Assistant Stylist

Full-time, £12.21 - £12.21 per hour
Salary: £12.21 - £12.21 per hour
Hours: Full-time
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: M2/A, Croft Retail Park, Welton Road, Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 3PN
Join Our Grooming Team: Assistant Stylist Wanted
At Pets at Home, we’re passionate about pets and it shows. Our Pet Care Centres across the UK include grooming salons, retail stores, and veterinary practices, all dedicated to delivering the very best care and exceptional care for pets and the people who love them.
If you share our love for pets and our commitment to excellence, we’d love to meet you.
Our Assistant Stylists are critical to the success of our Pets Grooming salons. You'll deliver the very highest standard of pet care, whilst demonstrating a basic understanding of technical concepts relating to preparing and clipping of a dog for grooming, including handling techniques, using equipment, and pre-grooming preparation.
We will give you the training, skills, and knowledge to provide our customers with service that reflects our goals of being the 'Best Pet Care Business in the World'. You'll enjoy a competitive base pay and we’ll support your growth with comprehensive training and development opportunities, including our Earn as You Learn programmes and additional skill-based pay enhancements.
Flexible. Due to the nature of working within a busy retail environment, we need you to have the ability to work a flexible shift pattern across the week You will receive a minimum contract, but you will often be required to work more hours to cover busy periods, absences, and holidays.
Experience of working with, or handling dogs in a professional dog grooming or pet care environment is desirable, but not always essential (please note that bathing and prepping your own dog does not qualify as professional experience). Our benefits reflect our support of your mental, emotional, and financial wellbeing, both now and in the future. Attractive rates of pay plus commission, *subject to targets
~28* days paid annual leave, which will rise to 33* days after 2 years (*this includes 8 bank holidays and will be pro-rata calculated on your contracted hours)
~ Extra day off for your birthday
~ Life Assurance - 4 times your annual salary
~ Company pension contribution of 4% 
~ Colleague discount of 20% across the Group (Pets at Home, Pets Grooming, Vets for Pets), including 30% off on own bran

“ We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. Together, we’re better with pets.