Close to Home Seeking Experienced Dog Walkers and Cat Sitters

DOG WALKERS: Are you looking for a part-time job that you love? Do you stop people walking by to ask to pet their dog? Do you have previous dog-walking experience?

CAT SITTERS: Do you excel at following instructions and have an eye for detail?
Are you obsessed with cats and all things cat?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, come work with us as a professional pet care taker!

Overview:
Close to Home Pet Services is an LGBTQAI-owned and operated company. We connect customers with our animal-obsessed team to provide their pets with unique, individual care. We have been providing individual dog walks and cat visits in Seattle since 2008. We’re currently looking to hire a responsible animal lover to join our professional team!

Together we create a safe, fun, healthy environment for our internal team, our animal/pet clients, our human clients, and our Community. We are making the difference together.

DOG WALKING DETAILS:
Monday-Friday, 10am-2pm
We have immediate openings for WEST SEATTLE Weekday dog walkers. These positions work well for someone looking for part-time work, 2-5 hours a day. All Close to Home Dog clients are human-friendly and vetted for staff. All walks are private leashed walks in their neighborhood. Some dog walks are more than one dog if they live together.

Job Summary:
This is a physical job designed for true dog lovers. You will be walking independently and tasked with keeping clients’ pets safe and following any instructions provided by the client. Ideal routes are normally within one neighborhood, but you will need to travel to multiple households during the day and provide your own transportation.

We place great emphasis on safety, customer service, and self-reliance. Most walkers work an equivalent of 10-30 hours a week, but you can take on as many or as few service requests or clients as you choose. Our walkers find the flexibility that our company provides to be an ideal way to stay independent and balance other jobs, clients, or school with the freedom of self-employment.

Responsibilities and Duties:
• Perform safe neighborhood walks on leash as directed by the client
• Time management and communication to accept/deny service requests
• • Communicate with the office and clients within our select software platforms (we will train you on this!)
Provide excellent customer service
• Give all dogs attention, exercise, and care

Preferred Qualifications:
• Knowledge of dog breeds and behavior can be helpful but not required
• The ability to make quick decisions to keep dogs and yourself safe
• Capable of walking more than one dog at a time
• Comfortable walking dogs with special medical or behavior concerns
• Time management skills to ensure on-time arrivals for all dog walks
• Experience communicating with others via Slack

CAT CARE TAKER DETAILS:
Five selected days/week, 2-3 hrs per shift
Applicants must be able to bend, kneel, stand several minutes at a time, have the capability to lift 25 lbs as well as be a self starter and problem solver.

Responsibilities and Duties:
• Provide loving care to our clients cats and small critters.
• Follow the care instructions laid out by clients. This means being able to read and understand instructions given and execute what was asked.
• Care for cats includes refreshing water and food dishes, scooping litter boxes, sweeping up around litter boxes, cleaning up messes (ex hairballs), administering medications, playing with cats and/or proving love. This job requires frequent bending and kneeling.
• Monitor the well being of kitties and report any behavioral or physical changes.
• Administer medication if required.
• Complete visit reports at the end of every visit which requires excellent written skills.
• Excellent communication skills (written and spoken) required. Frequent communicating with the office and clients is required.
• Extra tasks at clients homes may be periodically required, including bringing in the mail, taking out the trash, watering plants etc…
• Treat our client’s home and care for it like it was your own

Who You Are:
• You are honest, driven, self-motivated, and independent
• You have a smartphone with a data plan
• You are at least 21 years old
• You own a reliable source of transportation
• You enjoy spending the day outdoors in all types of weather
• You are legally authorized to work in the United States
• You are willing to submit to a background check
• You have another form of income to help supplement this position

Benefits and Perks:
• Highly competitive industry pay starting at $21/hr
• Paid Onboarding and Comprehensive Training
• Casual dress code (dress for the weather instead of wearing a uniform)
• Work within a fun environment that encourages learning with positive/animal-loving co-workers
• Work at a company that respects you as an individual and creates healthy boundaries

TO APPLY: Complete an application at https://closetohomeseattle.com/careers/application-form/

What our team says about the company:

‘Close To Home has been an amazing place for me after leaving a high-stress job. Being outside, exercising, and connecting with animals is the perfect antidote for career burnout and has helped tremendously with my depression and anxiety. Plus, the miles I’m walking have conditioned me enough so I can do all the hikes that seemed out of reach previously.’

Job Type: Part-time
Pay: From $21 per hour
Expected hours: 10 – 30 per week

Benefits:
Employee discount
Flexible schedule
On-the-job training
Paid training
Referral program

Compensation Package:
Hourly pay
Tips

Schedule:
Dog Walkers: Monday-Friday, 10am-2pm
Cat Sitters: Five selected days/week, 2-3 hrs per shift

• This topic was modified 1 week, 3 days ago by WSB.
• This topic was modified 1 week, 3 days ago by CloseToHomeJobs. Reason: I mis-typed our pay rate!