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Contact Alicia

Alicia

Doggy day care driver and assistant

Dalkeith, Midlothian

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Alicia

Contact Alicia

Language
English
Hours
Full Time
Posted
27 days ago
Salary
Up to £13.45/hr
Closes
10 Sep 2026
Course
No
Contract Type
Permanent

Description

🐾 Doggy Day Care Assistant / Driver (Morning or Afternoon Shift) 🐾

📍 Alicia’s House of Paws – South Edinburgh

We’re looking for enthusiastic, reliable people to join our small, friendly team caring for our wonderful daycare dogs.

If you genuinely love dogs, enjoy being outdoors, like keeping busy and take pride in doing a great job, we’d love to hear from you.

This isn’t just playing with puppies (although there’s plenty of that too!). It’s a varied, hands-on role where you’ll help provide exceptional care for our daycare dogs while delivering outstanding customer service to their owners.

🐶 What you’ll be doing

🐾 Collecting and dropping off dogs safely using our company van

🐾 Supervising dogs throughout the day, ensuring they’re safe, happy and having the best day possible

🐾 Reinforcing basic training and good manners

🐾 Keeping the daycare clean, organised and safe

🐾 Communicating professionally with customers and colleagues

⏰ Shift Patterns

Monday to Thursday

We’re currently recruiting for two permanent shift patterns:

🌅 Morning Shift

7:00am – 2:00pm (28 hours per week)

🌇 Afternoon Shift

11:00am – 6:00pm (28 hours per week)

Please tell us in your application whether you’re interested in the morning shift, the afternoon shift, or would be happy to work either.

Aiming to start from August, flexible start date.

🐾 We’re looking for someone who is:

✔ Reliable and punctual

✔ Calm, patient and confident around dogs

✔ Physically fit and happy working outdoors in all weather

✔ Friendly, professional and enjoys providing excellent customer service

✔ A genuine team player who’s happy to muck in wherever needed

✔ Technically confident and comfortable using mobile apps and online systems throughout the working day

✔ Takes pride in doing a great job and enjoys being part of a supportive team

✔ Looking for a stable, long-term role

A full UK driving licence is essential.

💷 Pay & Benefits

• Real Living Wage following successful completion of training and performance review

• Company pension

• Paid holiday

• Full training provided

• Spend your days surrounded by an incredible pack of dogs!

🐾 A little about us

At Alicia’s House of Paws, we pride ourselves on providing exceptional care for every dog that walks through our gates. We’re looking for someone who shares our high standards, genuinely enjoys working with dogs, and understands the importance of being dependable in a small team where everyone supports one another.

📩 How to apply

Please send your CV together with a short message telling us a little about yourself and why you’d be a great fit for the role.

📧 enquiries@aliciashouseofpaws.co.uk

Ad ID: 5418780282

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