Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Ready for a career positively impacting people's lives and their pets? Want to bring your pet to work? We encourage you to apply if you're reliable, have weekend, early morning, and evening shift availability, love when things are organized and tidy, and have a great work ethic. Learn more about us, our team, the position, and more below. While experience is preferred, it is not required.

**HOW TO APPLY** Please submit your resume and fill out the additional questions. Applications with blank questions will not be considered.

About Sidekicks Stay & Play: We were founded to help pets live better lives through enrichment and care. We focus on providing the absolute best possible care to our guests, clients, and staff. Our motto is to positively impact as many people as possible, especially those who choose to work for us. We know if we treat you excellently, you will treat our clients the same. This is why we focus on maintaining a great culture for our team.

About the Position: At Sidekicks Play & Stay, our kennel staff are an integral part of our business. As a kennel staff member (Stewards), you're responsible for the daily care, interaction, socialization, play supervision, and overall well-being of our beloved guests. This is the ideal position for someone who enjoys working hand-in-hand with dogs and cats, can clean and care for our guests, and enjoys communicating with our clients.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Cleaning of runs, suites, and cat suites
• Monitoring each guest's health, behavior, and habits
• Providing care in the form of feeding/watering, assisting in enrichment, bathing, brushing, and administering medication
• Assisting in maintaining a clean and safe facility and grounds
• Assisting in the check-in and check-out process
• Answering phones and answering client questions or concerns
• Taking pictures of pets and sending daily report cards of pet health
• Assisting the groomer with baths as needed
• Utilizing a multi-line phone system
• Utilizing a complex computer system

Additional Information:

• Must be able to pass a drug test and background check

Shift Information:

• We are looking for someone with a flexible schedule and the ability to work anytime during our hours (Monday through Friday, 5:00 AM to 10:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday, 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM). Our goal is to maintain a consistent weekly schedule, but due to seasonality in our business, some fluctuations are expected.

Special Note from the Administrator: Hello, potential candidate. Thank you for taking a moment to consider this position at Sidekicks Stay & Play. We are a newer organization (opened in August 2021), and we continue to grow. As we grow, so will our needs. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions, concerns, or clarification. We encourage you to apply if you have any special pet care skills, such as grooming, training, physical therapy, and more.
Kind regards,

Katie Ramos, Administrator

Types: Full-Time or Part-time: $9-$12.50/hr

Requirements:

Required Hard Skills:

• Ability to work multiple hours on your feet with frequent bending, lifting, and standing.
• Ability to lift 45 lbs unassisted and up to 100 lbs assisted
• Feel comfortable cleaning up after dogs and cats
• Reliable transportation

Required Soft Skills:

• Coachable attitude with a desire to learn and grow
• Dependable & Reliable, especially during holidays (we do not expect you to work every holiday).
• Pro-Active Communicator (example, communicates personal scheduling needs in advance, such as classes, doctors' appointments, etc.)

Job Tags

Full time, Flexible hours, Shift work, Weekend work, Sunday, Day shift, Saturday, Afternoon shift, Early shift, Monday to Friday,

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