Dog Walker

**We are the first-ever pet care business voted America's Coolest Pet Business**:
**Viva La Pet** **is the area's longest-established, award-winning pet care service providers. As pioneers in the industry, we set the standards for those in the field. Our mission is to provide our community with customized, exceptional and trust worthy pet care by following our Peace of Mind Blueprint. We are looking for active and fun animal devotees to join our team.

**About the job**:
VLP team members provide dog walking & pet sitting in Denville, Morristown, Morris Plains, Randolph and the surrounding areas for the Viva La Pet client-base.

**Who we look for**:
We look for people who can _self-manage._

We want team-oriented people who bring positive energy to their environments and are honest, committed, professional, and passionate.

Those who LOVE the idea of spending their time giving snugs to all the pets, _being active outdoors_, and providing care that keeps our clients boasting about our services.

We want genuinely kind and honest people who realize the complete joy of dogs and cats and recognize the privilege of caring for others' pets.

We want people of integrity and authenticity, as well as those who are one thousand percent reliable.

We care for some of the most important creatures on the planet, so we won’t sugarcoat exactly what we are looking for in a VLP team member.

**Continuing in that spirit**:

- You must be good at managing details. We personalize our clients' care to their dogs’ exact needs. We have many instructions for each dog/cat/lizard/etc. that we work with, and you have to be able to follow those instructions to the letter.
- You need to have dog handling, walking, and pet care experience. We work with many different kinds of pets. You must bring a demonstrated ability to walk dogs and care for animals.
- You need to have excellent time management skills. Our team members have anywhere from 2 to 9 appointments a day. Sometimes, they are scheduled back to back, and other times, they are not. You must be able to manage your time accordingly.
- You must communicate well, both in written form and spoken. You must be willing to communicate with a sense of urgency through texts, calls, and our app. We are in the business of giving people peace of mind, and we expect a high degree of clarity in communication to our clients and team.
- You must be a person of integrity and honesty. Our core values are care, communication, honesty, reliability, and consistency. These must be characteristics that you already possess in your daily life.
- You must have a clean background check, an insured & reliable personal vehicle, and a smartphone. You also must be able to provide us with professional references.
- You must be comfortable with working outside in all types of weather (heat, rain, freezing temps, etc.)

**Those best suited for our team**:
We look for people who are looking to make supplemental income. This job won’t pay your rent or mortgage. We want people who have flexible availability and those who are okay with taking on a few “last minute jobs” per month.

If you are an active retiree, a student who can offer us seasonal pet sitting, a person with their afternoons free for daily dog walking, a freelancer or anyone with EITHER (not all):

- Open availability between 10:30 and 2:30 repeated weekdays for **daily dog walking.**:

- Open availability to do **overnight pet sitting** in our client’s homes between the hours of 7pm and 7am.
- Open availability to visit our clients homes for 30 minutes between 7-9am, again between 2-4pm, and again between 8-9pm for **pet sitting**.

We want this to be the best part time gig ever. We want you so enjoy yourself and have fun. On average our people stay with us for 12 or more months and **we prefer you commit to at least 12 months**. We are all about positive energy and smiles, but this is not a job where calling out regularly is tolerated. You must commit to your client’s schedules.

**The details**:
Our **daily dog walking **positions (Monday-Friday) on average start at 1-3 walks per day (unless you are taking over a book of clients from a previous walker). We have a culture of helping out team members and encouraging team members to pick up extra work as wanted and needed, so 6-9 walks per day is doable in time. Take on as little as 3 walks per day or as many as 8 per day. This is totally up to you, but you must commit to a reoccurring weekly schedule.

**Overnight pet sitting** comes up 1-3 times per month and pet sitting (3 visits per day) is available a few times per month throughout the year except for the Summer and any holiday breaks, where much more pet sitting is available to take on.

Our **pet sitting** positions require visiting our clients 3x per day (morning, late afternoon/early evening and again at bedtime) while our clients are out of town.

**Compensation**:
$22 - $24 / hourly (most staff will earn $23 per hour before gra