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About The Role Guide Dogs – Where Purpose and Paws Come Together This role operates Monday to Friday, 9am 5pm. The role involves regular travel across the South East region, alongside some home working. Travel will primarily cover North‑East London and Essex. Travel will be required to support volunteer training, assessment of dogs, carry out in-person visits to volunteers and applicant homes, and build a strong network of volunteers across the area. The Career Change and Rehoming Specialists (Community) will be working with dogs who have been withdrawn for health reason and or minor behavioural complexities and will need to utilise their knowledge of health conditions, as well as using their skills in dog behaviour and volunteer and customer experience to identify the right role for each dog. Whether that s a career change internally supporting our Buddy Dog services or into a different Assistance Dog role, or matching them with a new owner as a much-loved pet. They will also support those ongoing non guiding partnerships and our dogs with more complex health conditions to live healthily, bringing comfort, companionship and loyalty until the end. They work closely in the community, collaborating with volunteers, vets and health teams and other alternative working career providers to ensure our investment within our dogs is maximised to change as many lives as possible. Key Responsibilities Caseload Management (Dogs and Customers) Manage all aspects of the dog and customer journey for career change and rehoming. Monitor and maximize the psychological, physical and emotional wellbeing of dogs within the career change and rehoming caseload. Collaborate with internal teams and volunteers to ensure correct career change and rehoming criteria. Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of dogs available for rehoming, working across the career change and rehoming team to support dogs and Career Change and Rehoming Specialists from other regions to minimise the time it takes to rehome every dog. Communicate with stakeholders about the career change and homing process. Identify dogs suitable for alternative careers outside of Guide Dogs. Support the development and maintenance of the dog’s health and behaviour. Career Change services encompass two functions; a Career Change and Rehoming Specialists On Site team, and Career Change and Rehoming Specialists Community based teams. These two teams work collaboratively with the rest of operations to support retired guide dogs, retired breeding stock and dogs that are not best suited to Guide Dog training, Guide Dog services or breeding programme. Benefits: 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! For high volumes of applications, we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than advertised. About Us Trebuchet MS with Updated Inkey Blue Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Behind Every Guide Dog Is Someone Like You – We re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don t want you to fit our culture, we want you to enrich it. 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. Please note – If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK via our digital ID checking supplier. We cannot offer visa sponsorship at this time. 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, so please be prepared to write your answers to these questions. If you choose to use AI tools to assist in completing your application, please use them appropriately. We value authenticity. If you want to stand out, using a generic AI-generated response isn t going to separate you from the crowd. This is your time to shine and showcase your unique skills, personality, and thought processes! You can find our full statement on the use of AI to complete applications on our careers website. 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. 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. ​

About The Role This is a home-based role with the expectation of travel throughout Scotland Northern Ireland, as and when required. Travel will be required to support volunteer training, assessment of dogs, carry out in-person visits to volunteers and applicant homes, and build a strong network of volunteers across the area. The Career Change and Rehoming Specialists (Community) will be working with dogs who have been withdrawn for health reason and or minor behavioural complexities and will need to utilise their knowledge of health conditions, as well as using their skills in dog behaviour and volunteer and customer experience to identify the right role for each dog. Whether that s a career change internally supporting our Buddy Dog services or into a different Assistance Dog role, or matching them with a new owner as a much-loved pet. They will also support those ongoing non guiding partnerships and our dogs with more complex health conditions to live healthily, bringing comfort, companionship and loyalty until the end. They work closely in the community, collaborating with volunteers, vets and health teams and other alternative working career providers to ensure our investment within our dogs is maximised to change as many lives as possible. Career Change services encompass two functions; a Career Change and Rehoming Specialists On Site team, and Career Change and Rehoming Specialists Community based teams. These two teams work collaboratively with the rest of operations to support retired guide dogs, retired breeding stock and dogs that are not best suited to Guide Dog training, Guide Dog services or breeding programme. No two people with sight loss are the same, and none of our people are either. So, 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. You ll be working 35 hours per week, worked 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. About Us Trebuchet MS with Updated Inkey Blue 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. 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. ​

