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Pet Sitter (Cats) Annual hours mainly weekend and school holidays

Purrfect Sitters Ltd
Leeds, England
Part time
5 days ago

Job description

About us

Purrfect Sitters Ltd has been trusted to care for customers’ animal families in Leeds, West Yorkshire since 2008, and we are a well-established business. We offer a personalised pet sitting service, catering to a variety of animals, including cats, birds, fish, rabbits, hamsters, and even wild animals in need. Everyone at Purrfect Sitters truly cares about the animals in their charge, whether it’s kittens wanting to play and explore or feline OAPs needing medication and routine care. We are also responsible for people’s houses we take out bins water indoor plants and open and close curtains as requested.

Job Title: Pet Sitter

Location: Various - your day will start and finish at the
company office, 49 Fawcett Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS12 4PE, but the role
involves travel across Leeds.

Reports to: Purrfect Sitters Owner/Manager

Salary: £12.50 per hour minimum 4 hours per week maximum 16-30 hours per week

The successful candidate can also opt in to our pension scheme with payment made once sufficient earnings have been met.

Hours: This role would suit a student or someone who works in the education system. We are looking for someone who can commit to a minimum 1 weekend shift per week during term time and work more hours during school holidays or summer. Some weeks you may work more hours and some weeks you may work less. The length of time spent on each shift will vary depending on how many people have booked in.

As a business we work everyday (apart from Christmas day) covering Mornings which have an allocated time frame of 5am to 11.59am and covering afternoons 2pm to 7pm. As a seasonal worker you can put your name down for as many shifts as you require. We are looking for someone who is also available to work over the Christmas and New Year holidays including Boxing Day morning.

Holidays: As per national guideline. (holidays cannot be booked during
our peak service times).

Reviews: Annual reviews of hours, wage, and holidays.

Role Details:

We are looking for an enthusiastic cat loving Pet Sitter to join us, who has care and empathy as well as a positive 'can do' attitude and not put off by animal hair or mess!

We provide a non-judgmental, professional pet care service in customers' homes when they cannot be there. We visit pets in their own homes once or twice a day to feed, clean, and care for them when owners are on holiday or unavailable. Our bespoke service aims to look after our customers' animal family in the same manner as they are accustomed to at home, this involves cleaning and looking after the clients home by opening and closing blinds putting bins in and out and watering indoor plants when requested.

The animals you will be visiting are mainly cats, with additional care provided for birds, rats, rabbits, fish, tortoises, and occasional reptiles. Training will be provided on how to care for different pets.

The role involves substantial lifting, squatting, bending, and occasional crawling to ensure all animals are present and correct. Therefore, a relatively good level of general fitness will be required. this job requires a lot of driving, you might need to drive up to 20 miles per round. A full, clean driving licence is essential. Our business car insurance policy also requires all employees to be over 21 years old.

The wage reflects the complexities and concentration needed for the role. We are looking for someone who can stay focused, calm and who can work alone and self-supervise to ensure tasks are completed in a timely manner. The job can also be quite pressured at times with work needed to be done in a short space of time.

Applicants must reside in the Leeds area, easily be able to travel to the office LS12 for the start of each shift, preference will be given to anyone who is local to LS12. You will work across all our postcode areas, and a good knowledge of Leeds is desirable. Use of a personal vehicle during summer, for visits may also be required, subject to the vehicle passing satisfactory checks. You will be responsible for informing your insurers, and we will reimburse 45p per mile for travel.

The ideal candidate will genuinely love animals and understand that pets rely on us for care and attention while their owners are away. The role is predominantly a lone worker position, requiring confidence to work alone while maintaining a professional approach to ensure assigned tasks are completed. This is a highly responsible role with shifts that demand immediate mental concentration. While working with animals is rewarding, it involves a considerable amount of trust and responsibility. We are seeking someone with enthusiasm, patience, and, most importantly, someone who is level-headed and unflappable.

On working days, availability to accompany your manager to new customer consultations may also be required as and when needed.

Skills & Requirements:

Disclosure Check: A full check will be done via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), formerly a Criminal Records Bureau Check. No final offer of employment will be made until a satisfactory response has been received. Purrfect Sitters Ltd will pay for this.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £12.50 per hour

Benefits:

Schedule:

Application question(s):

I am over 21?
I live close to LS12?
I can arrive by 5.45am or 1.45pm when needed?

Work Location: On the road

Reference ID: Pet Sitter seasonal

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