Animal Attendant

2 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia Kip Full time

Extensive training opportunities to further build your skillset
- Opportunities for career growth
- Discounts on our services and a range of unique employee benefits

**Kip Canberra (Googong location)**:
**Animal Attendant (Pet Boarding)**:
As the leading provider of pet care services across Australia, Kip Happy Stays sets the benchmark for excellence, ensuring every pet receives the ultimate in care and enrichment during their stay.

At **Kip Canberra located in Googong**, our team is deeply committed to delivering exceptional care to every furry friend that walks through it's doors. We are now looking for the pick of the litter to complement our existing team and help contribute to providing a premium service to the local pets.

**Duties and responsibilities**:

- Provision of food and water for pets in care
- Health checks and general animal husbandry
- Supervising groups of dogs and managing their behaviours to maintain overall wellbeing and safety
- Providing enrichment through play and scheduled activities
- Frequent cleaning and upkeep of facility to maintain a high level of hygiene and safety
- Building and maintaining rapport with our pet owners through feedback and transparency
- Creating and distributing media content for our pet owners through videos and photos

**Key requirements**:

- Available to attend a lawful unpaid work trial shift (operated within The Fair Work Ombudsman guidelines)
- Available on weekends and school holiday periods
- Must be driven and have a strong work ethic as the role can be physically demanding
- Must be attentive and have a great attention to detail
- Work well in a team environment
- Must be able to follow routines, policies and procedures
- Previous experience working with animals is preferred

**Why Kip Happy Stays?**
- Did someone say pets?
- We offer opportunities for career growth and promote from within.
- Extensive training opportunities to further build your skillset.
- Enjoy up to 50% off on shop items and our boarding and daycare services.
- Generous incentive programs for our leaders to earn bonuses based on performance.
- A structured induction program to set you up to succeed.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that supports our employees with free confidential counselling services.
- Work with like-minded people in a fun and exciting business with a well-established reputation and brand.
- A generous Employee Referral Program where you can earn up to $3000 per person when you recommend exceptional people that we onboard at Kip Happy Stays.

**How to apply**

Include a cover letter outlining why you are the best fit for the role. If you have no animal handling experience or don’t tick all the boxes, we'd love to know how your current skill set can transfer

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