Pet Care Specialist

Pet Care Specialist / Pet Sitter / Dog Walker Phoenix, AZ Employee

Employment Type

Employee. Pet Care Specialists are employees that Fur Heart Pet Care employs to perform pet care duties. Employees work for and represent the company when they are performing pet care duties.

Overview

Job Description:

As a Pet Sitter and Dog Walker with Fur Heart Pet Care, you’ll be responsible for helping pet parents inside our Arizona communities when they are away from home for long hours and/or traveling. While visits typically only involve interaction with pets, our Pet Sitters and Dog Walkers still frequently communicate with people and meet them in-person, during Meet & Greets.

Our Pet Sitters and Dog Walkers will need to have good communication and customer service skills.

As a Pet Sitter and Dog Walker with Fur Heart Pet Care, a
high level
of responsibility and self-management
will need to maintained. Pet Sitters and Dog Walkers often work alone in the field.

Most visits will include care for dog and/or cats. However, various species of animals are not uncommon. Following the instructions of pet parents very important. Making sure their pets are happy, healthy, and safe inside their home is top-priority.

After every visit, it will be required to send visit updates to the client via our company smartphone app. These updates will include pictures, videos, and general descriptions about how the visit went.

Some clients book visits weekly while others are booking occasionally. Some days/weeks you’ll have fewer pet care visits than others. Pet care visits are booked in required time-blocks (time ranges), not required exact times, giving you flexibility to adjust your schedule accordingly. Your personal schedule should be flexible enough to accommodate this.

Driving to and from client homes is necessary and you’ll be required to have reliable transport to accommodate this.

• Available between 6am and 10pm. Pet care visits can occur at various times throughout the day, and you’ll have the ability to adjust the pet care schedule to work with your own.
• Have a flexible schedule.
• While the majority of the work may be in the middle of the day, when we have vacation clients go away those visits are usually during the AM, NOON, and PM hours.
• The daily clients are very regular giving us one month to a few hours of notice. Vacation clients and times of the pet sits vary.
• Typical duties include lots of TLC, walking, feeding, administering medications, taking in mail, newspaper, plant watering, cleaning pet bowls, and picking up after pets.
• Availability on holidays and weekends is necessary.
• Must love getting licks from your four-legged bosses. Being able to “speak dog” and have “cat conversations” is a plus! =)

OVERNIGHT APPLICANT QUALITIES:

• Available from 8pm to 6am including weekends and holidays.
• All applicants must have internet access, cell phone, reliable transportation, ability to have a flex schedule.
• Quick replies are expected and will gain you favor.
• This job is perfect for the stay-at-home mom, college student, or retired professional!
• Ability to adapt to sleeping away from home.

*** Overnight availability is not required to be a pet sitter or dog walker ***

Salary / Wage / Pay

Highly competitive wages

Up to $2,000+/month

Opportunities for bonuses

Opportunities for extra income

Opportunity for raises.

Expected

Hours:

5-30/week

• A rewarding job knowing that you are making a difference in the quality of many Arizona pets’ lives!
• A company who values family, both two and four-legged!
• A well-established company in the community that has been around for nearly a decade.
• Online training.
• Highly competitive pay!
• Ability to make commission on social media posts as well as bringing in more clients and/or staff.
• No need to do hair and makeup every day…