If you would like to be part of a team that is passionate about giving the best possible care to our rescue dogs, then we have an exciting opportunity for you! This role would particularly suit you if you relish being active and spending time offering daily care, training, enrichment and rehabilitation to dogs on the way to helping them find suitable new homes deserving of their love and loyalty.
Title: Dog Carer
Reporting to: Head of Rescue & Rehoming
Contract type: Full time (permanent)
Hours 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on a two-week rolling rota. You will be required to participate in the provision of 24-hour cover on a rota basis.
Salary: £26,436.80 per annum
Benefits: – Annual Leave – 25 days plus Bank Holiday entitlement pro-rata (the holiday year runs 1st January – 31st December). A workplace Pension for eligible employees, free parking, a uniform
Location: Tower Farm, Oxford Road, Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire. HP14 3DT
Dog Carer
• Enthusiastically contributes to our aim of providing quality care for rescued and abandoned dogs and finding them suitable homes.
• Keen to help maintain and increase the support for SDR’s activities with the general public, potential donors, other animal welfare organisations and other stakeholders.
• Recognition of the importance of representing the charity in a professional & caring manner
• Happy to help implement initiatives as directed by management or the Board of Trustees.
• Enjoys acting as an integral part of the SDR team of staff, management, Trustees, members and volunteers.
• Hours of work are from 8.00am to 5.00pm
Knowledge and Experience
Unless stated otherwise, the knowledge and experience listed below are essential for this role.
• Understanding of animal care and behaviour
• Previous experience of working in kennels essential – (ideally within rescue & rehoming environment)
Skills and Abilities
• Ability to demonstrate aptitude for dog handling
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to work unsupervised or as part of a team
• A full UK manual driving licence is required; the role involves driving the charity’s vehicle.
• Able to work on a flexible basis (hours/days) including weekends and bank holidays
Unless stated otherwise, the skills and abilities listed above are essential for this role
Interviews
Applications close on Friday 11th September. We reserve the right to close applications earlier if we receive a high volume of responses.
1st round of interviews will be on Thursday 17th September.
2nd round interviews will consist of a half day trial and practical exercises. This will be the week commencing Monday 21st September
PLEASE NOTE:
As a charity, in order to contain costs, we are unable to acknowledge individual applications.
If you DO NOT hear from us within 2 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful.
Due to the large volume of applications that these positions receive, we are unable to answer any individual queries into why any application was unsuccessful.
Previous applicants need not apply
Please note the charity is unable to contribute to the cost of relocation
We reserve the right to close applications at any time.
To understand how we process personal information please see our privacy policy – https://stokenchurchdogrescue.org.uk/page/privacy-policy
Please visit our website and complete the application form. Completed forms are to be emailed to [email protected]
