Dog Wellbeing Technician

The Dog Wellbeing Technician helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by being responsible for ensuring the mental and physical welfare and specialist care of dogs. This is achieved through carrying out husbandry duties in order to provide for the wellbeing of dogs whilst accommodated at a Guide Dogs site.

This role will be based on site at our Sheffield office, working closely with a team of guide dog trainers. You’ll be working 35 hours per week, working a variable range of hours (8am-4pm to 10am-6pm), Monday to Friday.

We offer a generous pension scheme, annual leave, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality.

We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Essential:

• A qualification in animal care, training/behaviour, or equivalent relevant work-based experience.
• Experience of working in a kennel environment, paid employment or voluntary.
• Experience of supporting a service.
• Knowledge of the core principles of animal care and behaviour.
• Computer literate, with proficient Microsoft Office skills and ability to effectively use databases.
• Ability to demonstrate time management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Effective communication skills.
• Independent and able to make decisions/direct others based on own knowledge and experience.
• Ability to problem solve and be resourceful, in non-routine situations.
• Demonstrate ability to coach/train others.
• Reasonable level of fitness, stamina and mobility is required to complete the varied physical demands of the role.
• Emotional resilience to manage demands of the role.

Desirable:

• Full manual driving licence. Confident to drive a variety of vehicles.
• Experience of coaching and mentoring.
• Working with volunteers.