Kennel Attendant

Pet Resorts Australia provide first class accommodation and services for cats and dogs, priding ourselves in quality customer care. We also offer pet transport along with several other great services.

Our fantastic team is on the search for a hardworking and passionate individual to join our very successful team.

The position will be not limited to;
Socialising multiple dogs, match groups according to behaviour and personality, cleaning animal enclosures, exercising and providing enrichment and husbandry for animals (primarily dogs and cats), feeding and general care for the animals, driving pet transport vans and office duties to name a few.

Available vacancies at this time are as follows:

- Kennel Attendant, Casual Position - up to 5 shifts per week that may increase at peak times. You must be available to work a 7-day rotating roster including weekends and throughout every NSW school holiday period.

Essential pre-requisites for these roles are:

- Must be comfortable with handling multiple dogs & cats with varying size and temperament.
- Superior customer service skills
- Current driver's license and willingness to drive our dedicated Pet Taxi as needed
- Commitment to work weekends and holiday periods (inc. Xmas day and New Year)
- Australian citizen or permanent resident

Desirable skills and experience include:

- 12 months or more of experience within an animal related industry
- Animal husbandry
- Strong understanding of reading & understanding dog behaviour
- Knowledge of cleaning and infection control procedures
- Excellent face to face and written communication skills
- Ability or scope to learn reservation programs
- Confident driving a transport van around the city
- Aptitude for training and learning
- Ability to perform unsupervised as well as part of a team

Additional employee benefits:

- Staff discounts on shop items and on our boarding and daycare services (where applicable).
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that supports our employees with free confidential counselling sessions and ongoing support to all employees through online training programs.
- Access to employee benefits platform with exclusive perks and insights to support in enhancing your physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing.

WE ADVISE THAT DUE TO A HIGH VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS, ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES CAN BE CONTACTED. WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR INTEREST.

**Job Type**: Casual

Pay: $22.26 - $34.81 per hour

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

**Experience**:

- Kennel Attendant: 1 year (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)

Work Location: In person