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Park Manager: Manages the day-to-day operations of the dog park along with the assistant manager. Hires, trains, and supervises staff and volunteers. Oversees, with the park owner, all aspects of the dog park business: membership and visitors, self-service bathing, boutique, banner advertising, space rental.

Hours: approximately 30 per week, but could be more or less depending on the desires and qualifications of the successful candidate. Must be available to work at least one full weekend day as well as several weekday afternoons from 3 pm to 7 pm.

Pay: $15 to $20 per hour

Requirements:

• stellar people skills
• excellent communication skills (both written and oral)
• managerial and supervisory experience
• proven ability to handle stressful situations and work in a sometimes hectic environment
• must be a self-starter, honest, and possess a strong work ethic
• experienced with Excel and Word and comfortable with computers
• comfortable with and good at doing office-type paperwork and data entry
• willingness to be on call for the occasional park emergency
• great organizational skills

Strongly preferred:

• thorough understanding of dog behavior and dog/dog interactions gained through professional experience or study
• reside no more than a 15 minute drive from dog park
• marketing experience

How to Apply: Email a letter of application and a resume to Lynn Badger, park owner, at whitedogs@bellsouth.net . In the letter of application go into detail about how you meet each of the requirements and strongly preferred qualifications. Applications must be emailed--mailed or dropped off applications will not be accepted. If you have questions about the position, email the owner at whitedogs@bellsouth.net or call her at 850-539-1213.

Dog Park Office Assistants. We sometimes have openings for friendly dog lovers to work inside our office.
Days/Hours: Must be able to work either Saturday and/or Sunday.
Responsibilities: The assistant(s) will help customers by explaining to them how the park works, giving them a mini-tour of the park, helping them use the self-service dog bathing stations, ringing up purchases and entry fees, and keeping the bathrooms, bathing areas, and office clean.
Required: Must absolutely adore dogs, and have great people skills. Must be friendly and cheerful and smile a lot. Must be a quick thinker and possess excellent verbal skills. Must be energetic, a go-getter, have a good work ethic, and be able to spend hours on one's feet. Must be comfortable in a very fast-paced, sometimes stressful, environment.
Preferred: customer service experience, professional animal experience, a thorough knowledge of dog behavior.
Pay: $9 to $10 per hour, dependent upon qualifications
How to Apply: Send us a letter of application via email. In that letter explain in detail why you think you would be good for the position. Let us know what days and hours you are available to work at the park. Please attach a resume.

Park Watchdog. We frequently have openings for park watchdogs. Watchdogs work Saturdays or Sundays for approximately 3 to 4 hours (mid-day usually) per shift. You may be able, if you wish, to not work every weekend, but to just work one or two weekends per month. Pay: $10 to $12 per hour. Duties: monitor the people and dogs in the Lake Bow Wow area of the park (and go to other areas of the park if needed) to make sure that dogs and their owners are behaving appropriately and following park rules. Counsel park users on appropriate behavior in such a way that no offense if take. Requirements: Great people skills, good knowledge of dog behavior including dog/dog interactions. Please note: you would not be able to have your dog with you while on the job. To apply email us explaining why you think you would be good for this job. Please attach a resume.

Free Membership in Exchange for Volunteering at the Park. We offer volunteer positions in exchange for membership at the park for those who cannot afford membership fees.

Volunteers work either 2 hours once a week (cleaning jobs, mostly outdoors) or 4 hours every other week (mostly indoor work). All volunteer work must be performed during our office hours (3pm - 7pm weekdays, 10am-6pm weekends). Those who do outdoor work may bring a dog with them, but only if the dog is the type who sticks with the owner all the time. Those doing indoor jobs may not bring a dog to work.

The outdoor jobs (mostly filling bag stations, taking garbage bags to the dumpster, picking up trash and sticks, cleaning fountains and water dishes, general cleaning, etc.) must be done during a 2-hour shift on the same day each week, although the hours are up to the volunteer just so long as they are during our office hours. Those who do the every other week 4-hours shifts on weekends will work noon to 4pm every other Saturday or every other Sunday. To apply for a volunteer position, you will need to stop by the park during our office hours and fill out an application.

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