Pound Attendant - Limited Tenure

Pound Attendant - Limited Tenure

This is your chance to assist with daily care and administration of companion animals at the pound!

• Salary $67,736.59
• Temporary contract from June 2026 to August 2027
• Excellent opportunity to care for animals and develop your existing skills
• Rewarding role within local government

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a full-time, temporary Pound Attendant to join our Animal Management team who operate City of Darwin's Municipal Animal Pound. This position is based at our Municipal Animal Pound located in Berrimah, and will be responsible for the day-to-day care of impounded animals across a Monday - Friday role with optional weekend overtime.

What do we ask our Pound Attendants to do?

• Cleaning and disinfecting of kennelling areas including but not limited to cages, equipment, runs and common areas, ensuring that a high level of hygiene is maintained at all times to ensure animal wellbeing.
• Humanely provide animal care and identify animals which may be ill, injured, aggressive or difficult to control and take appropriate action as per the standard procedures.
• Provide food and water for all impounded animals.
• Assist the Veterinarian and Supervios of Pound Operations as required.
• Provide high level customer service to all stakeholders, including members of the public.

What do we need you to have?

We are looking for individuals with good work ethic, enthusiasm and can-do attitude. You will possess good computer skills and have the ability to perform manual tasks.

Do be successful you must have:-

• Cert II in Animal Care or equivalent qualification/or minimum one (1) years relevant experience
• Class C Drivers licence
• Tetanus injection upon appointment to the position.

For other essential and desirable requirements, please refer to the position description or if you have any queries relating to this role, please contact Erin Patterson - Supervisor Pound Operations on 0434 691 230 for a confidential conversation.

To apply, please click Apply.

City of Darwin Talent Acquisition Team can be contacted via:

• 📞 Phone: (08) 8930 0689
• Email: recruitment@darwin.nt.gov.au
• Website: Employment at Council | City of Darwin Careers - Current Vacancies

Applications for this position close at 5pm on Tuesday 02 June 2026.

We are looking forward to receiving your application if you are a direct applicant. Please note that we are not working with recruitment agencies for this position.

The City of Darwin is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background to apply.

As part of Council's recruitment process, applicants may be required to undergo pre-employment assessments, such as a Medical Assessment, National Police Check and Psychometric Assessment.