Kennel Attendant

Posted: 19/08/2025

Closing Date: 26/09/2025

**Job Type**: Casual

Location: Glossodia

Job Category: Community Services & Development

We are committed to providing services for people with low vision or blindness by tailoring solutions to help overcome barriers and build independent and fulfilling lives.

We are united in our shared mission of creating opportunities, championing the rights of people with low vision or blindness, and building communities who share our mindset and ambition for accessibility and inclusivity.

With a strong culture of innovation, learning, flexibility and belonging, we live our values and allow our team members to be the best version of themselves inside and outside work.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Managing the general wellbeing of the dogs by feeding, watering, toileting, bathing and grooming dogs.
- Ensuring the safe transporting of dogs to puppy raisers, trainers, clients, GDMI's and PDA's.
- Assisting with the veterinary care of dogs through the management and implementation of health treatment plans.
- Implementing dog handling techniques and supervising general behaviour of kennelled dogs, including the prevention of noise.
- Maintaining accurate health records of individual dogs while boarding in the kennels
- Ensuring the cleanliness and maintenance of all kennel areas and associated equipment as per policy and procedures.
- Promoting a positive and calm kennel environment to ensure the dogs assigned are quiet and relaxed.

**Essential Experience**:

- Experience in kennel management, demonstrate good dog handling skills and ability to demonstrate effective leadership and control over dogs.
- Ability to competently handle dogs of all ages and at various levels of training.
- Enthusiasm, energy and the ability to demonstrate a high level of initiative, while still being able to work under direction.
- Hold a drivers licence as recognised in the state of NSW in order to transport dogs.

**Benefits that Guide Dogs offer**:
As a member of the Guide Dogs team, you will have access to a wide range of benefits tailored to your needs.
- EAP - Get support when you need it with Employee Assistance Program counselling sessions.
- Employee benefits program and Reward and Recognition program.
- Annual flu vaccinations.
- Join an organisation that makes a meaningful and positive impact on our society.

Guide Dogs NSW/ACT are proud to be an inclusive workplace that reflects our clients and the broader community and are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We offer equal employment opportunity regardless of your disability, gender or gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital or domestic status, carer status, or political opinion.