Kennel Manager Are you interested in bringing your passion and experience in kennels or dogs to your next career move? Do you have love and pride for keeping a wonderful dog training and boarding facility looking and offering its best? We have a large dog ranch located in the Highland Lakes area of the Hill Country near Marble Falls, understand the challenges around starting and maintaining your own dog-training business/kennel, and are ready to invite the right person to join Barkingham Palace as Kennel Manager. Our successful, family-owned kennel property is over 7.5 acres with more than 68 large indoor/outdoor dog runs. This is a unique opportunity for the right person to build upon and shape the kennel's future in terms of dog training and kennel management. For the right applicant, there is a special opportunity to live on the premises for 1-6 months until he/she can find a suitable location to live nearby. To be successful in this role: you'll need the following skills and qualities. If you may be missing other experience/skills listed, please apply; we are very willing to work with the right person.

Compassion:

Kennel managers must be kind and caring when dealing with animals and their owners.

Trustworthiness:

Kennel managers must demonstrate that they can be trusted to care for other peoples' animals. Dedication to the

Work:

True understanding and investment in the overall management and family-owned culture of the kennel, from smaller to general tasks should be apparent in your approach to responsibilities.

• Interpersonal skills: Kennel managers must interact with owners as they drop off and pick up their pets and maintain a positive relationship with kennel staff.
• Physical stamina: People in this role may need to be on their feet for long hours at a time or may need to crawl, bend, and lift to work with the animals.

OPERATIONAL

Required:

Demonstrable experience working as a Dog Trainer (1-10 yrs), strong dog handling skills, and able to articulate training philosophy. A love for dogs. Patient and enthusiastic.

• Ensuring that the training areas are clean and tidy.
• Teaching clients appropriate training methods to enforce and maintain behaviors and skills learned by their dogs during training sessions.
• Effective communication with customers, staff, etc such as excellent problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills.

KENNEL/SUPERVISORY

Required:

General people and/or operations management experience.

• Responsible for the daily operations of the kennel and care of the animals. Training and supervising other kennel workers and staff. (Can train)
• Ensuring cages, runs, and the overall facility is cleaned on a regular basis (Can train)
• Ensuring the animals are groomed, fed exercised, and generally cared for (Can train)
• Monitoring the behavior, safety and comfort of boarded animals (Can train)
• Proper medication administration for all animals
• Developing and enforcing kennel policies and procedures

ADMINISTRATIVE

Required:

General management experience (does not need to be kennel-based) and comfortable managing up to 5 staff members

• Creating work schedule. (can train)
• Scheduling boarding and training appointments, verifying bookings, and inquiring into overdue payments.

(can train)

PREFERRED

:

• Professional Dog Training Certification or Titled Dog experience.
• College degree

Job Type:

Full-time Pay:

$13.00 - $18.00 per hour (negotiable for right candidate)

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Optional limited time housing.
• Support options available if you are currently working on, or interested in dog training certification

Schedule:

8 hour shift, Day shift,

Weekends CALL or TEXT:

206.455.3774

Job Types:

Contract, Part-time, Full-time Pay:

$13.00 - $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

Flexible schedule Professional development assistance Relocation assistance

Work Location:

In person