23/07/2021
Are you someone who we can count on to take care of our clients animals, come rain or shine? Are you reliable, proactive and not afraid of the Scottish weather and countryside?
We have an opening for a part-time, leading to full Dog Walker / Pet Sitter position, and are looking for someone animal focused and reliable to help us take care of our clients' animals.
ONLY APPLICANTS WHO FOLLOW OUR APPLICATION PROCESS WILL BE CONSIDERED.
Are you looking for a job where your ideal day is spending time with dogs, cats, rabbits and other feathered and furry animals? If so then read on!
We’re looking for someone to join our small team starting off on a part time basis, set to increase over time. The working hours usually fall between 9.00 and 16.00, Mon-Fri, although some out of hours and weekend work may be required.
This is what your day will look like:
- Driving picking dogs up from our clients homes - usually 4 dogs per trip.
- Visiting doggy friendly areas where you walk and play with your pack and doing some light dog training.
- Maintaining our equipment, scooping up poops and ensuring that our reputation is maintained when you meet members of the public.
- Take pics and videos, write a little summary of the walk and send it on to us to forward to our pet parents.
To enjoy this job:
- You have a passion and real love for animals.
- You’re reliable, honest and understand that you’re dealing with people’s family.
- Sensible and accommodating to change, understanding that animals are unpredictable.
- Comfortable with dogs of all sizes.
Interested in dog training, perhaps looking to become a dog trainer / behaviourist.
- You’re happy to work as part of a team and on your own. You’ll be on your feet for up to 4 hours a day, come rain or shine.
- Physically fit to keep engaged and manage a group of dogs and you’re able to towel dogs and refill water bowls throughout the day.
- You have a clean drivers license and you’re a confident driver.
- You’re a good communicator and you’re comfortable speaking to customers, members of the public and your team members.
You’ll get:
- A car, a smart phone, and equipment to do the job.
- Training to understand dog body language.
- Pet first aid training.
- Client and customer care, and soft skills training
- Dog training, perhaps leading to a dog training qualification if desired.
- Cuddles from all sorts of animals.
- A day that is varied and fulfilling
- A job that keeps you fit and healthy
If successful at an interview, you will be asked to complete a paid trial week to give you the opportunity to decide whether this is a job for you. We want to make sure the person that joins our team is just right for the job too!
What you’ll get paid:
You will go through initial training and you’ll work for us as an independent contractor. You’ll get paid £7.50 per dog, per walk, which means that once you’re at capacity you’ll walk 3 walks a day with 4 dogs per walk. That means you’ll earn from dog walks around £1500 per month, of which you need to pay your own tax and national insurance. Pet sitting or visits will be an additional income source, but these will be ad-hoc.
You won’t be full from the get go, but we aim to have you at capacity within 3 months so bear that in mind when working out your finances.
How to apply:
In your response please include a full CV and a cover note by email or bonus points a video with your answers to the following;
1. Why are you applying and how your skills and experience apply to this role?
2. Your experience working with animals?
3. What 3 things will you take to a desert island and why?
Upload videos to Youtube as unlisted and send us the link.
Please send the details to [email protected]
We will be taking applications until the 15th of August, or until a sufficient amount of applications is reached. We’ll be interviewing on a rolling basis, so don’t delay in getting your application in.
*With the level of interest we won't be able to reply to all but the successful applicants. Thank you for reading
