Manager, Animal Centre

1000 Carson Pit Rd, Quesnel, BC V2J 7H2, Canada

Posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Expires Friday, January 1, 2027 at 10:59 AM

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: Manager, Animal Centre

STATUS: Permanent;
Full-time with benefits

SHIFT: 35 hours per week

LOCATION: Quesnel, BC

CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

We welcome diversity, value differences, and foster inclusion in our employment practices. Find out more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion by reading our Foundational Principles on our website. We invite applications from all qualified individuals who are philosophically aligned with our mission and principles.

As a Manager, Animal Centre at the BC SPCA you’ll be joining a fast-paced, passionate team, who care for vulnerable animals in our province. The BC SPCA is generously funded by compassionate animal lovers, who helped us assist nearly 119,000 animals last year.

The Animal Care Services team strives to create an engaged, supportive, and positive workplace culture. We are driven by evidence-based practices and committed to excellence in animal health and sheltering. We’re passionate about helping animals live safe and healthy lives!

Through a network of over 35 Community Animal Centre locations across the province, we provide sheltering, adoption, outreach, humane education, and animal services to the communities we serve. Working collaboratively with other departments in the organization, the Community Animal Centres play a vital role in supporting the overall success of the BC SPCA. As the Manager, Animal Centre, Quesnel you will lead a team of approximately 10 staff and over 15 volunteers at the Community Animal Centre and assist approximately 1,000 animals a year, through sheltering and outreach programs.

In addition to companion animal care, the Quesnel Community Animal Centre also fulfills the City of Quesnel pound contract and acts as a transfer hub for the BCSPCA Drives for Lives Program moving animals from the Centres in Northern BC to other regions for adoption.

This position is accountable for proactive day-to-day management of the Animal Centre, including leading a team of passionate staff and volunteers, ensuring the health and welfare of animals in our care, performing administrative and financial duties, and participating fundraising activities, such as events and donor stewardship. The Manager, Animal Centre works closely with the Senior Manager, North Cariboo & Quesnel to ensure the overall success of the Quesnel location and the BC SPCA.

In addition, the Manager, Animal Centre, develops and maintains relationships with internal stakeholders in the organization, and external stakeholders in the community, as needed. Overall, the Manager, Animal Centre will ensure all BC SPCA policies are adhered to in delivery of services.

In addition, duties and responsibilities include:

• Responsible for attaining and maintaining optimum animal welfare standards at all times as defined by BC SPCA programs and all related policies.
• Tracks and reports on the successful implementation and maintenance of standard operating policies/procedures and related programs in the Animal Centre.
• Acts as the local point person for receiving animals related to cruelty investigations, including Large Scale Animal Intake (LSAI) cases.
• Makes decisions regarding euthanasia in accordance with BC SPCA policy.
• Liaises with local veterinary facilities to ensure proper care of animals and build effective relationships.
• Assigns a team member to successfully lead the local animal foster program.

• Responsible for the recruitment, hiring, onboarding, annual goal setting, regular performance management, and termination of Animal Centre employees.
• Responsible for ensuring the success of volunteer program for the Animal Centre.
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