Dog Grooming Assistant

We are a fast-paced salon, the role will be rewarding and challenging. We are looking for an animal-loving person who's hard working, caring, reliable and takes pride in their day to day activities.

The apprentice will learn the key skills needed to become a successful Dog Groomers Assistant. Tasks and skills include but are not limited to:

- Greeting and welcoming customers.
- Grooming, including assessing health, bathing, drying, brushing and trimming a diverse range of dogs.
- Trimming nails, cleaning ears and cleaning teeth.
- Meeting the welfare needs during the groom.
- Provide customer service from the point of drop off through to collection for the customers and their dogs.
- Taking payments, answering calls, offering and booking appointments, day to day cleaning / maintenance of the salon.
- Getting involved and creating social media content.
- The apprenticeship will be based at our salon in Stamford, training will be provided by Northern Education and Training College. Work based so the apprentice does not need to attend college, they will be assigned an assessor, who they will be able to contact weekdays between 9.30 and 4.30. All theory will be delivered remotely online by the allocated assessor, who will be in regular contact and complete 4-6 weekly reviews.

The position is part time for the duration of the apprenticeship. Some time will be allocated for theory during working hours, however the majority will be expected to be completed outside of work.

Our standard working hours are: 8.45am - 17.00 Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8.45am - 20.00 Tuesday and Thursday. The working hours will be fitted inside these, hours to be finalised and decided. We may work slightly different to this to suit the diary and the dog we have in at the time... behaviour depending etc and please be mindful of this.

We have team visits to Crufts, we're exhibiting at Dog Fest, we have a Christmas Team outing, there's some exciting plans in the pipeline.

If this sounds like something you'd love to be part of, please apply.

**Job Type**: Apprenticeship

Pay: £6.40 per hour

Expected hours: 16 - 35 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Tips

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Stamford, PE9 2YB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):
**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Work Location: In person