About The Role This role will be based on-site at either our Newcastle or Sheffield office, whichever is closest to you, and will involve working closely with the Re-homing team. You ll work 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm. The Career Change and Rehoming Specialist (On Site) helps people with sight loss live the life they choose by managing the career change of dogs identified for alternative working careers outside of Guide Dogs or needing to be placed into new homes following withdrawal from Guide dog service or training and breeding. This role is responsible for the direct, day-to-day care and behavioural assessment of dogs based at Guide Dogs facilities or with allocated volunteers who are preparing for rehoming or alternative careers. This site-based role focuses on understanding each dog s individual needs, delivering tailored behavioural support, and collaborating with on-site teams and volunteers to ensure the psychological and physical wellbeing of dogs as they transition out of Guide Dog work, training, puppy raising or breeding programmes. Career Change services encompass two functions; a Career Change and Rehoming Specialists On Site team, and Career Change and Rehoming Specialists Community based teams. These two teams work collaboratively with the rest of operations to support retired guide dogs, retired breeding stock and dogs that are not best suited to the Guide Dog training, Guide Dog services or breeding programme. Benefits: 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! For high volumes of applications, we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than advertised. About Us Trebuchet MS with Updated Inkey Blue Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Behind Every Guide Dog Is Someone Like You – We re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don t want you to fit our culture, we want you to enrich it. 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. Please note – If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK via our digital ID checking supplier. We cannot offer visa sponsorship at this time. 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, so please be prepared to write your answers to these questions. If you choose to use AI tools to assist in completing your application, please use them appropriately. We value authenticity. If you want to stand out, using a generic AI-generated response isn t going to separate you from the crowd. This is your time to shine and showcase your unique skills, personality, and thought processes! You can find our full statement on the use of AI to complete applications on our careers website. 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. 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. ​

About The Role 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 escalate 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 Exeter office. You ll be working 35 hours per week, on a rota basis. Shifts are 8am to 4pm or 10am to 6pm Monday to Friday. Key Responsibilities 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 escalate 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 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. 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. Benefits 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! For high volumes of applications, we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than advertised. About Us Trebuchet MS with Updated Inkey Blue Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Behind Every Guide Dog Is Someone Like You – We re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don t want you to fit our culture, we want you to enrich it. 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. Please note – If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK via our digital ID checking supplier. We cannot offer visa sponsorship at this time. 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, so please be prepared to write your answers to these questions. If you choose to use AI tools to assist in completing your application, please use them appropriately. We value authenticity. If you want to stand out, using a generic AI-generated response isn t going to separate you from the crowd. This is your time to shine and showcase your unique skills, personality, and thought processes! You can find our full statement on the use of AI to complete applications on our careers website. 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 . 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. ​

About The Role 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 escalate 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 Nottingham office. You ll be working 21 hours per week, worked 8am to 4pm or 10am to 6pm, Monday, Thursday and Friday with the ability to be flexible if required. Key Responsibilities 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 escalate 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 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. 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. Benefits 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! For high volumes of applications, we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than advertised. About Us Trebuchet MS with Updated Inkey Blue Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Behind Every Guide Dog Is Someone Like You – We re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don t want you to fit our culture, we want you to enrich it. 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. Please note – If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK via our digital ID checking supplier. We cannot offer visa sponsorship at this time. 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, so please be prepared to write your answers to these questions. If you choose to use AI tools to assist in completing your application, please use them appropriately. We value authenticity. If you want to stand out, using a generic AI-generated response isn t going to separate you from the crowd. This is your time to shine and showcase your unique skills, personality, and thought processes! You can find our full statement on the use of AI to complete applications on our careers website. 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 . 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. ​