Project K-9 Hero JOB OPENING!

Full-Time Kennel Technician

The PK9H Team is growing and our Kennels are at max capacity with a list of heroes waiting in line for our assistance. We have an immediate opening for 1-2 Kennel Technician(s) who have specific experience and a background in working with Police K-9s and Military Working Dogs.

Kennel Technicians provide daily care for our K-9 Heroes and assist with kennel maintenance at our Rehabilitation and Rehoming Facility in Marion County, Tennessee. They are involved with daily cleaning of the housing areas as well as bathing, grooming, exercising, feeding, administering medication, and monitoring the behavior our retired K-9 Heroes.

Duties for a Project K-9 Hero Kennel Technician are:

​1. Perform daily cleaning of kennels following proper disease control protocol to ensure a sterile environment.

2. Learn the triggers of every K-9 Hero in the program and ensure they have the best retirement possible.

3. Exercise all K-9 Heroes at the facility 2-3 times daily.

4. Groom, bath, and perform health checks on all assigned K-9 Heroes as needed.

5. Report directly to the Director of Facilities.

The successful candidate will:

▪ Have a passion for animal welfare.

▪ Maximize the K-9 Heroes comfort with a gentle and reassuring manner.

▪ Observe the K-9s appearance and activity for general physical condition and obvious signs of illness.

▪ Socialize and exercise K-9 Heroes in a safe manner at all times.

Candidate Requirements:

o Two or more years of experience working with Police K-9s or Military Working Dogs. Specifically those who possess behavioral or aggression issues.

o Must be able to learn basic veterinary medical concepts, including but not limited to vaccine protocols and anesthetic risks.

o Must also be able to communicate basic veterinary concepts to others and be able to repeat information relayed by a veterinarian.

o Will be asked to communicate with the public in a professional manner.

Physical Requirements:

o Must be able to work standing or sitting for 8 or more hours.

o Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds repeatedly throughout the day with help.

o Must be able to bend and kneel repeatedly.

o Must be able to see fine detail in a variety of situations.

o Must have reasonable degree of agility to move through tightly cramped areas in various situations

o Excellent interpersonal and team building skills.

Additional Requirements:

▪ Candidate should be highly motivated, enthusiastic self-starter with a professional attitude.

▪ Excellent organizational, analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills.

▪ Ability to show leadership and delegation strategies.

▪ Able to work independently and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.

▪ Effective verbal, listening, and written communications skills.

▪ Attention to detail and ability to maintain a high level of accuracy in preparing information.

▪ Demonstrates discipline, flexibility and sound work ethics.

▪ Open to a flexible schedule.

▪ Must have acceptable sense of touch and smell.

▪ Must have good range of motion in joints especially wrist, knees, elbows.

▪ Must have good range of motion in your back for twisting etc.

▪ Must be able to work in potentially extreme environmental temperatures.

▪ Must have acceptable sense of balance.

▪ Must be able to work and reach on hands and knees.

▪ Must be able to use a ladder and/or step stool.

▪ Must possess excellent hand-eye coordination.

▪ Must possess an acceptable degree of dexterity in hands and fingers.

▪ Must have good vision, including peripheral vision, fine detail, distance, depth perception, and ability to focus.

Personal characteristics:

An employee of Project K-9 Hero should demonstrate competence in all of the following:

▪ Behave Ethically: Understand ethical behavior and business practices, and ensure that own behavior and the behavior of others is consistent with these standards and aligns with the values of the organization.

▪ Build Relationships: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others, both internally and externally, to achieve the goals of the organization.

▪ Communicate Effectively: Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.

▪ Creativity/Innovation: Enjoy developing new and unique ways to improve operations of the organization and to create new opportunities.

▪ Focus on Client Needs: Anticipate, understand, and respond to the needs of internal and external clients to meet or exceed their expectations within the organizational parameters.

▪ Foster Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.

▪ Lead: Positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the organization.

▪ Make Decisions: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization.

▪ Organize: Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details, data, information and activities.

▪ Plan: Determine strategies to move the organization forward, set goals, create and implement actions plans, and evaluate the process and results.

▪ Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem.

▪ Know How to Have Fun: At the end of the day, you must love what you do and have fun helping people in our community. If that can make you strong, forget about time, and smile until your face hurts!

Working Conditions:

This employee usually works in an outdoor kennel environment but the mission of the organization may sometimes take them to non-standard workplaces.

▪ Hear and understand speech at normal levels.

▪ Speak so that others will be able to understand a normal in-person and telephone conversation.

▪ Sit or stand for extended periods of time.

▪ Exert manual dexterity sufficient for keyboard and other office equipment operation.

Project K-9 Hero provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Project K-9 Hero complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Candidate must be flexible with schedule changes and short notice requests.

PAY IS NEGOTIABLE BASED ON EXPERIENCE

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $26.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Whitwell, TN 37397: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location

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