Assistant, Weekend Kennel (Hourly)

Austin Community College; Elgin (IL); On-site; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Community College in Texas employs a Weekend Kennel Assistant to maintain the care and cleanliness of the kennel, provide food and water for dogs and cats, and assist with walking and basic animal care responsibilities.

The role requires cleaning cages, administering medications, basic housekeeping, and entering notes in the practice management software; it is a part-time weekend position with pay of $23.00 per hour.

Qualifications

• Basic animal care knowledge.
• Animal behavior understanding.
• Experience with feeding, walking, and medication administration.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food for dogs and cats.
• Walking/exercising dogs and cats.
• Cleaning and sanitizing dog and cat cages/runs.
• Administering oral/topical medications to dogs and cats.
• Basic housekeeping (mopping, sweeping, and laundry).
• Entering patient notes into practice management software.

Skills

Dog walking

Cat care

Oral medication administration

Ward sanitization

Feeding

Basic animal care

Tools

Basic computer skills

Job description

Austin Community College employees are required to maintain a domicile in the State of Texas while working for the college and throughout the duration of employment. –AR 4.0300.01

Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
• Is attracted by the college’s mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.
• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Assistant, Weekend Kennel (Hourly)

Job Description Summary:

In charge of cleaning cages, administering medication, providing animals with food and water, and walking dogs.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Prepare food for dogs and cats
• Walking/exercising dogs and cats
• Cleaning and sanitizing dog and cat cages/runs.
• Administering oral/topical medications to dogs and cats.
• Basic housekeeping (mopping, sweeping, and laundry)
• Entering patient notes into practice management software.

Knowledge

• Basic animal care
• Animal behavior

Skills

• Basic animal care experience in areas such as feeding, animal ward sanitization, dog walking, cat care, and oral medication administration.

Technology Skills

• Basic computer skills

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in a veterinary kennel setting.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, kneeling, pushing, and pulling.
• Frequent lifting of objects up to 50 pounds.

Safety

• Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Pay Rate

$23.00/hour

Up to 19 hours per week

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

October 21, 2026

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled by ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information.

For direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit www.austincc.edu/asr . You may obtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ([e-mail]). For an overview, see ACC’s Clery Act website.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.