Kennel Manager
3 weeks ago
Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 48 hours per week
- Education: College/CEGEP
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
**Work setting**:
- Community service organization
- Animal shelter
**Tasks**:
- Address customers' complaints or concerns
- Train workers in duties and policies
- Train, direct and motivate staff
- Supervise staff, trainees or volunteers
- Supervise technicians, assistants, students or interns, staff or volunteers
- Prepare and administer medications and vaccines under direction of veterinarian
- Maintain inventory of supplies
- Keep records of animals treated
- Implement marketing activities
- Delegate work to office support staff
- Co-ordinate activities with other work units or departments
- Clean and disinfect cages, pens, aquariums, kennels, runs, stall and enclosures
- Carry out administrative activities of establishment
- Oversee and co-ordinate office administrative procedures
- Perform data entry
- Professionalism in customer service
- Administer medications
- Supervisory Experience
- Co-ordinate, assign and review work
- Direct and advise staff in the development and implementation of service quality assessment strategies
- Enforce regulations to maintain order and resolve conflicts and to monitor establishment activities
- Establish work priorities and ensure procedures are followed and deadlines are met
- Vaccinate animals to prevent and treat diseases
**Supervision**:
- 5-10 people
- Working groups
**Computer and technology knowledge**:
- Data administration
**Policy and program experience**:
- Disease control
**Security and safety**:
- Driver's validity licence check
**Transportation/travel information**:
- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:
- Attention to detail
- Fast-paced environment
- Physically demanding
- Work under pressure
- Large caseload
- Tight deadlines
**Personal suitability**:
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
