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SPCA Auckland Volunteer Programme

Sometimes it's not possible to make a financial contribution to the SPCA, but you can still help the animals by becoming an SPCA Volunteer and donating your time toward one of our Programmes.

For well over a century the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Auckland, has provided help and comfort to animals in need.

At our Animal Village in Mangere, Auckland, over 20,000 animals per year fall into the loving and professional care of our dedicated staff who tend to their injuries, relieve their pain, and rekindle the trust and companionship many have lost through abuse and neglect.

Thank you for your interest in the SPCA Auckland Volunteer Programme

Volunteering is a great opportunity to feel great about yourself as you know that you are giving back to the community. The SPCA is a very rewarding place for animal lovers as you will be able to see animals finding homes and provide them with the care and love that they need during their stay at our village.

SPCA volunteers are ambassadors for the SPCA and take great pride in fulfilling their role in a professional manner. As a volunteer at the SPCA, you will gain skills that you will be able to use for a life time, such as health and safety around animals, communication skills and dealing with the public, also participating in the improvement of your community. All skills that can boost your CV!

All we need is for you to be 18 years or over and give us a commitment of at least 12 months for one of our programmes:

Weekday: 4 to 8 hours once a week or once a fortnight
Weekenders: 4 to 8 hours once a month

Volunteers work involves a range of duties:

Cleaning cages (poo included!)
Feeding the animals
Bathing and caring for the animals
Walking dogs
Cuddling cats
Taking care of our small animals (guinea pigs, rabbits, rats and mice)
Large animal care

Cat What you will gain from us:

Full training in your chosen area
Animal skills, knowledge and people skills
Volunteer t-shirt (you will need to purchase for $25) and name badge
An opportunity to make a difference in the lives of animals
Work with like minded people
Ongoing training opportunities are also provided

Please refer to the individual positions currently vacant here

You can also help in many other ways that provide valued assistance and support to the SPCA in many other ways such as:

Animal care: Birds

Through our SPCA Bird Wing network of volunteers, helping sick and injured birds to fly again. Full professional support is provided. Follow the link on the website.

Meet and Greet Group

You will be based up at reception meeting and welcoming our public, showing them our adoption areas and answering the many questions we are asked by the public. This is a very rewarding role as you get to see our animals going home.

Drivers

Be part of the public face of the SPCA. You will be transporting animals and or donated goods to and from our shelter at Mangere. You will be assigned jobs by our call centre, collecting animals from members of the public and veterinary clinics.

You'll need good people skills, plus basic animal handling skills and the ability to multi-task.
You must have a full, clean licence and able to drive a manual transmission van.
Training will be provided for this role.

Outreach Programme

Our Outreach Volunteers visit the elderly, the terminally ill, and those with ageing disorders in rest homes, hospitals and other establishments, taking their animals with them to share with those who have no contact with companion animals.

You'll need an animal that is social, confident and reliable in it's behaviour, and loves people and enjoys being petted. The therapeutic value passed from animal to patients is a truly rewarding experience no matter what family pet you involve.

Events & Fundraising

We need people who are outgoing, friendly, definitely reliable and not afraid to 'muck-in' and help get everything organised for the event & raise valuable funds for the SPCA.

Bucket Rattlers

It is an important method of raising funds and is a task that requires skill and enthusiasm and above all heaps of energy. Bucket rattling can be rewarding and fun - especially as you see the bucket fill up!

Fundraising

SPCA Auckland's Fundraising Team is in search of a group of enthusiastic volunteers to assist them with maintaining donation boxes that are out in our community at various retail sites. This role will provide you with a chance to support the SPCA Auckland within the comfort of your own community on schedule that fits your needs.

Our donation boxes are a great source of income and it is important that these boxes are maintained on a regular basis and that the sites that hold these boxes receive the support they need.

For more information, please call Alison Kovach, Fundraising Executive on 09 2562520 or email her at alison.kovach@spca.org.nz.

Rag Fairies

Cutting up sheet and blankets into squares for the animals, making plaited rope toys for our dogs to use as enrichment toys. This can be done at home and you can involve all the family! If you have children under 18 years of age who wish to help the SPCA, this is one of the ways that they can become involved.

