Pet Care Professional

Job Description

JOB CARE PROFESSIONAL

(The best pay for the BEST fun work!)

We’re a year-round pet care team! All applicants should be prepared for permanent, year-round work and interested in working here a year or more either full-time or part-time. (This is not a seasonal or temporary summer job posting.) Join the most trusted and most experienced pet team in town!

Seeking a savvy pet caregiver who is experienced at handling large and leash-reactive dogs, medicating dogs and cats, caring for other household pets like rabbits, birds, fancy rats, ferrets, guinea pigs, and able to handle all services for medically-needy dogs and cats.

Must live in Alexandria City and want to be a top professional pet sitter for our community.

Hourly, W-2 employee, $19 – $21 per hour based on experience (time-and-a-half weekends and holidays: $)

We hire experienced pet people, like fosters, pet rescue volunteers or staff, shelter volunteers, shelter adoption or behavior facilitators, wildlife rescuers, dog trainers, veterinary assistants, veterinary technicians, and other animal professionals. Work with our highly-respected team to provide WOW service to our 800+ clients.

The perfect fit will be a person who wants to visit pets in client homes, has over one year experience working professionally with dogs, cats and household pets, who likes every day at work to be a little different, who enjoys driving around town even in traffic, and who thrives on going the extra mile to help others.

• A 2-year associates degree in process or completed, or higher
• 1+ years paid or volunteer work experience in an animal-focused environment

• Working in a diverse and inclusive virtual team: ability to bring positive and inclusive teamwork skills to our virtual team, supportive communications over email and in person, excellent advance planning and organizational skills
• Technical pet skills with cats, dogs, puppies and other small household pets:
  Provides excellent care for pets of all types, applies Fear Free certification in daily work and advocates with team and clients for Fear Free concepts, identifies possible issues with pets, keeps all pets safe from harm, navigates unexpected situations in a calm and confident manner, seeks ongoing skills improvement
• Career experience with animals: from one year to fifty years of work experience in an animal-focused environment
• Caring calmly and carefully for pets of all types (able to care for indoor pets: birds, cats, dogs, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, exotics)
• Restraining pets and administering medication: able to learn administering insulin, asthma inhalers, oral meds, pilling cats and dogs of all sizes and temperaments (experience with sub-q fluids not required)
• Handling dogs on leash or dog training experience: knowledge in behavior management of anxious and leash reactive dogs, leash handling skills for all dogs especially of large breeds and dogs who pull,
• Understanding behaviors and personalities of pets in order to know what’s unusual or worrisome for a particular animal and to know how to tailor your own behavior and actions
• Self-management of planning ahead, proactive schedule previews and management daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly, key inventory management and planning, timeliness of arriving at work, pace of work, reliability, accountability, positive mindset, self-motivation, completing administrating work and timesheet daily, preparedness for unexpected situations.
• Client service that WOWs clients based on careful and thorough service delivery, understanding client expectations, following all client instructions, leaving each home better than you found it, able to identify and communicate suggestions of improvements for better client care, contributing energy and ideas for client retention and problem solving
• Teamwork & Communication that shows proactive action in asking questions, bringing up topics, checking in with teammates and manager, participation in team discussions, trainings, and social opportunities to connect with each other. Collaborates over email, at client visits, and in person; shares insights, opinions, what’s working, what’s not.…