Pet Care Specialist (1:00 PM - 7:30 PM)

The Pet Care Specialist is responsible for providing expert pet care and superb customer service. The position will also be a kennel attendant, pet transporter, dog walker and cat visitor. This specific position will require a commitment of at least six hours a day for at least four days a week.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Ensuring the kennel and facility is clean and sanitized
• Transporting pets with the use of a company or personal vehicle to and from designated locations
• Walking dogs as assigned
• Providing meals and water according to the client and/or veterinarian instructions
• Ensuring pets’ safety and well-being at all times
• Following facility closing procedures to ensure the security of pets, and the building
• Following procedures for cleaning and disinfecting boarding and daycare areas
• Helping maintain kennel, grounds, and inventory as directed by the Pet Care Manager
• Maintaining accurate kennel records
• Performing other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• High school diploma and experience in animal care preferred
• Ability to work autonomously and also collaboratively with a team and must demonstrate strong initiative, intuition and leadership skills
• Superb customer service skills
• Strong time management skills and accuracy to deal with a variety of duties and prepare reports according to schedule
• Demonstrate timely, orderly, and disciplined work ethic as to show a good example to other employees

Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may regularly be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, winter weather, and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Note

Phone calls, emails, and drop-ins to the facility regarding this position are strongly discouraged. Please apply for the position through the job posting only. If you are selected for an interview, you will receive an interview request within one to two weeks.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From $15.00 per hour

Expected hours: 24 – 30 per week

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule

Shift:

• Evening shift

Supplemental Pay:

• Tips

Work Days:

• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person

Salary : $15