The Acre is growing our team and looking for a few hard working kennel techs to join. Our ideal candidate has experience working in kennels, dog daycare or in the vet tech environment. We are looking for an immediate start date and will offer hands on training. If you are looking to develop a career in this field we are able to offer a pathway of growth that takes work life balance into consideration.
Qualifications
Experience working with dogs is preferred - specifically large active dogs
Experience working in a customer facing role is preferred
Ability to work weekends and holidays (however not every weekend and holiday is required)
Has reliable transportation
We value experience in similar environment but even more important is a positive and hard working mindset with openness to grow and learn
Must be active and able to work outside in the heat
Background check
Responsibilities
Checking in and out customers on a daily basis
Feeding and medicating dogs
Consistently watching dogs on a daily basis
Walking dogs to play yard and facilitating a safe play environment by choosing accurate play groups
Capturing photos of dogs to post to our app
Careful attention to dogs emotional, physical and behavioral needs
sanitizing the yard
Benefits
Paid training
We value hard working employees and have clear pathways for raises and promotions based on tenure and performance
Free dog daycare and employee discounts for boarding
Time off requests are accommodated when given notice & owners are always happy to step in to cover employee shifts in the case of an emergency or illness
Company Culture
We put employees and their work life balance first knowing this directly benefits the animals
We carefully select the dogs that join our community to ensure that we can offer friendly playgroups to all who attend daycare
We have a massive outdoor space (40,000 square feet) and small play groups to create a low stress environment for staff members and the dogs
We invest heavily in our technology so staff members can rely on accurate feeding and medical instructions, dog temperament and customer information.
We are always keeping an open line of communication - implementing employee feedback to improve operations for the dogs and those who help support them
We have consistent and reliable schedules so you can make plans outside of work
Starting pay is typically $14-$16 but work experience will be taken into consideration during the interview.
Available Shifts (fully time and part time available)
Morning 6:45am - 2pm
Evening 1pm - 7pm
