Kennel Attendant

Ayer Animal Medical Center; Ayer (MA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a compassionate team at a dedicated veterinary center where your love for animals can shine! As a kennel technician, you'll provide essential care for pets, ensuring their well-being through feeding, cleaning, and monitoring. This part-time role offers a chance to work with a team of animal lovers committed to high-quality care. With flexible hours and a supportive environment, this position is perfect for those passionate about making a difference in the lives of pets and their owners. If you're ready to contribute to a caring community, apply today!

Qualifications

• Experience with canine care is essential.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily care for boarding pets including feeding and cleaning.
• Maintain a clean kennel environment and document tasks.
• Communicate with clients about their pets' well-being.

Skills

Canine experience

Strong communication skills

Basic computer skills

Ability to take direction

Motivated and hard-working

Ability to work independently

Ability to work on a team

Quick learner

Job description

Ayer Animal Medical Centeris seeking a part-time kennel technician with the desire to care for animals join their AMAZING team!

The ideal candidate:

• Canine experience required
• Is motivated and hard-working
• Strong communication skills
• Can take direction well
• Works well independentlyandon a team
• Must be available to work weekends and holidays
• Is a quick learner
• Has basic computer skills

Job Overview:

The purpose of this position is to provide for the daily care of boarding pets. This includes feeding, watering, cleaning, walking, bathing, medicating, and monitoring the well-being of dogs, cats and, occasionally, other companion animals. This position requires a love of animals and the ability to warmly welcome clients and compassionately care for their pets. Kennel team members are also responsible for the cleaning of the clinic. This includes laundry, dusting, sweeping, moping, washing dishes, and other tasks on a daily basis alongside their kennel duties.

Responsibilities Include:

• Daily documentation of tasks (appetite, bathroom habits etc.)
• Check in and out boarding clients and patients
• Verify vaccines.
• Maintain a clean kennel environment.
• Walking pets/ taking outside
• Accurately label pets and their belongings
• Administer food and medications to pets.
• Accurately communicating and document any problems or concerns such as illnesses or injury
• Communicate with clients updates on pets.
• Cleaning of hospital grounds (interior and exterior)
• Cleaning - maintaining a safe and clean area for the hospital
• kennels
• hospital interior/grounds
• mopping
• vacuuming
• laundry

The hospital's kennel operates 7 days a week, 365 days a year and does not close due to inclement weather or holidays.

Why work at the Ayer Animal Medical Center?

AAMC is proud to serve Ayer, MA, and surrounding areas. We are dedicated to providing the highest level of veterinary medicine along with friendly, compassionate service.We believe in treating every patient as if they were our own pet and giving them the same loving attention and care. We are a group of highly trained, experienced animal lovers who are devoted to giving our patients the best care possible.

Compensation negotiable based on credentials and experience with starting rate ranging from $17- $18/hr. The actual rate offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

If you are passionate about pets and providing amazing care, we want you to join our team!
Apply today! We look forward to hearing from you!