Christmas Casuals | Animal Attendants | Beau’s Pet Hotel

• Competitive hourly rates, casual loading plus penalties.
• Seven-day roster flexibility (including public holidays and holiday season)
• Opportunity to utilise your skills and experience in a Christmas casual position

About Beau’s Pet Hotel

Located in the Adelaide Airport precinct next to Harbour Town, Beau’s is a state-of-the-art Pet Hotel that offers a safe and loving holiday experience, with both standard and luxury accommodation for cats and dogs available.

All profits from Beau’s Pet Hotel are returned to Guide Dogs SA/NT to enable independence, participation, inclusion and wellbeing for people living with vision loss, and other specialised needs through the provision of Guide Dogs, Assistance Dogs and specialist services.

About the Role

We are seeking reliable, energetic, skilled and qualified Animal Attendants to join our dedicated team in providing exceptional care to our furry guests at Beau’s Pet Hotel including dog and cat boarding, during the upcoming busy holiday period.

Key responsibilities:

• Day to day animal husbandry – cleaning, feeding and exercising
• Provide exceptional care to all pet guests
• Provide clear communication to your team members
• Work as an integral member of the Beau’s Team to achieve positive outcomes for our guests

Rosters are set fortnightly to enable staff to plan ahead. Christmas and New Years rosters will be set a minimum 4 weeks in advance to allow staff to plan their holidays accordingly.

This is an opportunity to utilise and build upon your skills and experience in the animal industry during our busy holiday period, up until 31 January 2025. There may be potential for the right candidate to be able to stay onboard in a casual capacity.

About you

It is important to us that our Animal Attendants have a minimum tertiary qualification of Certificate III in Companion Animal Care (or tertiary qualifications in a relevant field) as well as a thorough knowledge and understanding of dog and cat behavior and temperament, with demonstrated animal handling skills.

You are dedicated to the wellbeing of animals and can be relied upon to attend your allocated shifts.

As a 7 day per week, 365 days a year service, we require all casual employees to work flexibly over a 7-day roster including weekends. All casual employees must also be available to work during peak periods (holiday seasons) such as school and public holidays.

Maintaining a DHS police check (costs covered) and current driver's license is a condition of employment along with undertaking a pre-employment medical.

Benefits

• Be part of Guide Dogs SA/NT, one of Australia’s most trusted charities, making a difference for people living with vision loss or specialized needs.
• Exclusive salary sacrifice opportunity for increased take-home pay.
• Supportive team passionate about their work.
• Work in a well-managed, spacious, clean, state of the art facility.
• Employee Assistance Program for counselling and support.

Learn more

For a complete description of the role’s key responsibilities and requirements, please review the Position Description.

Please ensure your application addresses the requirements of the role as described in the Position Description and enter your details below to apply.

Applications close 9am Thursday 12 September 2024.