Kennel Assistant

Location: 4318

E. Army Post Road Des Moines, IA 50320

VCA Avondale Veterinary Hospital & Resort is seeking a compassionate, reliable, and motivated Part-Time Kennel Assistant to join our team. This role is essential to ensuring our boarding and hospitalized pets receive excellent daily care in a clean, safe, and comfortable environment.

If you love animals, enjoy hands-on work, and thrive in a team-oriented setting, this is a great opportunity to grow your experience in veterinary and animal care.

• Provide daily care for boarding and hospitalized pets, including feeding, watering, walking, and monitoring behavior
• Clean, sanitize, and maintain kennels, runs, litter boxes, and common areas according to hospital protocols
• Assist with laundry and organization of supplies
• Observe pets for any changes in health or behavior and report concerns to the veterinary team
• Support the medical and resort teams as needed to ensure smooth daily operations
• Uphold all safety, sanitation, and infection control standards
• Provide friendly and professional interactions during pet drop-off and pick-up, as needed

• Part-time position
• Resort staff must be available to work nights, weekends, and holidays, as the resort is open seven days a week

$16/hr

• Genuine love of animals and a strong work ethic
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, physically active environment
• Comfortable performing cleaning and animal handling tasks
• Dependable, team-oriented, and positive attitude

Apply today! We look forward to speaking with you.

If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development)

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans / Disabled. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at