Specialist, Wild Animal Welfare

If you are up for the challenge and would like to be considered for this position, we would like to hear from you. The British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BC SPCA) is looking to fill the following career opportunity:
**POSITION**: Specialist, Wild Animal Welfare
**STATUS**: Permanent; Full-Time
**SHIFT**: 35 hours per week
**LOCATION**: Vancouver, BC - Hybrid (2 days per week at the office)
**CLASSIFICATION**: Exempt
**WAGE**: Salaried
**CLOSING DATE**: Open Until September 26, 2025.
**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 wild animal welfare initiatives based on the Society’s strategic plan and fulfilment of key performance indicators.
- Tracks wild animals assisted through Wild ARC, Night Emergency Personnel (NEP), and Animal Centres, 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 updates existing wildlife LMS courses and develops new courses, in collaboration with the Training & Development Specialist, 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 engagement with interested parties, community outreach, relevant conferences, workshops, and government consultations; plans internal and external meetings/conferences/symposiums as needed.
- In collaboration with the Training & Development Specialist, provides training and presentations to internal and external audiences on wild animal program initiatives.
- In collaboration with the Media & Internal Communications team:

- Responds to media requests, as required.
- Responds to wild animal welfare related enquiries from the public, staff and volunteers.
- Coordinates provincial wild animal 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.
- Coordinates Review Panels and supports administrative duties that relate to AnimalKind.

**General (20%)**:

- Participates as a member of the BC SPCA Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) and leads revision of selected wildlife-related position statements.
- Participates as a member of the AWC Research Subcommittee, as secretary, to support research initiatives.
- Participates on other committees as needed.
- Contributes to the growth of a culture of health and safety and volunteerism.
- In collaboration with the Volunteer Resources team, recruits and trains program volunteers.
- Looks for opportunities to enhance volunteerism within portfolio.
- Demonstrates a commitment to BC SPCA values, work-life balance, and principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and reconciliation.
- 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 o