Dog Supply Team Leader in Banbury

About your role

You lead the day-to-day running of our puppy socialising and rehoming teams, line managing our Puppy Coordinators and Rehoming Coordinator.

You help to make sure we have a steady supply of suitable puppies to meet our goals, while maintaining the highest standards of welfare, training and socialisation.

Working closely with colleagues across the organisation, you help shape and develop our approach to volunteering, puppy socialisation and rehoming, making sure we're always building on best practice and working towards our wider strategic objectives.

You also play an important role in connecting teams, sharing information, supporting effective reporting and helping us to identify opportunities to improve and grow.

Most importantly, you support your team, enabling them to do their best work and make a positive difference to the dogs, people and communities we work with.

About you

You're a positive, proactive and flexible individual with a can‑do attitude and strong experience of working with both people and dogs.

You're able to communicate confidently and professionally with a wide range of internal and external people, and you're comfortable leading, motivating and supporting others.

You're open to new ideas, able to champion change and are keen to share insight and suggestions that help improve practice across the team.

You're organised, disciplined and adaptable, enjoying variety and the unexpected, and you positively embrace the principles and standards that make Dogs for Good one of the world’s leading assistance dog providers.

Your responsibilities

As our Dog Supply Team Leader, you'll

• Lead day-to-day operations of the Puppy and Rehoming teams, providing day-to- day guidance, supervision and development.
• Coordinate allocation of puppies and volunteers.
• Develop and improve approaches to socialisation, volunteering and rehoming.
• Support breeding and production planning and provide feedback into breeding decisions.
• Ensure a consistent supply of suitable puppies to meet training needs, budgets and timescales.
• Use organisational resources effectively.
• Apply strong technical dog handling skills, including assessment of temperament, behaviour and training requirements.
• Support the resolution of training and behavioural challenges, taking into consideration puppy development phases, including identifying appropriate interventions and referrals.
• Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of the charity’s approach to dog education.
• Promote a positive, professional and compassionate training environment aligned with Dogs for Good Values.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues and other stakeholders to support the charity’s wider work.
• Champion change by sharing ideas, encouraging innovation and remaining open and receptive to the views of others.
• Ensure accurate records and reports are maintained as required.
• Your skills, experience and approach

It's essential that you

• Have significant experience of working with dogs, including strong technical handling, training and behavioural assessment skills.
• Can demonstrate experience of leading, supporting or mentoring others in a training or operational environment.
• Have excellent communication skills and the ability to work with a wide range of people.
• Are organised, adaptable and able to work proactively in a dynamic environment. Strong judgement and problem‑solving ability.

It's beneficial if you

• Have experience working within an assistance dog, animal welfare or charitable organisation.
• Have experience contributing to the development of training approaches, standards or best practice.
• Understand safeguarding responsibilities.
• Other requirements
• You must have the right to live and work in the UK.
• You must be comfortable working around dogs.
• Driving the charity’s vehicles is part of the role so a full driving licence is preferred, but we will work with you to find alternative solutions if reasonable adjustments are required.

You must be over 21 years of age to drive our charity vehicles.

• Sometimes you may need to work flexibly so we can deliver our services effectively, and this may occasionally involve working evenings and/or at weekends.

You’ll be given time off in lieu (TOIL) for this.

• As you will be working with vulnerable people, you will be required to undergo a DBS check. This will be renewed every 4 years.
• You’ll be expected to have a good understanding of safeguarding issues and how they should be applied to the work of the charity and its partner organisations.

Full training on this will be provided during your induction.

• Closing date
• The closing date/time for applications is

Friday 7 August 2026 at 12pm (noon).

• Interviews
• 1st stage interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on

Thursday 13 August 2026.

2nd stage interviews will be held at our Banbury HQ on

Wednesday 19 August 2026 .

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