Training and Behaviour Advisor

2 weeks ago

West Midlands, United Kingdom The Guide Dogs for The Blind Full time

**Reference **:002286

**Publication end date **:08/01/2023

**Employment Details**:
**Contractual hours**:
35.00

**Salary**:
**Vacancy location**:
**Location**:
England, Midlands, Guide Dogs National Centre

**Vacancy details**:
**Directorate**:
Operations - Midlands & East

**Job Title**:
Training and Behaviour Advisor

**Job Level**:
Specialist Professional

**Contract type**:
Permanent

**External job advert**:
The role of the Training and Behaviour Advisor will primarily be to support our breeding operations, as well as other areas or the organisation, to achieve the objectives set out, and maintain continuous improvement.

The role is supported by the Training and Behaviour Consultant (TBC) and will primarily be focussed on providing expert training and behaviour advice and practical support to both staff and volunteers on the breeding programme.

In addition to this they will also offer support nationally, across the organisation, in support of our standardised care and training for all our canine roles.

To ensure the highest standards of physical health, the dogs on the breeding programme receive regular thorough veterinary care and assessments as such, there is a strong focus on rolling out the LIMA principle and cooperative care techniques across our breeding programme.

This is an Office based role with regular travel from a home start. There may also be an opportunity to work from home.

The working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.

We offer a generous pension scheme, 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.

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

**Diversity**

**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.

**Essential**
- Accredited qualification in animal behaviour and/or training, or equivalent experience.
- Membership to relevant bodies associated with the animal training and behaviour modification field.
- Experience of working with animals, in relation to the shaping of behaviours and task acquisition.
- Practical, hands-on experience within the field of behaviour modification and animal training at both a practitioner and supervisor level.
- Experience of coaching and training individuals and groups of people in practical skills and theoretical knowledge.
- A working knowledge of animal ethology, behaviour, learning theory, animal ethics and positive reinforcement training techniques.
- Significant expertise and experience in the use of positive reinforcement training animal techniques.

**Desirable**
- Accredited dog trainer/instructor (e.g., with Association of Pet Dog Trainers or Karen Pryor Academy).
- Experience working with volunteers
- Experience of working with a wide variety of dogs, and breeds with varied temperaments and needs.

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**

**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.**

Please note that you will have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

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.

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