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Kennel Assistant
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We’re Hiring: Kennel Assistant
📍 Location: Rushden, NN10
💰 Pay: £12.71 per hour
📅 Hours: Full-time – 40 hours per week – 4 days on out of 7 days
🎓 From day one, you’ll gain access to outstanding Learning and Development opportunities, Mentorship, and a whole load of benefits from big brand discounts to give back schemes!
Grade: Site Based
See a Different World. Where potential is seen and progress is nurtured.
Do you love animals? Don't mind getting muddy, hairy, and hands-on?
We're looking for a practical, hardworking animal lover to join our team of Kennel Assistant’s at Chalkwell Kennels.
Kennel Assistant isn't a role where you'll spend the day cuddling puppies (although there are some perks!). It's a busy, physical job that involves caring for dogs and cats of all sizes, breeds, personalities, and temperaments. One minute you could be exercising an energetic dog, the next you could be reassuring a nervous rescue cat/dog or rolling up your sleeves to clean kennels.
If you're confident around animals, happy to get your hands dirty, and genuinely passionate about animal welfare, we'd love to hear from you for the Kennel Assistant role.
Job Description
What You'll Be Doing
Every day is different, but you'll be involved in:
- Handling dogs and cats of all sizes, breeds, and temperaments
- Feeding, grooming, and caring for animals
- Exercising and enriching animals in our care
- Cleaning kennels, cattery units, and exercise areas
- Monitoring animal welfare and wellbeing
- Working closely with a supportive team to maintain the highest standards of care
Please Note: This list is not extensive but gives a good overview of the duties of the role!
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You'll thrive in this role if you have:
- Previous experience working with animals
- Confidence handling dogs and cats of all breeds, sizes, and temperaments
- A genuine passion for animal welfare and high standards of care
- A practical nature – not afraid to get your hands dirty and muck in with tasks
- Strong communication, reliable, and teamwork skills
- Enjoy being active and on your feet throughout the day
- Ability to follow operating procedures and maintain high standards – committed to personal development
- Right to work in the UK with a 5-year checkable history
- UK driving licence and own transport, or the ability to reliably travel to site within 45 minutes
Desirable
- Experience in an animal welfare setting
- Canine and/or feline first aid qualification
- Relevant animal care qualifications
Ready to Join Us?
If you're the type of person who isn't fazed by barking dogs, muddy boots, cleaning duties, or a busy day on your feet and you genuinely love working with animals we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help us provide exceptional care to every animal that comes through our gates.
Additional Information
It’s great to see you’re considering a career with Securitas UK! You're one step closer to joining a global team of 336,000+ colleagues who help make the world a safer place each and every day.
Here, we live by our values of Integrity, Vigilance, and Helpfulness, which help guide how we operate and how our people experience work, each and every day! We have a promise too:
Opportunity – We see potential in every person and situation
People – We open our eyes to all that’s good
Purpose – We make your world a safer place
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