Posted 9 days ago
Description
Job Overview
We are private citizens traveling to visit our daughter and her family over the holidays.
Dates and Hours
- Anticipated Start Date: 12/13/25
- Anticipated End Date: 1/17/26
- Anticipated Hours Per Week: 14
Schedule
- Starting 12/13/25, be on location to learn about the house and cats. May start caring for cats that evening.
- Starting 12/14/25, care for cats in AM and PM, providing food, fresh water, enrichment. Clean litter boxes, bring in mail. Clean house as needed. Shovel front entry as needed.
- Owners anticipate returning 1/17/26 in the afternoon; cat care stops that evening.
- Ideally stay on site (lodging provided in exchange for cat care).
- MINIMALLY, be on site for roughly 1 hour twice a day.
Compensation
Lump Sum $0.00 to $1,000.00
Position Summary / Job Duties
Ideally, stay at our house for the job duration, with lodging provided in exchange for watching our two cats. Selected candidate can leave the cats during the day, as long as they are fed in the morning and in the evening.
Minimally, visit our house twice daily (AM and PM) for the job duration, feeding cats and providing clean water, cleaning litter boxes, and providing enrichment.
Bring in the mail daily, clean up as needed, watch the house in general, and shovel the front entry if needed (driveway snow removal is contracted). Take garbage bins to the street weekly, if needed.
Keep owners appraised of cat and house status, sending photos or videos via text or email.
Qualifications
- Reliability is critical.
- Prior experience with cats and cat care is required.
- Prior experience with general house or room care responsibility is required.
- Applicant must have their own car.
Physical Demands
- Up and down stairs to the basement and garage.
- Lift 25lb boxes of litter to refill litter boxes.
- Carry trash bags to garbage bins.
- Take bins to street.
- Play with cats.
Application Instructions
Send an email to the address provided; indicate “House and Cat Sitter” in the Subject line.
Include your reasons for wanting the position, as well as your qualifications.
Indicate your preference for staying on-site, vs visiting twice daily.
Provide at least two references who can attest to your qualifications and responsibility.
Further information will be exchanged by email as needed.
Video “interview” will be conducted before final job offer and acceptance.
Contact
Org: Jan & Dennis Roscetti
Contact: Jan Roscetti
Email:
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