Kennel Supervisor

APS 5 - $81,690 - $89,615 per annum plus superannuation
- Biosecurity Operations Division
- Sydney, NSW
- _Lead a team to deliver best practice dog kennelling, transport and welfare._
- _Excellent opportunities for career development._
- _Work within a modern kennel facility._

**Who we are**
Cargo & Conveyance Policy & Detection Capability is responsible for determining, developing and enabling the strategies, regulatory frameworks, tactics and interventions that manage biosecurity and other risks within the transport and trade pathways into Australia. This pathway brings together how the department detects and responds to biosecurity risk and non-compliance, including through deploying surveillance and verification tools and capabilities such as detector dog teams and x-rays. The branch sets operational policy for the biosecurity clearance of all air and sea cargo, conveyances and ports, seasonal pests and policy assessment related matters.

Detection Capability is responsible for improving the effectiveness of the Operations Division by providing detection, system, legislative and policy capability. The section provides centralised expertise, coordination, management and resource capability through a range of services for consistent use across the division. The section is responsible for detection technology including x-ray and Detector Dogs. The provision of kennelling services plays a key role in the delivery of national detector dog capability.

**The Job**
Detection Capability Section is seeking to engage a Kennel Supervisor to play a key role in the management of national detector dog kennelling. The role will initially be based in Banksmeadow before relocating to Western Sydney International Airport upon its completion in 2026.

The duties of the role include, but are not limited to:

- supervising a team of kennel attendants (both in person and remotely) in the day-to-day operations of working dog kennels
- developing, implementing and refining kennel processes to ensure optimal animal welfare outcomes for the department’s detector dogs
- stock control, obtaining quotes and placing orders, collecting goods and reconciling expenses
- monitoring, reporting and actioning facility maintenance requirements
- supervising external contractors and transport arrangements
- negotiating and engaging with partner agencies located at shared facilities.

**What we are looking for**
**Knowledge and experience**
We are looking for people who have:

- experience handling and caring for working dogs in a kennel environment
- both knowledge and understanding of canine behaviour, welfare needs and interaction
- a strong understanding of the welfare and enrichment needs of working dogs under long term kennelling arrangements.

**Eligibility and other requirements**
The successful applicant must:

- note that the physical requirements of the role(s) involve a combination of outdoor and office-based work
- wear an official uniform supplied by the department, including during field operations (as applicable), in accordance with the department’s uniform policy
- hold and maintain a valid Australian motor vehicle drivers licence
- wear appropriate protective personal equipment and clothing to comply with departmental Work Health & Safety policies and procedures.