Please do not apply for this job if you do not drive or have full flexibility, you will be automatically rejected despite experience or skills - thank you!
Overview
We’re Hiring!
Becky’s Kitty Sitting is growing, and we’re looking for a cat nanny to join our team for house visit cat sitting in homes across St Helens!
This role is perfect for someone without any current, or a small amount of employment, students, single parents looking for extra income or retired individuals looking for some socialisation, as we require full flexibility.
This is a role which is much more than 'cat sitting', we hold 100% return rate from our customers and pride ourselves on being Merseyside's first ever, 'cat nannies' instead of sitters. This means we build lifelong friendships and bonds with the families and pets we support. You will also be provided with pink nanny scrubs upon induction.
If you’re a genuine cat lover with a fully flexible schedule and a kind heart, we’d love to hear from you!
Applicants must:
Be based in St. Helens
Be 18+ of age due to overnight stays and attending meet and greets alone
Have a full, clean UK driving licence
Have access to their own car
Full valid pet sitting insurance (approx £10 per month)
Be reliable, genuine, responsible & cat confident!
Experience with cats is a bonus, but we prioritising hiring someone who is a huge cat lover, and is able to admin their own shifts/diary and show complete reliability. This is a rewarding, flexible role perfect for animal lovers who enjoy working independently with the support of a small team of three very genuine and honest girls. Please note this role also requires some working during Christmas and New Year (with double pay of approx £26+ per hour)
Responsibilities
- Attend different homes across St Helens, Warrington and surrounding areas and upon request of cover, Liverpool.
- Driving to and from different homes, with a 20p her mile addition to your £13.75 per hour working wage, to support your driving costs and time spent on the road.
- Feeding, providing water and playing with the cats in the homes you are sent too.
- Scooping and changing cat litter trays when required for a variety of different cats and homes. This may also require a strong stomach as on occasion, some cats may have anxious bellies and leave a present outside the box.
- Write written reports to families and owners about their cats visits, taking photos, videos and everything in between each visit, via our app, Time to Pet.
- Managing your diary of customers with a flexible approach, with the full support and guidance of Becky. Although the shifts may start of small, we do require full flexibility to attend visits and was visits are allocated, cannot be reallocated or removed. Shifts are given months in advance.
- Adhere to professional time keeping, attending meet and greets with new customers and collecting/safely keeping their keys.
- Administer medications to a variety of cats (training provided).
- Complete meet and greets in customers home, with full tracking for your safety provided to the team and Becky during these. On occasion, complete overnight stays.
- Drop and collect keys to and from customers homes and from other sitters.
- Taking cats to vets on the rare event they become sick whilst owners are away and in our care.
Skills
- A history of cat care, either professionally or at home.
- Feline first aid training (desired not essential)
- Professional mannerism and attitude when dealing with customers, having a friendly and bubbly approach is great and preferable.
- Aware of general cat needs and observing diverse cat behaviour (stress or anxiety related issues).
- Able to balance diaries and a variation of different tasks for different homes and cats.
- Medication Administration and Injections for cats (not essential).
- Vast communication skills and general IT/phone skills in using our app Time to Pet whilst you will be trained on.
Additional Benefits:
- Unlimited holidays/leave (unpaid) to support in your life and work balance.
- Double pay of £26+ per hour during peak holidays (Christmas and New Year).
- Yearly fully paid outing with the team, usually to places like Chester Zoo or London for the day.
- Unlimited support through the role and genuine room for skill growth and opportunity to support in admin and social media content creation.
- An above living wage pay rate with additional pay in milage benefits.
Let’s give more kitties the care they deserve!
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We also specifically welcome applications from POC/Immigrant backgrounds, alongside those in the LGBT+ and Neurodiverse community!
Job Types: Permanent, Freelance, Zero hours contract
Pay: £13.75 per hour
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
Application question(s):
- How many years of cat care do you have?
- Can you administer medications?
- What is your postcode location and do you drive?
Work Location: In person
