Cat care assistant jobs

About the Role

We’re proud to partner with Great Ormond Street Hospital to be the transport provider to the Children’s Acute Transport Service (CATS) and we’re looking for passionate, dedicated Emergency Ambulance Crews to support this service.  You’ll work alongside the clinical teams from CATS to respond to, stabilise and transport critically unwell children between Intensive Care Units across London and surrounding areas.
The Children’s Acute Transport Service (CATS) is a paediatric critical care transport team serving around 50 hospitals in the North Thames, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and East Anglia. St John Ambulance CATS have a longstanding relationship dating nearly 20 years and together we respond to, stabilise and transport critically unwell children between Intensive Care Units across London and the surrounding counties.

Together, we are one of the largest specialist paediatric transport services in Europe and move 1,200 critically ill children a year by road and air. The CATS team take the skills of a paediatric intensive care unit ‘on the road’, to the bedside of critically ill children where it is needed.

Our small but effective team of Emergency Ambulance Crew (EAC) are co-located with the Trust’s clinical team on the Great Ormond Street Hospital site where they plan and respond to thousands of requests to support unwell children each year.  Functioning as a truly embedded team, our EACs are part of a truly unique team bringing joy to families lives in caring for their loved ones.

And you can join this amazing team today!  We’re looking for passionate and committed people to join this service and become part of the team.

As an EAC, you will be responsible for ensuring your vehicle and clinical equipment are ready to respond to referrals, joining the clinical team for planning, coordination and review sessions.  You’ll expertly handle transporting the clinical team to a referring hospital, be part of the team that helps to stabilise the patient and then safely deliver them to the receiving hospital’s Intensive Care Unit. You will be responsible for providing high quality, professional and compassionate care for patients and ensuring current clinical practice procedures and requirements are followed.

About You

To be considered for the role you must be educated to GCSE level and have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels. You should have a minimum of 12 months driving experience and hold a full UK driving licence with a maximum of three penalty points. All applicants must have a C1 on their licence.  Those working towards this would be required to have it by an agreed start date. Candidates will need to have an enhanced full DBS check (which we provide) and complete a health check to ensure they are able to take up frontline work. This is a shift based role in a team that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Shifts are 12 hours in duration and on a shift rotation basis.  This is not a 9 to 5 role and will include rostered weekend, night and bank holiday working for which enhanced pay premiums are added. 

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

You will receive:

• Competitive salary & pension scheme with overtime and unsocial hours premiums
• An increasing annual leave allowance with continuous service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Group Life Assurance scheme
• Season ticket (travel) loans
• Health and Wellbeing portal - Access to financial, health and wellbeing guidance and support.
• Discounts - Blue Light, NHS Discounts and SJA discounts including discounts on mobile phone, gym membership, cinema, restaurants, holidays and shopping-including your weekly food shop.

Interview Date: TBC

Application Review Date: 28/02/2022

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, so are particularly interested in applications from women, trans and non-binary people, as well as those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with different accessibility needs.

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any speculative CVs submitted without invitation will not be considered

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to work proactively and collaboratively with Directors, Senior Managers, and other budget holders as the primary point of contact to support and coach them across the full Finance remit to enable delivery of financial targets, key performance indicators and to raise the level of commerciality and financial awareness across Battersea.

About us

Battersea is here for every dog and cat and has been since 1860. We are a leading animal welfare charity and over the last 160 years we’ve grown from one home in London to three rescuing and rehoming centres across the South East. With c500 staff and 1000 volunteers, we have cared for over three million vulnerable animals We also campaign tirelessly to make things better for dogs and cats; sharing our expertise and educating the public and policymakers about responsible pet ownership. Join us and make a difference for every dog and cat.

Our Finance & Corporate Services Team

Battersea’s Finance and Corporate Services Department incorporates a range of functions that support the rest of the organisation. From IT helpdesk and systems support, to financial accounting, legacy administration, procurement and facilities management, these teams work strategically and collaboratively to ensure that Battersea can be here for every dog and cat.

What we can offer you

Our dedicated people mean that we can be here for every dog and cat. Whether you are sharing an office with our dogs or directly caring for our cats, our animals show their appreciation every day. There is no better reward than seeing the difference you make to the lives of our dogs and cats first-hand; although we also provide a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
• Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental (£100), optical (£100), physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture (£325) every year
• Annual interest-free season ticket loans
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
• Life insurance

During the Coronavirus restrictions, our animal-facing staff continued to work on site and our office based staff worked from home. We are currently operating a hybrid working model with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. We believe this will support office-based staff to maintain the benefits of home working, while allowing for collaboration and interaction with our animal-facing staff and maintaining a connection to our cause.

