Kip Newstead

Animal Attendant (Dog Daycare)

As the leading provider of pet care services across Australia, Kip Happy Stays sets the benchmark for excellence, ensuring every pet receives the ultimate in care and enrichment during their stay.

At Kip Newstead, our team is deeply committed to delivering exceptional care to every furry friend that walks through it's doors. We are now looking for the pick of the litter to complement our existing team and help contribute to providing a premium service to the local pets.

The ideal candidate will be available to work flexible hours between 6.30am-6.30pm, Monday through Friday, with the ability to adapt to a variety of shifts and schedules. Availability to work mid-week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) is preferred.

What are the responsibilities of the role?

• Supervising groups of dogs and managing their behaviours to maintain overall wellbeing and safety
• Providing canine enrichment through play and scheduled activities
• Implementing daily leadership and training activities
• Frequent cleaning and upkeep of facility
• Building and maintaining rapport with our dog owners through daily feedback and transparency
• Creating and distributing media content for our dog owners through videos and photos
• Daily administration such as answering enquiries through email and phone, record keeping of dog behaviours, preparing documents for dog owners

What are the minimum requirements?

• Available to attend a lawful unpaid work trial shift (operated within The Fair Work Ombudsman guidelines)
• Confident to physically handle larger dog breeds
• High level of communication and empathetic in nature
• Able to work long days, on your feet, in a high pressure environment
• A passion for, strong desire to learn, or aspiration to continue your development with canine behaviour and training
• Comfortable with computer systems (emails, booking platform) and phone applications (using social media, filming and editing basic video content)

Why Kip Happy Stays?

• Did someone say pets?
• We offer opportunities for career growth and promote from within.
• Extensive training opportunities to further build your skillset.
• Enjoy up to 50% off on shop items and our boarding and daycare services.
• Generous incentive programs for our leaders to earn bonuses based on performance. 
• A structured induction program to set you up to succeed. 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that supports our employees with free confidential counselling services. 
• Work with like-minded people in a fun and exciting business with a well-established reputation and brand. 
• A generous Employee Referral Program where you can earn up to $3000 per person when you recommend exceptional people that we onboard at Kip Happy Stays.

How to apply

Include a cover letter outlining why you are the best fit for the role. If you have no animal handling experience or don’t tick all the boxes, we'd love to know how your current skill set can transfer!

Shortlisted candidates will be sent an invite to complete a one-way video interview.

We look forward to reviewing your applications!