Dog Health and Wellbeing Specialist

2 weeks ago


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

**Reference **:002439

**Publication end date **:12/02/2023

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

**Salary**:
Starting from £28,988 gross per annum + excellent benefits

**Vacancy location**:
**Location**:
Wales, Wales, Cardiff

**Vacancy details**:
**Directorate**:
Operations - South West & Wales

**Job Title**:
Dog Health and Wellbeing Specialist

**Job Level**:
Specialist Professional

**Contract type**:
Fixed Term/Secondment

**Contract duration**:
12 months

**External job advert**:
The Dog Wellbeing Specialist helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by being responsible for the overall monitoring, support and advice on the health & wellbeing of all dogs within their geographical area. The role manages staff carrying out daily husbandry for dogs housed at Guide Dog sites and ensures the service operates within national practices. The role monitors the financial spend on veterinary care within the region and negotiates with veterinary practices to ensure a cost-effective service is provided.

We’re committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.

For this role you’ll be working 35 hours per week, worked 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. We are looking for you to work on site at our Cardiff office with the potential for some hybrid home working days.

We offer a generous pension scheme, annual leave, 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**

One of the following:
- equivalent qualifications, or experience.
- Proven experience working with dogs within a professional environment and communicating with veterinary professionals. Demonstrated knowledge of animal care and behaviour.
- Proven effective communication skills to be able to influence audience.
- Ability to problem solve and be resourceful in non-routine situations.

**Desirable**
- Vocational qualification specific to canine health and welfare to NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
- RCVS Veterinary nurse qualification
- Working with volunteers.
- Working with people with a visual impairment or other disabilities.

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’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

**Application Closing Date**:
19/02/2023



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