**To apply for this role you must be or previously worked as a Guide Dog Mobility Specialist**
As a Technical Leaning Specialist (TLS) your role is to train, coach and mentor our next generation of Guide Dog Trainers and Guide Dog Mobility Specialists.
If you are looking to take the next step in your Guide Dogs career and want to inspire others through your knowledge, experience and passion then becoming a TLS allows you to make a bigger difference than ever before. We now have an opportunity at our Leamington site for a TLS (GDMS) to train our next set of Academy Guide Dog Mobility Specialists.
We'd also love to hear from you if you have previously worked as a GDMS, are looking to return to Guide Dogs and feel like this might be the right role for you!
Once you have been fully inducted and trained as a TLS you will receive your first cohort of around three learners. You will use a blended learning approach to train your learners with a mixture of classroom and practical lessons. And you'll be supported in doing this by our industry-leading learning experience platform 'Guide Dogs Learning' as well from our highly experienced, collaborative wider Academy Team who will also help you further your own professional and technical expertise.
Think this may be the role for you?
Hear more from Emma, one of our current TLSs:
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Salary
Internal candidates - your current salary + 10% up to £3500
External candidates - £34,805 to £38,388 dependent on experience + 10% up to £3500
Duration of Secondment
2 years
Some of the essential criteria include:
- GDMS qualified (including active practice within the last 5 years).
- Proven success in mentoring & coaching people in technical skills and theoretical knowledge.
For the complete list of criteria for this role please see the Job Description below which includes a full Person Specification attached.
Working Hours
This is a fulltime position however, if you would like to consider becoming a TLS part time, either to align to your current working hours or as part of a job share arrangement, then we’d really like to hear from you. Please mention this on your application or contact Allison Rowles (details below) for an informal chat.
Relocation
We offer relocation assistance of up to £8000 for internal and external candidates subject to meeting the eligibility criteria. You would need to currently live more than 30 miles from the Leamington office and must be permanently relocating within a 25 mile/60 minute commute to this site. This assistance must be used for certain qualifying expenses - as an example, it can be used to support costs such as removals, stamp duty and legal/conveyancing fees. If you are interested, please contact us to request the relocation policy and procedure or have a discussion on eligibility.
If you have any questions at all you can contact your Regional Academy Manager, Allison Rowles, via email on [email protected].