Animal Rehoming Officer

Blacktown City is a growing and thriving city, located halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains. With 450,000 residents, we are the largest and most diverse city in NSW, spread across 54 suburbs. Blacktown City is vibrant, dynamic and multicultural, home to a large First Nations community and people from more than 180 different birthplaces and languages.

With $26.43 billion regional economy, Blacktown City is also home to 34,000 businesses. Working at Blacktown City Council provides widespread, exciting professional opportunities. Our Council is leading the transformation of Blacktown City and Western Sydney. We are implementing a vision for a modern city, full of opportunity for our residents and businesses.

Our Council is led by highly skilled and experienced professionals, working with talented and passionate teams across a diverse range of business units. We are delivering high quality, customer-focused services, experiences, and facilities, and leading a program of strategic planning, activity and investment.

Blacktown City Council strives to be an inclusive workplace for all people. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans and people with disabilities.

About the opportunity

Blacktown Animal Rehoming Centre (BARC) is one of the largest and most progressive animal care facilities in NSW. We are committed to providing compassionate and high-quality care for lost, abandoned, and surrendered animals while actively working to find them loving forever homes.

We are looking for a dedicated Animal Rehoming Officer to join our dynamic team on a permanent, full-time basis. In this role, you will play a key part in helping our animals transition from the shelter into the arms of new, responsible owners.

Key responsibilities include:

• Assisting in assessing animals for adoption suitability
• Matching potential adopters with suitable pets based on lifestyle, temperament, and needs
• Coordinating and conducting meet-and-greet sessions and adoption interviews
• Providing accurate information and education to adopters on animal care
• Maintaining detailed and up-to-date animal records
• Supporting promotional events and campaigns to encourage responsible pet ownership and adoptions
• Working collaboratively with animal care, veterinary, foster carers, rescue agencies and customer service teams.

If you're an animal lover with strong communication skills and a genuine desire to make a difference, we would love to hear from you! 

Qualifications and experience

Essential:

• Formal qualifications or a demonstrated high level of experience in companion animal management or similar regulatory environment
• A high level of experience handling companion animals, particularly dogs and cats
• A sound knowledge and understanding of animal care and welfare issues
• High level oral and written communication skills including sound negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Current class C drivers licence.

Remuneration and benefits

The salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Blacktown City Council’s Enterprise Agreement.

• Entry level for this position starts at $1,362.15 per week
• 38-hour working week
• Rostered Day Off (RDO) every fortnight
• Employee benefits such as leave entitlements (where applicable), 12% employer contribution payable to your nominated superannuation fund, Fitness Passport, gym membership discounts, and social clubs.

Our commitment to safety

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.

Position description 

Click here to view or download the position description.

  Apply now using our fast and easy-to-use online application process:

1. Have your resume and any other relevant documentation ready to attach. 
2. Have a personal email address ready to use and complete your application without 'logging out' of the system.
3. Review the questions and decide on your responses before commencing your application.
   
   Best of luck.

Closing date:           Friday 6 March 2026, 11.59 pm    

Contact officer:       Rose Horton at rose.horton@blacktown.nsw.gov.au 

Internal ref:              BCC2009