As such, you’ll be expected to work in our Battersea office for at least 50% of your working week.

So, if you are passionate about dogs, cats and about our work, then we’d like to hear from you.

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all current and prospective staff, volunteers and Trustees. We aim to ensure that this commitment, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together. We would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic and disabled candidates, who are currently under-represented at Battersea.

Closing date: Sunday 14 August 2022

Interview date(s): w/c 22 August 2022

For full details, please download our recruitment pack. To apply, click the button below.  All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised; we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

Are you a feline focused Veterinary Surgeon with a passion for communication? Are you looking for a role that brings the opportunity to positively influence the welfare of many cats, shaping the understanding of cats needs for a variety of different audiences? We currently have an exciting opportunity for an inspiring individual to join our Veterinary team on a fixed term contract until the end of November 2023 as Central Veterinary Officer, this role is home based. You will join us working 35 hours per week and in return you will receive a competitive salary of up to £60,049.39 per annum plus excellent benefits.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of adoption and homing centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2021, we helped 137,000 cats and kittens.

The Veterinary Department are responsible for ensuring that the behaviour and welfare, husbandry and treatment of cats in Cats Protection's care is maintained to a high standard at all times and also work to improve the welfare of the general cat population. 

Responsibilities of our Central Veterinary Officer:

Reporting to the Head of Clinical Services the Central Veterinary Officer provides essential advice and guidance to all departments within Cats Protection and supports the charity to promote positive cat welfare messages to the veterinary profession and the wider population. You will develop and review written material such as veterinary protocols and educational resources and edit Cats Protection’s ‘Clinic’ magazine for veterinary professionals. As a spokesperson for the charity you will attend conferences and events promoting Cats Protection’s mission and values and liaise closely with other departments to ensure our veterinary products and services meet the needs of the cats in our care. The role also line manages Cats Protection’s Veterinary Support team and the National Cat Centre’s onsite veterinary clinic.

What we’re looking for in our Central Veterinary Officer:

• A degree in veterinary medicine and a valid driving license
• Currently registered with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to practise in the UK
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral
• Significant experience working in a small animal practice
• Charity/shelter medicine experience
• Selfmotivation and the ability to work on own initiative
• The ability to work accurately and under pressure
• Leadership skills

What we can offer you:

• Opportunity to move away from clinical practice
• salary of up to £60,049.39 per annum plus excellent benefits
• generous annual leave entitlement
• contribution pension scheme
• life assurance scheme
• range of health benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme and more

Join us as our Central Veterinary Officer and know you are helping to make a real difference to cats and kittens across the UK!

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly. Please note applications which are received after the closing date may not be responded to.

Closing date: 15th August 2022

Virtual interview date: W/C 22nd August 2022

Please note, should we receive a large amount of applications for this vacancy, we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised closing date.

Cats Protection is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and protecting anyone that comes into contact with us from harm.  We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment

You may be subject to a criminal record check if required for the role.

We are looking for a HR Advisor to deliver a high quality, flexible Human Resources service, responsive to the needs of the organisation, and in line with legislative requirements and good practice. Providing expert HR advice and support to line managers and staff on people matters, empowering managers to lead on people matters with support and guidance where required.

About us

Battersea is here for every dog and cat and has been since 1860. We are a leading animal welfare charity and over the last 160 years we’ve grown from one home in London to three rescuing and rehoming centres across the South East. With c500 staff and 1000 volunteers, we have cared for over three million vulnerable animals We also campaign tirelessly to make things better for dogs and cats; sharing our expertise and educating the public and policymakers about responsible pet ownership. Join us and make a difference for every dog and cat.

Our Human Resources Team

Battersea’s Human Resources department provides expert advice, guidance and support through partnership with managers, teams and people across the organisation. Battersea is way ahead of the sector when it comes to employee engagement – and our department works hard to keep us there. Our work involves everything from pay and benefits to providing learning and development solutions that support other departments achieve their strategic objectives. We do this to attract, retain and develop our people to be the best they can be, so we can be here for more dogs and cats.

Core HR team 

Within the Human Resources department sits the core HR team and the L&D Team. Providing strategic and operational advice on all HR topics and developing/operating good practice policies procedures and processes, we enable our people to help every dog and cat.

What we can offer you

Our dedicated people mean that we can be here for every dog and cat. Whether you are sharing an office with our dogs or directly caring for our cats, our animals show their appreciation every day. There is no better reward than seeing the difference you make to the lives of our dogs and cats first-hand; although we also provide a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
• Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental (£100), optical (£100), physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture (£325) every year
• Annual interest-free season ticket loans
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
• Life insurance

During the Coronavirus restrictions, our animal-facing staff continued to work on site and our office based staff worked from home. We are currently operating a hybrid working model with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. We believe this will support office-based staff to maintain the benefits of home working, while allowing for collaboration and interaction with our animal-facing staff and maintaining a connection to our cause.

