At a Glance
- Tasks: Ensure dog health and wellbeing while supporting colleagues and volunteers in best care practices.
- Company: Join Guide Dogs, a purpose-driven organisation making a real difference in people's lives.
- Benefits: Enjoy 26 days annual leave, flexible benefits, and a competitive pension scheme.
- Other info: Work in a dynamic kennel environment with opportunities for personal growth.
- Why this job: Make a meaningful impact on the lives of people with sight loss through canine care.
- Qualifications: Experience in animal care and a strong understanding of dog wellbeing principles.
The predicted salary is between 36576 - 44704 £ per year.
Pawsome Careers - Make Every Day Meaningful Come and join us as a proactive and purpose-led Dog Wellbeing Technician and be part of something life-changing - helping people with sight loss live the life they choose.
As a Dog Wellbeing Technician at Guide Dogs, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the highest standards of dog health, wellbeing and specialist care.
The Dog Wellbeing Technician will be an expert in canine wellbeing and husbandry, with strong knowledge of dog health, behaviour, welfare standards and positive handling techniques.
You'll use your expertise to make informed decisions, identify and escalated health concerns, and coach colleagues and volunteers in best practice dog care.
Our Dog Wellbeing Technicians play a huge part in ensuring everything we do enables us to deliver on our purpose and exceed expectations.
This role will be based on-site at our Redbridge office.
You will work 35 hours per week, from Saturday to Wednesday.
- Shifts will be scheduled between 7:00am and 9:00pm on a rota basis.,
- Responsible for managing the care of a group of dogs in a dog accommodation area, ensuring their routine husbandry needs are met.
- Work in line with national dog wellbeing practices and procedures, including the provision of specialist health care.
- Monitor and maximise the wellbeing of dogs. Identify health concerns, make appropriate decisions and escalated in a timely manner.
- Support the development and maintenance of the dog's behaviour using current guide dogs handling techniques.
- Lead and support volunteers in dog wellbeing and fostering to complete their role and tasks to the best of their ability.
Provide technical input to support their preparation, performance and development.
- Maintain accurate and up to date records. Interpret health data and identify concerns/trends within the local dog population.
- Transport dogs across the region for health-related appointments with internal and external bodies.
You’ll have a person-centred, expert and optimistic approach to your work, grounded in a strong understanding of animal wellbeing and dog care principles.
You'll enjoy working in a kennel and dog accommodation environment, supporting colleagues and volunteers, with a dedicated focus on dog health, wellbeing, behaviour and positive handling techniques, whilst being committed to delivering the highest standards of care.
You'll act with integrity and honesty in everything you do.
At Guide Dogs, we believe in fair and equitable hiring practices.
A criminal record will not automatically disqualify an applicant from consideration for a position.
Each case will be evaluated individually.
We encourage all candidates to disclose relevant information, and we assure you that it will be handled confidentially and fairly.
Safer recruitment: Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with.
As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years.
If you are applying for a disclosure role, please note that you will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check and sign up to the DBS update service.
At Guide Dogs, we believe in fair and equitable hiring practices.
A criminal record will not automatically disqualify an applicant from consideration for a position.
Each case will be evaluated individually.
We encourage all candidates to disclose relevant information, and we assure you that it will be handled confidentially and fairly.
Skills and Competencies
- A qualification in animal care, experience or equivalent relevant work-based experience.
- Able to undertake physical demands of the role, walking distances unaided and able to handle and walk with a range of dog breeds, ages, sizes and temperaments.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the role which involves transporting dogs on a regular basis.
In the absence of a full valid UK Driving License, you will be expected to demonstrate how you will fulfil this aspect of the role via alternative means.
- Experience of working in a kennel type environment - paid employment or voluntary.
- Experience of supporting a customer serving based organisation.
- Proven understanding of the core principles of animal wellbeing.
- Demonstrable basic understanding of health and safety and safeguarding.
- Proven understanding of dog care principles and health conditions.
We wouldn't be able to change the lives of people with sight loss without our people.
That's why it's important for us to provide a variety of benefits that reward our colleagues in a way that suits them and recognises the hard work and contribution that they make.
- 26 days annual leave. After three years of continuous employment, this increases to 28 days plus bank holidays.
- Real Living Wage Employer
- Flex pot - equal to a proportion of your annual salary to use on our wide variety of flexible benefits
- The option to buy and sell annual leave
- Discounts and cash-back scheme
- Excellent pension scheme (We will match your pension contributions plus 2% up to a maximum of 9% employer contribution)
• And lots more!
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Dog Wellbeing Technicians employer: The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive work culture that prioritises the wellbeing of both its employees and the dogs in their care. Located in the picturesque Royal Leamington Spa, the National Breeding Centre provides ample opportunities for professional growth and development, alongside generous benefits such as 26 days of annual leave and a flexible benefits pot, making it a rewarding place to work for those passionate about animal welfare.
Contact Details:
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association Recruitment Team
