Dog Kennel Attendant

**Company Overview**

Stamford Veterinary Center is a total experience veterinary, boarding, and daycare facility offering state-of-the art medical and surgical services, and preventative care. Our doctors and staff are dedicated to providing you and your pet only the best medicine and customer service available.

**Responsibilities and Duties**
- Feed, water, walk, exercise, and bathe animals in our care as needed
- Bring animals to and from the kennel during check-in and check-out times
- Always maintain sanitary conditions of kennel facilities
- Supervise all dog play groups
- Monitor animals and immediately report health or behavior abnormalities to management
- Operate laundry and dishwashing
- Organize play groups with boarding and daycare dogs
- Administer medications as directed
- Assist coworkers with other duties

**General Requirements**
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Compassionate and proficient client and patient care
- Team player
- Ability to multitask
- Comfortable handling both cats and dogs
- Flexibility (ability to work weekends and holidays)
- Detail-orientated
- Professionalism
- Ability to lift +40 lbs

**Benefits and Perks**

We are dedicated to your well-being and offer a comprehensive package and professional development opportunities to support your work and home life. These include:

- 401(k) with employer match and immediate vesting
- Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Also available: Dental and Vision
- PTO with carryover
- CE Opportunities
- Uniform Allowance
- Personal Pet Discounts

**What Makes Us Special**

Our mission is to provide the highest quality medical and surgical care to our patients while providing our clients with education and assistance in all aspects of animal care and ownership. We strive to exceed our clients' expectations by treating owners and their pets with respect, honesty, and compassion and treating all animals as if they were our own. Our services are provided in a clean, safe, and friendly environment and our goals are to work as a team, complementing each other’s talents and retaining a positive attitude.

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: From $16.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20 - 28 per week

**Benefits**:

- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance

Day range:

- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed

Shift:

- 10 hour shift
- 4 hour shift
- 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Tips

Work setting:

- In-person

**Education**:

- High school or equivalent (required)

**Experience**:

- Animal care: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person