Puppy Training Team Leader

If you are a talented puppy dog trainer/behaviourist looking to utilise your skills in the charity sector, this could be the role for you!

Canine Partners’ mission is to change the lives of disabled people using expertly trained dogs to improve physical, emotional and social wellbeing.

To help us create amazing partnerships, we need amazing people. Canine Partners has an exciting opportunity for a Puppy Training Team Leader to join our growing Puppy Training team in the South.

This is an incredible role at a prominent assistance dog charity where your role will be a part of our essential work that transforms lives every day.

What you will do:

Using your expertise as a canine trainer balanced with excellent people management skills you will be responsible for the recruitment, training and line management of our Puppy Training Coordinators and Puppy Volunteers in the South. Your influence will be key in ensuring our trainers support our dedicated team of volunteers in the training and development of our life-changing puppies to become assistance dogs. You will also have a small caseload of your own puppies that you will support volunteers to train.

What we’re looking for:

• Proven track record of dog training, knowledge of puppy development and training
• Experience of preparing and delivering training sessions
• Experience of supervising people and people management
• Ability to inspire and motivate people
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills both in written and oral and across a variety of audiences
• Strong organisational skills
• Proven coaching and training skills
• Accurate record keeping skills
• Effective public speaking/presentation skills
• Strong ICT skills (MS Office)

Most importantly you will be passionate about the transformative impact that our assistance dogs provide to our beneficiaries.

We can offer you:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Employer matched pension scheme
• Charity Sick Pay
• Life assurance
• Employee assistance programme
• Wellbeing portal
• Discounts on goods and retail vouchers and cash back on purchases from eating out, entertainment, supermarkets, clothing and travel

This role is home based, within the Bracknell, Berkshire area and will support trainers and volunteers in areas across Berkshire, Hampshire, West Sussex, and Surrey - please see the attached map for full details. There will be regular travel across these regions, therefore it is essential that you have a full driving licence and appropriate vehicle or the ability to transport yourself in line with the requirements for the posts.

We will provide a laptop and mobile phone for use in this role and access to a comprehensive travel and expenses policy for business travel.

Please apply online with a CV together with a cover letter that demonstrates your suitability for the role.

We may interview candidates during the advertising period, therefore this advert may close earlier than expected. Please be assured we contact all of our candidates on the outcome of their application either way.

We are a disability confident committed employer and welcome diversity, promote equality and welcome applications from all sections of the community.