Dog Wellbeing Technician

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


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

Candidate profile

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

•         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 this 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.
•         Computer literate, with good Microsoft Office skills and ability to effectively use databases.
•         Excellent verbal and written skills as well as a basic level of mathematics required. 
•         Ability to demonstrate aptitude for dog handling and recognising canine communication.
•         Effective time management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks.
•         Adaptability and flexibility to the changing needs of the role.
•         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. 
•         Emotional resilience to manage demands of the role.
 

How to apply 

Further details on the full role are attached below. When you are ready to apply, submit an online application form via this page.

If you would like to have an informal conversation about the role before applying, or require any accessibility support to apply, our friendly recruitment team is ready and waiting to help. Call them on 0118 3540345 or drop an email to [email protected].

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description. You will also be asked to complete a few job-specific questions as part of this application process, so please be prepared to write your answers to these questions.

If you want to know more about the teams who work at Guide Dogs, you can find it on our Careers Page

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are proud, whenever possible, to offer an interview to all candidates that meet our selection criteria, and who indicate they wish their application to be considered under our Disability Confident interview commitment. For more details, visit our careers site.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK via our digital ID checking supplier; in addition, we cannot offer visa sponsorship at this time.

Every day is different at Guide Dogs. And no person with sight loss is the same. We work side by side, on our sites and in the community, in schools and on our streets, supporting people to live the life they choose. Our staff therefore also work in different ways to support the delivery of our life changing work.

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.

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, taking into account the nature of the offense, its relevance to the role, and the time that has passed since the incident. We encourage all candidates to disclose relevant information, and we assure you that it will be handled confidentially and fairly.

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.

For high volumes of applications, we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than advertised.