Specialist, Wild Animal Welfare
2 weeks ago
**POSITION**: Specialist, Wild Animal Welfare
**STATUS**: Full-Time, Permanent
**SHIFT**: 35 hours per week
**CLASSIFICATION**: Exempt
**CLOSING DATE**: May 8, 2023
About the Position
The Specialist, Wild Animal Welfare position has a primary focus of supporting wildlife welfare through research, communications, advocacy, and public/stakeholder relations. The role consists of: development and delivery of wild animal welfare program-related initiatives; related data collation and management, analysis and reporting; development of communications, training, and public education content; development and promotion of wild animal welfare advocacy campaigns and initiatives and related support; volunteer recruitment, training, coordination and supervision; and other committee and administrative support.
**Responsibilities**:
**Wild Animal Welfare (30%)**:
- Contributes to the creation and implementation of wildlife welfare initiatives based on the Society’s strategic plan and fulfilment of key performance indicators
- Tracks animals assisted through Wild ARC, Night Emergency Personnel (NEP), and Animal Centers, supporting government permit data collation and submission, and dashboard updates
- Develops and delivers advocacy campaigns through research, government relations, writing, and social media; reviews and tracks wildlife bylaws, with communications as necessary
- Leads development of program materials and wildlife LMS courses for Wild ARC, Animal Helpline and Animal Care Services staff training, including humane pest control operations and reporting
**Communications and Engagement (30%)**:
- Plans, develops and maintains wildlife-related content for the BC SPCA website
- Coordinates production of relevant newsletters (e.g., WildSense, Science & Policy), including contributing content, editing, and coordinating distribution
- Represents the organization in stakeholder engagement, community outreach, relevant conferences, workshops, and government stakeholder consultations; plans internal and external meetings/conferences/symposiums as needed
- Provides training and presentations to internal and external audiences on wildlife program initiatives
- Responds to media requests, as required
- Drafts and provide content to wild animal welfare related enquiries from the public, staff and volunteers
- Coordinates provincial wildlife communications and online activities (e.g. Wildlife-in-Focus, SPCA Shop and gift catalogue, online campaigns, and e-blasts)
**AnimalKind Program (20%)**:
- Acts as a technical resource, supporting program implementation through research, standards review, content development, process and administration review, editing, communications (social, news items, website), presentations and wildlife control audits
- Updates existing LMS courses and develops new courses, in collaboration with the Training & Development Specialist, as needed
- Coordinates Review Panels and supports administrative duties that relate to AnimalKind
**General (20%)**:
- Member of BC SPCA Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) and leads revision of selected wildlife-related position statements
- Member of AWC Research Subcommittee, as secretary, to support research initiatives
- Participates on other committees as needed
- In collaboration with the Volunteer Resources team, recruits and trains program volunteers
- Prepares regular progress reports on the above activities for supervisor as required
- Performs other related duties, as required
**Qualifications**:
- University degree in applied biology, animal welfare sciences or a related field plus a minimum of 5-8 years’ relevant experience; or a combination of education and experience acceptable to the employer. Related experience includes, but is not limited to:
- hands-on animal welfare experience
- liaising or working in wildlife research/management, non-profits or regulators
- working with diverse stakeholders and different opinions
- writing public education materials, such as web content, newsletters, training materials and social media posts
- Training in communications or media relations would be considered an asset
- Proven interest in animal welfare and understanding of BC SPCA evidence-based position statements and standards
- Superb interpersonal skills, particularly with reference to managing professional relationships
- Strong teamwork skills and work ethic
- Problem-solving and critical thinking skills
- Excellent organizational skills coupled with the ability to multi-task and attention to detail
- Demonstrated research, report and manuscript writing skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to relate respectfully to a diverse audience
- Demonstrated ability to work independently under mínimal supervision, as well as part of a team
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, planning and prioritizing a varied workload in order to meet fixed deadlines
- Ability to travel and work flexible hours (i.e. occasional even
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