Animal welfare Work, Jobs in Burford, Eng (with Salaries)

Pet Welfare Assistant - Onsite Services (part time)
Blue Cross —Burford
- £14,986 a year
- Weekend availability
- Organisational skills
- IT
- In-person
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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Pet Welfare Assistant - On-site Services (part time)
Blue Cross —Burford
- £17,484 a year
- Weekend availability
- Organisational skills
- IT
- In-person
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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14h
Assistant Shepherd
Blenheim Estate —Woodstock
- Weekend availability
- First Aid Certification
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Employee discount
9d
Animal Care Assistant
IVC —Evesham
- Full-time
- Patient care
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
10h
Technician
University of Oxford —Oxford
- £28,437 - £32,108 a year
- Full-time
- No experience needed
- University
- Annual leave
12d
Charity Fundraiser - Blue Cross
Charity Link —Bicester
- £45,000 - £55,000 a year
- Full-time
- Sales
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
- Referral programme
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Senior Technician
University of Oxford —Oxford
- £32,108 - £37,338 a year
- Full-time
- University
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
Junior Data Scientist - Insite
FAI Farms —Oxford
- £33,000 - £37,000 a year
- Full-time
- Remote
- Azure
- Computer Science
- SQL
- Annual leave
- Sick pay
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Fundraising Officer
NATIONAL ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST —Great Shefford
- £25,174.50 a year
- Weekend availability
- CRM software
- Customer service
- In-person
- Annual leave
- Work from home
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7d
Charity Shop Assistant Manager
Rspca Oxfordshire —Didcot
- From £12.71 an hour
- Part-time
- Sales
- Merchandising
- In-person
- Sick pay
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14d
Hospitality, Supermarket Assistant
Waitrose & Partners —Cirencester
- £13.00 - £13.25 an hour
- 8 hour shift
- Hospitality
- Communication skills
11h
Charity Shop Volunteer
Rspca Oxfordshire —Didcot
- From £0.01 a year
- Customer service
- In-person
- Communication skills
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14d
Class 2 HGV Driver - Cheltenham
Cotteswold Dairy Ltd —Cheltenham
- £36,519.52 a year
- Overtime
- Communication skills
- Referral programme

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Pet Welfare Assistant - Onsite Services (part time)

Blue Cross
Burford

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Job details

Permanent
£14,986 a year
14 hours ago

Benefits

Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Employee discount

Qualifications

Driving Licence
Organisational skills
Animal welfare
IT
Cash handling
Communication skills

Full job description

Description

Contract: Permanent, 22.5 hours per week

Salary: £14,986 per annum (£24,976 FTE)

Location: Burford, OX18 4PF

Closing date: Wednesday 5th August 2026

Interview date: Thursday 13th August 2026

We’re recruiting a Pet Welfare Assistant for onsite animal care in our cattery, for our Rehoming & Fostering team in Burford!

At Blue Cross, we're dedicated to providing the best care possible to pets in need. As a Pet Welfare Assistant for our onsite services, you'll play an important role in our mission, ensuring that every pet receives the love, attention, and support they deserve during their stay at our Burford rehoming centre.

More about the role

As a skilled animal handler and assessor, you will be responsible for the ‘preparation stage’ with the pets in our care which involves caring, carrying out assessments and rehabilitation plans, preparing them for the ‘adoption stage’ or the best possible outcome for their circumstances with minimal delay.

As a Pet Welfare Assistant, you will ensure that the welfare standards are met and that rehabilitation plans are followed and supported for pets in our care. Working independently and with the team you will carry out meetings with owners giving up their pet, ensuring all information is recorded, paperwork completed and that the pet is immediately assessed for behavioural or veterinary problems. Working closely with the Adoptions Coordinator you will provide additional in person or virtual advice and practical demonstrations to ensure new owners are fully aware of the work that has been done with the pet and how to continue with any other additional behaviour training or medical provision.

This is a part-time role working 22.5 hours a week on a 2 week rota.

Week 1 – Wednesday, Thursday

Week 2 – Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday

At our Burford rehoming centre, we provide onsite accommodation for pets in our care 24/7. Overnight shifts are usually undertaken by team members who live on site. Occasionally, you will be expected to carry out night checks or stay in onsite accommodation overnight when the resident team members are either not working or away for a period of time.

If you excel in an environment where you can see the difference you make every day, then this is the role for you. Interested? Then apply and let’s work together to see if this is the role for you.

About you

As a skilled animal handler and assessor, you will be intuitive with pets, empathetic and welfare focused having worked in a similar animal related environment. You will also be used to assessing the needs of a pet, alert to the behavioural signs and have a basic knowledge of the use of medication. In addition, you will have a fundamental understanding that the best welfare intervention for a pet is to find a new home and leave on-site pet accommodation as quickly as possible.

You will be self-motivated, forward thinking with a collaborative and creative approach to your work, which will ensure to bring your best pragmatic ideas for the care of the pets to ensure the best outcome is achieved. In addition, you will be able to quickly assimilate information, be competent at accurately recording information while also conducting conversations with clients and stakeholders. You will be an excellent communicator, approachable with strong interpersonal skills.

You will know what it is like to work in an emotionally charged environment and have excellent ‘bounce back ability’ and resilience. In addition, you will be emotionally intelligent, showing empathy and knowing how to support clients and colleagues.

Knowledge, skills, and experience

Experience of having previously worked or volunteered with domestic animals or in an animal welfare environment.
Previous experience in working in a customer focused environment and used to achieving a high level of customer satisfaction.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Good organisational and administration skills to include computerised systems.
Current full driving licence.

It would be great (but not essential) if you also had:

Qualification or similar experience in animal behaviour or animal training.
Experience of cash handling.
Experience of working to strict health and safety procedures.
Understanding of safeguarding issues.

Want to know more detail? Great! We have attached the job description which hopefully gives you everything you need.

How to apply

Click the apply button below and complete the online application process before the closing date on Wednesday 5th August 2026.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Blue Cross benefits

Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it were not for their amazing efforts and commitment, we would not be able to make the difference that we do today.

In return, Blue Cross wants to ensure we provide you with the best working environment we can. We want you to be happy working for us and will do everything we can to make sure you are.

Our generous benefits package includes:

Full time equivalent of 38 days holiday rising to 43 with service (including Bank Holidays)
Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support
Free access to GP via MetLife- 24/7 GP services, private prescriptions and more for you and your family
Health cash plan
Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme
Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution
Professional fees paid with Continuing Professional Development and personal development support.
Life assurance
20% discount on Pet Plan pet insurance
Enhanced family friendly policies
Recognition scheme
Annual volunteer days
Charity worker discounts across a variety of retailers

To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.

About Blue Cross

If you’d like to learn more about Blue Cross, our mission, and the work we do to support animals and people, take a look at our About Us page

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