An Animal Care Worker or Manager manages animal care and grooming for a retail store that sells pets or for a pet grooming business. May also provide animal care and grooming at a kennel. Works with animals in shelters or rescue organizations. Works primarily with dogs and cats. Assists veterinarians with vaccinations or other procedures; screens people who want to adopt an animal from a shelter and provides information about caring for animals.
Kennel Assistant - Part-Time Holly Tree Animal Hospital - Simpsonville, SC 20-30 hours per week | 1-2 weekends per month About Us At Holly Tree Animal Hospital, we're passionate about providing exceptional veterinary care and treating every pet like family. We're looking for a caring, dependable Part-Time Kennel Assistant to join our team and help us provide excellent care for our boarding and hospitalized pets. Position Summary As a Kennel Assistant, you'll play an important role in ensuring the safety, comfort, cleanliness, and well-being of the animals entrusted to us. This is a hands-on animal care position that includes feeding, walking, cleaning, monitoring patients, and assisting our veterinary team as needed.
Please note:
This is a kennel position, not a veterinary assistant position. A large portion of this job involves cleaning and maintaining a safe and sanitary environment for our animals. What You'll Do Provide daily care for dogs and cats, including feeding, watering, walking, and exercising Clean and sanitize kennels, cages, runs, and common areas Clean up animal waste both inside the hospital and in outdoor exercise areas Monitor animal health, behavior, appetite, and bathroom habits and promptly report concerns Administer medications as directed by veterinary staff Assist with basic grooming tasks, including bathing, brushing, and nail trims Safely handle dogs and cats of different sizes, breeds, temperaments, and medical needs Assist veterinary staff with animal handling when needed Maintain accurate care and treatment records Perform general cleaning duties, including laundry, dishes, sweeping, mopping, and cleaning bathrooms What We're Looking For Previous animal care experience is
REQUIRED
Experience may include veterinary, kennel, boarding, grooming, shelter/rescue, professional pet care, volunteer work, or relevant animal-care education Personal pet ownership alone does NOT meet the experience requirement Comfortable safely handling dogs and cats of all sizes and temperaments Dependable and able to work independently Strong attention to detail and ability to follow care and medication instructions Good communication and teamwork skills Willingness to perform the physical and cleaning responsibilities that are a major part of kennel work Availability to work approximately 20-30 hours per week Availability to work 1-2 weekends per month and rotating holidays Schedule Part-time Approximately 20-30 hours per week Weekday shifts 1-2 weekends per month Rotating holidays Weekend shifts may require working independently, so applicants must be comfortable caring for and safely handling dogs and cats without another kennel staff member present. Benefits Employee pet care discount Flexible scheduling Supportive team environment Hands-on experience in a veterinary hospital Why Join Us? If you have animal care experience, aren't afraid to get your hands dirty, and genuinely enjoy caring for animals, we'd love to hear from you. This is a great opportunity to gain additional hands-on experience in veterinary medicine while making a difference in the lives of pets and their families.
Experience:
Animal Care:
1 year (Required)
Job Type:
Part-time Expected Hours:
20-30 per week
Work Location:
In person
Pay:
$11.00 - $15.00 per hour Expected hours: 20.0 - 30.0 per week
Benefits:
Employee discount Flexible schedule Uniform allowance Application Question(s): Previous animal care experience is required. Loving animals or owning pets is NOT considered qualifying experience by itself. Please briefly describe your professional, volunteer, educational, veterinary, kennel, shelter/rescue, grooming, or other relevant animal care experience. Some weekend shifts are worked independently. Are you comfortable working alone and safely handling cats with different temperaments and dogs of all sizes and temperaments? This is a part-time position averaging 20-30 hours per week and includes 1-2 weekends per month and rotating holidays. Are you available to work this schedule? This is a kennel position, NOT a veterinary assistant position. The job requires cleaning kennels and cages, walking and feeding animals, bathing pets, cleaning up animal waste inside and outside, doing laundry and dishes, and cleaning bathrooms. Are you willing and able to perform all of these duties?
