Dog Care Attendant

• Located at our Kensington Seeing Eye Dogs facility
• Base Salary = $43.23 per hour + Superannuation with Salary Packaging up to $15.9k

About Us

At Seeing Eye Dogs Australia, dogs are more than just a job – they are our life.

As a division of Vision Australia, Seeing Eye Dogs strives to develop and maintain innovative, high-quality dog guide services to enhance the mobility and independence of people who are blind or have low vision.

We follow the journey of a Seeing Eye Dog from their breeding and initial development as puppies, through their advanced training to ensure they can safely guide their future partners, to matching them with a client and finally ending with their happy retirement after eight years of dedicated service.

This journey is not only meaningful and rewarding, but also fun!

About the Opportunity

As our Dog Care Attendant, you will provide a high standard of care for all dogs belonging to Vision Australia Seeing Eye Dogs (SEDA), including health, husbandry, cleaning and enrichment, breeding, neonatal care, whelp monitoring and assistance, enrichment, and socialisation. In this role you will also:

• Ensure high level of welfare standards are provided for all dogs under the care of SEDA
• Effective use of positive reinforcement, safe and ethical dog handling methods, and application of least intrusive and minimally invasive principles in all interactions with dogs
• Adhere to SEDA standards, policies and procedures
• Arrive punctually for all shifts and team handovers

As part of the Seeing Eye Dogs team, you should have experience in kennel, boarding centre, animal shelter, adoption centre, large veterinary clinic or similar environment. In addition, proven ability to handle and care for dogs is required.

Qualifications

• Ability to work collaboratively and positively within a team environment
• Excellent initiative, self‑management and time‑keeping skills and ability to work autonomously
• Ability to provide effective coaching and training of staff, volunteers and students

Benefits of Working at Vision Australia

• Additional leave is available via our purchase leave and accrued day off schemes
• Annual salary review to ensure your pay is in‑line with the market rates
• On‑the‑job skill development and coaching available
• Location is easily accessible by public transportation and parking available on‑site

Contact

If you have any questions about the role please contact the hiring manager, Kat Kakafikas.

Apply

If this sounds like a great fit for you then please complete our online application.

Applications should consist of a full resume and a cover letter. Please note that PDF documents are not accepted for accessibility reasons. If you require any support or considerations with the application process, please reach out to People and Culture or the above hiring manager.

Equal Opportunity and Diversity Statement

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive culture, and value diversity and all abilities. We highly encourage applications from candidates who are blind or have low vision and from those who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Vision Australia works with clients from diverse cultural and social backgrounds with varied life experiences, physical abilities and interests and we seek to employ people who reflect the great diversity of our clients.