 by 2050. Now is a great time to join us!
The Role
An opportunity now exists within our Safe Environments unit for suitable experienced Senior Animal Attendant to join our team of professionals, playing a key role in ensuring daily compliance with relevant Acts, Regulations, Codes and Policies relating to the operation of the Bendigo Animal Relief Centre (BARC).
Under guidance from BARC’s Team Leader, this role is required to supervise volunteers and support BARC’s team of Animal Attendants, demonstrating the key components of an effective team player with a strong commitment to working together. The role involved competing work demands to meet the expectations of our customers, the needs of our communities’ pets, as well as ensuring legislative compliance.
Tasks include but are not limited to daily animal inspection and assessment, responding to customer enquiries, supporting pet owners in crisis, cleaning of animal housing areas, establishing and providing daily welfare requirements to animals, maintaining accurate animal records, transportation of domestic animals and administration of medication and treatment.
This position is across a 7-day roster and will include weekend and public holiday shifts, with the possibility of out-of-hours emergency management requirements.
About You
You will have relevant qualifications or experience in handling and caring for domestic animals, enjoy working in a team environment, have a customer service focus with good administration, organisation and communication skills.
A satisfactory police records check and current employee Working with Children Check is required for this position.
Benefits
- Annual salary increases | Full time position | Secure and stable employment
- Contribute to our community | Work close to home in beautiful Bendigo
- Access to a range of mental health and wellbeing supportive initiatives
Visit our Employee Benefits website for more of our benefits.
Contact
If you require any further information regarding this position, please contact Fra Atyeo, Operations Manager BARC, 5434 6329.
To Apply
Please submit your cover letter, outlining why you are interested in this position and detailing your relevant experience with your current CV/resume by Tuesday 24 February 2026.