Do you love dogs and adventures? Do you value community and democracy in your workplace? Then Adventure Pups Cooperative might be right for you!
Adventure Pups is looking for a full time or part time Adventure Guide. We take small groups of dogs on hikes in the woods, for playgroups, and on individual walks. For our full time staff your day is Monday through Friday usually from 9/10am-3/4pm. For part time staff you can either work full time a couple days a week or mornings/afternoons.
Some of our benefits include:
Health, dental and vision insurance for full time (over 30 hours) staff
$40k starting yearly salary. Part time will also have a yearly salary depending on how many hours worked.
Generous PTO
Paid mileage for the use of your car
Employees and worker-owners are not “at will”, which means they can not be fired without cause
Training in basic positive-reinforcement, dog social interaction, and more
Opt-in training on financial literacy/business administration/digital marketing
We strive to create a workplace culture that is anti-oppressive, anti-racist, inclusive, safe, and democratic. We all share in our responsibilities. While some of us are worker-owners and some employees, we all have a say in how the business is run and practice democracy in our everyday work.
Adventure Pups is a cooperative, so that means joining our team is a little different than applying to a more traditional job! Here at Adventure Pups Cooperative, you start off as an employee and then you may have the opportunity to become a worker-owner after six months of working with us! Becoming a part-owner of Adventure Pups Cooperative gives you access to voting power and profit sharing with the company. We know this isn’t like other companies, so please feel free to ask us any questions you might have. We will also explain everything when we finally meet in-person, as we aim to be as transparent as possible. Plus, we love talking about our cooperative structure!
Our ideal prospective adventure guide has a car (and experience driving in Somerville), a smartphone, experience working with dogs while using R+/force free training methods, is reliable and communicative, comfortable driving for several hours during the workday, is willing to be flexible for any last minute schedule changes, is energized by the idea of working outside during all seasons/weather, and feel they can eventually handle up to 4 dogs on leash at a time. We can't wait to meet you! Woof!
We are currently hiring!
We'd love to hear from you if you are interested in becoming an Adventure Guide! Please email us at info with a resume and answer the following questions to the best of your ability:
Why are you excited to work with dogs?
Do you have experience working with dogs?
What excites you about being part of a cooperative?
Do you want to become a worker-owner, and if so, why?
How do you feel working in a team? What do you think are the pros and cons of working in a team?
Do you have a car? If so, what experience do you have driving in the city?
Tell us about your personal values and why you think they would fit in with the values of a cooperative. If you want to learn more about what a cooperative is and stands for, you can check out ica.coop!
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: From $40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
-Dental insurance
-Health insurance
-Paid time off
-Parental leave
-Vision insurance
Schedule:
-Choose your own hours
-Monday to Friday
Work Location:
-In person