As such, you’ll be expected to work in our Battersea office for at least 50% of your working week.

So, if you are passionate about dogs, cats and about our work, then we’d like to hear from you.

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all current and prospective staff, volunteers and Trustees. We aim to ensure that this commitment, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together. We would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic and disabled candidates, who are currently under-represented at Battersea.

Closing date: Sunday 14 August 2022

Interview date(s): Tuesday 23 August 2022

For full details, please download our recruitment pack. To apply, click the button below.  All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised; we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest dog welfare charity and normally cares for around 14,000 dogs across its network of 21 rehoming centres in the UK and one in Dublin.

The Public Affairs Team works across Westminster, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the EU, to ensure the health and welfare of dogs is always taken into consideration by policy makers. In addition to our direct political engagement, Dogs Trust chairs the Pet Advertising Advisory Group (PAAG) which aims to combat growing concerns regarding the irresponsible advertising of pets for sale, rehoming, and exchange. We also provide the secretariat for the EU Dog & Cat Alliance, through which we engage with EU policy makers, and call for EU action to build a better Europe for dogs and cats.

This administrative role will support the work of our ambitious public affairs work programme across Westminster and Whitehall, the devolved administrations and in the EU. This role also supports the management of the Pet Advertising Advisory Group (PAAG) and the EU Dog & Cat Alliance, both of which our team provides the secretariat for, as well as supporting our wider UK public affairs work.

This role is very busy, and the successful applicant will require the ability to remain calm under pressure, with a flexible but methodical approach and able to change direction quickly. It is important that the candidate is able to work as part of a team, but also able to work unsupervised and use their own initiative as appropriate.

Working hours are 9am to 5pm and while based in the London Office we operate ona hybrid model where you will split your time between office and homeworking. Occasional flexibility is necessary plus travel and overnight stays when required.

An interest and sympathy for the aims of Dogs Trust is essential and the post holder must be comfortable around dogs.

We are looking for a Data Selections Officer to deliver targeted and segmented data selections while ensuring that those selections are insight-led, considering ongoing analysis and delivered within agreed timescales. To maintain database records so that accurate reports can be created.

About us

Battersea is here for every dog and cat and has been since 1860. We are a leading animal welfare charity and over the last 160 years we’ve grown from one home in London to three rescuing and rehoming centres across the South East. With c500 staff and 1000 volunteers, we have cared for over three million vulnerable animals We also campaign tirelessly to make things better for dogs and cats; sharing our expertise and educating the public and policymakers about responsible pet ownership. Join us and make a difference for every dog and cat.

Our Fundraising Team

Battersea’s multiple award-winning Fundraising department raises around 60% of the Charity’s total income. Working with colleagues across the organisation, we provide members of the public and organisations with opportunities to engage with Battersea and to support our work. Through continued investment, net fundraising income has risen from just £100,000 in 2010 to £10m in 2019, and we will continue to grow our income to make sure Battersea can be here for every cat and dog now and in the future.

What we can offer you

Our dedicated people mean that we can be here for every dog and cat. Whether you are sharing an office with our dogs or directly caring for our cats, our animals show their appreciation every day. There is no better reward than seeing the difference you make to the lives of our dogs and cats first-hand; although we also provide a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
• Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental (£100), optical (£100), physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture (£325) every year
• Annual interest-free season ticket loans
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
• Life insurance

During the Coronavirus restrictions, our animal-facing staff continued to work on site and our office based staff worked from home. We are currently operating a hybrid working model with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. We believe this will support office-based staff to maintain the benefits of home working, while allowing for collaboration and interaction with our animal-facing staff and maintaining a connection to our cause.

As such, you’ll be expected to work in our Battersea office for at least 50% of your working week.

So, if you are passionate about dogs, cats and about our work, then we’d like to hear from you.

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all current and prospective staff, volunteers and Trustees. We aim to ensure that this commitment, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together. We would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic and disabled candidates, who are currently under-represented at Battersea.

Closing date: 15th August 2022

1st Interview date: w/c 22nd August 2022

2nd Interview date: w/c 29th August 2022

For full details, please download our recruitment pack. To apply, click the button below.  All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised; we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

About the Job ➡️

Smart School Councils is a charity that helps to involve every child in democracy.

