Qualified Guide Dog Trainer

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
£27,566 - £30,403 a year
Reading, England
23 hours ago

About The Role

About the role
Are you a Qualified Guide Dog Trainer looking for an opportunity to help deliver life-changing services?
We are actively recruiting Qualified Guide Dogs Trainers to join our teams in Atherton, Forfar,
Redbridge and Leamington.
You will have the opportunity to make a real difference by using your expertise to train exceptional guide dogs and directly improve the quality of life for people living with sight loss, helping them achieve their goals and live independently.
Key information: This position is for individuals who are Qualified Guide Dog Trainers (GDTs). You must have a full UK or EU driving licence and be able to drive manual cars.
This is not a Trainee opportunity. More information on our trainee Academy GDT roles can be found using the following link
Current starting salary: £27,566 - £30,403.99 per annum dependent on experience. For Redbridge based roles you will receive a £2,400 location allowance
You will need to have the right to work in the UK to make an application. Unfortunately we are not able to offer sponsorship.
Why Join us?
  • Supportive Environment: Work with a dedicated, compassionate team of professionals to provide excellent service and support.
  • Grow in your career: Participate in ongoing professional development, mentoring others, and learning from a network of experts.
  • Competitive Salary & Benefits: We are proud to offer a range of person-centred benefits that can support each member of staff in ways that really mean something to them – and show them how much they mean to us. We offer a flexible benefits package, discounts and cashback scheme, a generous holiday allowance and matched contributory pension scheme to care for our people.

About Us

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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 recruitment@guidedogs.org.uk.

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.

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.

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