Dog Walker/pet Sitter

**Dog walking for We Love Pets**

Are you a dog lover who would jump at the chance to spend more time with dogs? If you're looking to get out and about (and paid) to walk dogs in your local beauty spots read on...

**How does dog walking work?**

Collect dogs from customer's homes and drive them to the local open space for playtime, exercise, sniffing time and a few treats. Take a few photos of your dogs having fun Drop the dogs back, check them over and towel down if wet. Give the dogs some freshwater and let your manager know how the walk went.

**Benefits of dog walking with We Love Pets**
- Fresh air and daily exercise
- Part of a pet-loving family
- Training and progression
- Lots of pet care courses you can learn and upskill from
- Part of a caring supportive nationwide network
- Part of a local team and pet-loving community

**Pet sitting at We Love Pets**

Are you happy to be paid to visit someone's home and look after their pets while they're on holiday? If you're flexible, reliable and love spending time with animals we want to hear from you

**How does pet sitting work?**
Pet sitting is a great alternative for anyone who has pets that don't need 24-hour care and attention. As a pet sitter, you'd be asked to make regular visits to the customer's home to carry out essential care, make fuss and play with pets as often as required.

**Main duties**
- Look after a variety of pets within their own home (cats, dogs, small animals, reptiles, fish)
- Understand special requests and specific conditions for each animal
- Give each animal love and attention
- Take photos of the pets for their owners and update manager regularly who will pass the information on to customers
- Remove pet waste

**Requirements**:

- Be available to work through the week during the day
- Comfortable around dogs including lifting, handling and supervising
- Willingness to carry out training and work as part of a team
- Submit for a police and reference check
- Look after a variety of pets as if they are a member of the family
- Complete a pet first aid course (Costs for course covered by WLP)
- Use their own car (insurance, tax and MOT required)
- Know their local area
- Have a reliable mobile phone and internet access
- Write well and communicate clearly with their manager
- Follow instructions as well as being able to think on their feet and make decisions quickly when it comes to dealing with unexpected problems/situations that may arise during a visit

**Training and development**
We Love Pets is committed to staff development and offers a range of training and development opportunities, both within the branch and via our online training portal (We Love Training).

We really value our team and as part of this commitment we ensure all staff:

- Receive a six-monthly appraisal along with regular one-to-ones
- Are provided with a personal performance plan to support their career development
- Have access to a wide range of training opportunities to help develop within their role

Application question(s):

- What days are you available to work?
- Is your car suitable for transporting dogs? What make and Model is it?
- Are you happy to put dogs in your car?
- Please tell us about yourself and why you applied for this position
- What is your current work situation?
- Why are you leaving your present job?
- Do you have knowledge of local dog walking locations?
- Are there any animals you don't like/ wouldn’t look after?
- What experience do you have of owning or working with animals (either paid or voluntary)?
- What customer service experience have you had?

**Job Types**: Part-time, Zero hours contract

**Salary**: £9.50 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Work Location: On the road

Reference ID: Dog Walker/Pet Sitter/Pet Care