At a time of deep division in society, it’s more important than ever to help young people to discuss and debate.  We believe every young person's voice is important. 

Our award-winning work helps schools to involve everyone's voice through our democracy and debate platforms. Used by around 500 schools across the UK and beyond, we pride ourselves in making powerful interventions simple to run for busy teachers. 

We started the Big Debate Club in the first lockdown to help young people make sense of what was happening in the world. It’s since grown to hundreds of classrooms across the UK, helping young people have informed, engaging discussions on the big questions of the day. 

During the academic year 21/22, we worked intensively with four schools in Hackney empowering disengaged young people to ask their own questions to the nation. This work was generously funded by UBS. 

We’re looking for an amazing Project Officer to join our lovely and growing team, and contribute their skills to this project that has a lot of potential. 

What we’re looking for ➡️

We’re looking for someone to join our Projects Team to deliver engaging training sessions in four Hackney schools and the day to day running of Big Debate Club. This involves scripting, editing and filming short debates that we’ll train and support you to do. It will also involve things like posting to social media, engaging with schools across the country, and collecting data for reporting purposes. 

The goal of your work is to produce amazing, engaging debates which support the nation’s young people to develop their voice. 

What you’ll be doing ➡️

• Providing excellent mentoring and teaching to Year 5 young people in the classrooms and small groups. 

• Supporting young people to prepare and record debates. 

• Writing and editing debate scripts. 

• Writing lesson plans. 

• Recording debate videos, with all training and equipment provided. These are recorded at home - don’t worry, nobody’s watching! 

• Organising CPD sessions for participant schools. 

• Organising in-school events. 

• Organising visits to Brighter Future schools. 

• Contributing to the strategic vision and growth of the Big Debate Club programme. 

• Contributing to evaluation processes to improve programme quality. 

• Contributing to reporting with project funders. 

You should apply if ➡️

• You have an excellent ability to teach and support disengaged or less confident learners. 

• You’re really good at writing in a precise and plain English way. This will include some scripting, lesson planning and - you guessed it - writing emails.

• You have excellent organisational skills. 

• You can be comfortable in front of the camera, with the right support. 

• You have a knack for explaining difficult concepts in an easy to understand manner.

• You are comfortable in a fast-paced and fun organisation. 

Nice to have skills ➡️

• Experience of teaching or working in education

• A strong interest in democracy and debate 

• Good spreadsheet skills

• Experience of speaking confidently to camera or working with technical equipment

• Comfort learning and using a lot of different tech platforms - we'll teach you how to use any you're unfamiliar with, but we mainly use Front, GSuite, ActiveCampaign, Jira, and Confluence.

Logistics ➡️

• This is a full-time and fully remote role ⏰ 

• It will involve regular training sessions in Hackney schools in London. 

• It is for a two year contract. 

• Workstation: we're remote first and we provide you with all the tools you need. 

• Compensation: £28,000 - £30,000 depending on experience.

Benefits ➡️

• 44 days of annual leave per year [includes your birthday off and a two week Christmas shutdown]

• Free mental health support and therapy for all team members through Spill ➡️ www.spill.chat

• Free access to Calm - the meditation and Sleep app. 

• Early finish on Fridays. 

• Virtual team walking challenges through The Conquerors Challenge. 

• Termly team meetups with fun activities. Our last one was in Liverpool and involved ten pin bowling, the Cat Café and some tasty nachos! 

• Weekly wellbeing events, for example painting or meditation sessions. 

• A brilliant, ambitious team to work with who genuinely cares about wellbeing and leaving work on time. 

Our commitment to diversity ➡️

Our mission is for every child’s voice to be involved in democracy regardless of background. We therefore want to hire people from a wide variety of backgrounds, so that we can represent all voices, making us stronger and giving us the best chance to deliver our mission. This is something that we recognise we need to do more work on, so we look forward to getting to know you better! 

We’re aware that some people tend to only apply for jobs if they feel they meet all of the criteria - but we want to give an equal opportunity to everyone, so even if you don’t meet everything on this list but think you’d be a good fit for the role, please do apply.

Application Instructions

We'd love for you to send us a CV and a cover letter.

Please email this on Charity Jobs or to our email address: recruitment @ smartschoolcouncils . org . uk [without spaces] 

In your cover letter, please include the reference “BDC Project Officer” followed by your initials at the top right of the first page.

Also, please include the answers to these four questions:

• What excites you about the Big Debate Club?

• What have you learned to do really well? Your super power!

• Tell us about a time when you helped a young person and felt you made an impact.

• What’s a debate question you would ask the nation? 

We’re also very happy to answer any questions about this role, so please drop us an email if you have one. 

We look forward to hearing from you!