Animal Care Attendant - Temporary Register | Temporary

Classification: General Service Officer Level 3
Salary: $57,923 - $59,949 plus superannuation
Position No: C13052, Several
Directorate: Canberra Institute of Technology
Advertised (Gazettal date): 14 December 2023
Contact Officer: Nicole Costigan on **********@cit.edu.au or (02) 6207 5***

Details: Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) is seeking enthusiastic and experienced staff to fill casual vacancies in the CIT Dog Day care program.

Do you love working with animals? Are you self-motivated, a team player, and great with customer service? Canberra Institute of Technology’s Science Department at Bruce Campus offers a Dog Day Care program as part of the teaching area in Animal studies. CIT Dog Day Care is open 4 days per week during school terms, offering work experience to current students.

CIT Dog Day Care Attendants will be required to:

• Provide Dog Day Care dogs with exercise, fun and training. Monitor dog interactions, wellbeing and behaviour.
• Oversee student work experience, provide guidance and instruction on Dog Day care procedures.
• Maintain cleanliness and housekeeping of the Dog day care yard and Dog House.
• Undertake record keeping tasks, provide clients with pertinent information on their pets in Dog Day care.
• Work outdoors in all kinds of weather.
• Ensure all interactions are consistent with the CIT cultural traits ((Customer Centric, Professionalism, Collaborative, Trusted, Adaptable, Accountable and Inspirational).

Eligibility/Other requirements:

You would preferably have experience working with dogs in an Animal Care setting or hold qualifications in animal studies such as Certificate III in companion animal, Certificate III in dog behaviour and training.

Note: A register of suitable applicants will be established from this process and will be used to fill casual vacancies until the end of the calendar year. 

How to Apply: Please fill in the attached application, along with a current curriculum vitae.

Applications should be submitted to the contact officer.

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This is a temporary employment register that will be used to fill full-time, part-time and casual positions over the next 12 months.

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