Boarding Facility Team Lead

Pet Resort at Greensprings•Williamsburg, VA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pet Resort at Greenspring is family owned and operated and believe in a caring, supportive environment to meet the unique needs of each pet. We are a high volume, fast paced facility where our goal is to provide the highest quality and care for our pets and their owners. The Pet Resort is looking for a dependable, animal loving Assistant Supervisor/ Team Lead (full time) to help keep our daily operations running smoothly and our pets happy, safe, and well cared for. This role is great for someone who has some experience working with animals and is ready to take on a little more responsibility. We are seeking someone with good judgement, reliability, and leadership potential.

Requirements

Animal Care Experience required
Knowledgeable of dog and cat body language and behavior
Ability to monitor basic medications
Familiar with common dog and cat ailments and their treatment
Understands facility operations and cleaning expectations to keep the facility running efficiently and safely for our pets, customers, and employees
Strong communication and supervisory skills
Able to perform manual labor tasks, including ability to lift up to 50 lbs
Responsible, dependable, and friendly
Able to multi-task and be highly organized
Able to work some weekends and holidays

Responsibilities

Help oversee boarding, doggy daycare, and other daily care
Ensure pets are fed, bathed, given medications, and monitored throughout the day
Support and guide kennel attendants to ensure daily tasks are done
Train and help new team members
Contribute to daily operations like cleaning, feeding, reservations, etc.
Ensure kennel attendants receive information from the previous shift and is communicated to the next shift
Communicate with upper management about priorities and needs
Oversee training of new employees and refresher training for current staff