Information, applications & age policy

You can download the Volunteer Information Sheet, Application and our Age Policy by clicking the below icons. Documents are available in Adboe Rader (PDF), or Microsoft Word (DOC) format.

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Volunteer Information sheet
Our age policy
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Foster Volunteer Information Pack	Adobe Reader format	Microsoft Word format
Foster Volunteer information sheet
Foster Volunteer application
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Current Vacancies

Internship - Canine (Volunteer)
Customer Service - Meet and Greet Volunteer
Catward Nurse Assistant Volunteer Internship
Volunteer Driver

INTERNSHIP – CANINE (Volunteer)

SPCA Auckland is currently offering a Canine Internship for people who wish to work in the canine industry.

The internship is suitable for someone currently studying animal related courses at Unitec or similar, and that needs to complete particular voluntary requirements as part of that certificate, or is looking to complete tertiary studies in the future. It might also be appropriate if you are seeking employment in an animal related industry.

REQUIRED QUALITIES:

Physically fit – essential
Excellent communication skills
Computer literacy
Ability to work as a team and also unsupervised
Must be experienced handling dogs and be very confident
A sense of humour
Own transport

You will be required to commit to working 2-3 days each week (must be Monday to Friday) working an eight hour shift each day. The internship is preferably a twelve month commitment; however a six month internship may be offered depending upon your study requirements. There are three major components to the Internship, and a certificate is given when you successfully complete all aspects of the course.

If you would like to be considered for this position, please click this link to download the application form in Microsoft Word format. or click this link to download the application form in Adobe Reader (PDF) format. Print, complete & return it by post or fax to:

The Volunteer Department

PO Box 43-221, Mangere

Attention: Max Burndred

If you would like more information regarding this position you can call Max Burndred on 09 2567300 or contact via email at max.burndred@spca.org.nz

CUSTOMER SERVICE - MEET & GREET - VOLUNTEER POSITION

This is a fun role for an out going person that loves to talk and meet new people.

It involves welcoming the public at our front reception area, answering questions and showing the public to the adoption areas, and generally being helpful to everyone.

This position does not involve working with animals but you would see all our animals being adopted.

You will need to be well presented, a bright bubbly person, with lots of confidence.

You need to be available on either a Saturday or Sunday from 9.45am to 2.00pm once every four weeks.

Please click this link to download the application form in Microsoft Word format. or click this link to download the application form in Adobe Reader (PDF) format. Print, complete & return it by post or fax to:

Linda Evans, Volunteer Co-ordinator

SPCA AUckland

PO Box 43-221

Mangere, Manukau

Phone 09 2567300

Fax 09 2567314

Email linda.evans@spca.org.nz

Catward Nurse Assistant Volunteer Internship

This is an excellent opportunity to volunteer with some of the most dedicated and hard working vet nurses in the business! You may be interested in training to become at vet nurse, advancing your animal handling skills or maybe you just want to do something different and worthwhile. You will assist with the care of our cats, kittens, rabbits and guinea pigs in our fast paced animal hospital.

Your duties will include:

Cleaning and preparing cages for incoming cats
Cleaning and preparing litter trays, bowls, etc
Feeding our cats, kittens, rabbits and guinea pigs
Assisting the nurses with processing incoming animals
Working through basic animal handling workbooks with the guidance of the nurses

You will be available for a minimum of one week day per week and a minimum of 3 months, though we can be flexible. All necessary training will be provided.

Please fill in the volunteer application form (found on our website) stating that you are interested in the Weekday Catward Nurse Assistant Volunteer Internship or email sarah.fuller@spca.org.nz. See you there!

VOLUNTEER DRIVER

We are currently recruiting for community spirited people available to drive our vehicle once weekly for between 4-5 hours. We require drivers for Monday, Tuesday & Thursday.

We offer full training and support along with the van. You must:

have a full, clean & current drivers licence for manual vehicle
be reasonably fit, as there is some lifting involved; and
want to volunteer for the SPCA