Job Description:

Job information Training Dog Support Coordinator from the Company The Guide Dogs for The Blind, this latest Training Dog Support Coordinator job vacancy is located in the city Leamington Spa located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Engineering field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

Reference

003990

Publication end date

01/09/2024

Employment Details

Contractual hours

35.00

Salary

£22,440.00 - £23,868.99

Vacancy location

Location

England, West Midlands, Leamington

Vacancy details

Directorate

Operations - Canine Assisted Services

Job Title

Training Dog Support Coordinator

Job Level

Support Provider

Contract type

Permanent

External job advert

The Training Dog Support Coordinator helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by managing and providing ongoing support to volunteers responsible for caring for our dogs in training when not on site, in line with positive reinforcement techniques, Standardised Training for Excellent Partnership methodology as required.

This role will be based on site at our Leamington office, working closely with a team of guide dog trainers. You'll be working 35 hours per week, worked 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

We offer a generous pension scheme, annual leave, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

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

Diversity

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.

We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

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.

Candidate profile

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

Essential

• GCSEs in Maths and English at grade C or above, or equivalent qualifications OR extensive work experience that demonstrates the ability to undertake the requirements of the role.
• Previous experience of co-ordinating and managing volunteers.
• Experience of working with people in a customer-service related field.
• Experience working with CRM databases and maintaining accurate records.
• Experienced in providing coaching, training and mentoring through various platforms (in person, on phone, on video conference).
• Knowledge of the benefits of working with volunteers and how to keep them engaged with their charity work
• Able to demonstrate basic knowledge of the application of animal behaviour and positive reinforcement training.
• Experience in using CRM databases.
• Competent in Microsoft package of computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)
• Competent in using CRM database and pulling/building report
• Ability to communicate effectively and tactfully both verbally and in writing.
• Proven ability to plan and organises own workload.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply

If you have any accessibility issues, please contact our Recruitment Team on 0118 3540345 or peopleservicecentre@guidedogs.org.uk.

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply' button above.

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.

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.

If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

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 there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Please contact our Recruitment Team on 0118 3540345 or peopleservicecentre@guidedogs.org.uk if you require any support with your application.

Application Closing Date

01/09/2024

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Closed Date : 2025-12-25