Academy Guide Dog Mobility Specialist X 3

7 days ago

Forfar, United Kingdom The Guide Dogs for The Blind Full time

**Reference **:003581

**Publication end date **:20/03/2024

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

**Salary**:
£24,519 to £28,000 per annum dependent on experience

**Vacancy location**:
**Location**:
Scotland, Scotland, Forfar

**Vacancy details**:
**Directorate**:
People & Performance - Academy

**Job Title**:
Academy Guide Dog Mobility Specialist x 3 - Forfar

**Job Level**:
Support Provider

**Contract type**:
Permanent

**External job advert**:
The Guide Dogs Academy is home to our world-class training programmes aimed at recruiting, training and developing our expanding specialist workforce of Guide Dog Trainers (GDT) and Guide Dog Mobility Specialists (GDMS).

These roles are crucial to ensure Guide Dogs meets the needs of people living with sight loss and supports them in living the life they choose.

The Academy is currently recruiting for three Academy Guide Dog Mobility Specialists to join our training programme in **Forfar** starting in **July** 2024**.

**What is a Guide Dog Mobility Specialist?**

Our GDMSs aim to successfully create a long-lasting partnership between a Guide Dog and a person with sight loss. This takes a huge amount of time, skill, patience and dedication. It is also one of the most rewarding jobs you could have.

This is not your normal 9 to 5 role, and no two days are the same -one day you may be in planning meetings, another day walking in all weathers training dogs, or you could be working with a service user resolving challenges.

**What does the training involve?**

The Academy training programme provides you with all the skills and knowledge required to become a fully trained GDMS. Using our industry leading learning platform ‘Guide Dogs Learning’ you will work under one of our Technical Learning Specialists in a cohort of three learners to become proficient in every aspect of the GDMS role including dog training, sight loss awareness, creating and implementing training plans, completing coursework and of course, making life changing partnerships.

Once you have completed the learning and development programme in the Academy, you will join your local team based in **Forfar**.

As an Academy GDMS your starting salary will be from £24,519 to £28,000 per annum dependent on experience. Throughout your training you will receive competency-based gradual salary increments. Once you are fully competent and graduate from the Academy (usually within 3 years of starting training), your salary will increase to £34,122.

**What are we looking for?**

We’re looking for people with a determined and positive mindset who have a passion for supporting and empowering people - and of course, you also need to love dogs You’ll be active, professional, and committed to providing the best service to our service users. We take your professional development seriously and you’ll be working with world-leaders in the dog behaviour space, so be prepared to learn and add to your current skills.

Should you be shortlisted you’ll be required to attend an initial virtual online interview to take place **week commencing** **15th April 2024** and may subsequently be invited to attend our Assessment Day in **Forfar** due to take place **week commencing 29th April 2024**.

**To be successful in this role, ideally you will have**:

- Previous practical experience working or volunteering with adults and/or young people and/or animals in a supportive capacity.
- Experience of teaching, coaching and mentoring individuals and/or groups.
- Understanding of positive training approaches and techniques in the development of human or animal behaviour.
- You'll be empathetic and understanding of individual’s needs, as well as demonstrate resilience working in a challenging environment and being flexible to change.

Due to the element of working with our service users there may be restrictions regarding when you are able to take annual leave. Therefore, we cannot guarantee that holidays can be taken during school holidays for example. During your training there will be other times where annual leave will be limited.

**How to apply**

Our recruitment system has a one-hour time limit; therefore, we would advise you to prepare everything first and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.

1 - Upload a current CV.
2 - Upload a cover letter. Use clear examples to demonstrate how your skills and experience meet the criteria as specified within the job description.
3 - Fully complete the online form. This includes providing the details of professional referees (minimum of 2) to ensure a full 5-year professional referee history is provided.

**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.

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

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