Dog Training Coach

Hours: 35 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm)
Location: Centre based at either York, East Yorkshire or Saunderton, Buckinghamshire. Regular travel into communities and overnight stays required from the centre.

The Dog Training Coach plays a critical role in assuring and embedding high standards of dog training across Hearing Dogs for Deaf People (HDfDP).

Working alongside the Dog Training Quality Lead, the postholder will provide expert dog training guidance, behavioural advice, coaching and practical support to staff, applicants, recipients and volunteers. The role will contribute to the development of people and programmes that enable HDfDP to achieve excellence in the training and welfare of hearing dogs through consistently high standards in dog training delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership and Collaboration
• Dog Training and Behaviour
• Coaching, Teaching and Capability Development
• Operational Responsibilities

Successful applicants will be required to:

• Have a full UK driving licence, with access to a vehicle during the working week, and willingness to travel nationally regularly as required to meet the needs of the team’s objectives behavioural support.
• Regular UK-wide travel and willingness to stay away from home when required to meet operational requirements.
• Live within travelling distance of either The Grange, Buckinghamshire or BWC, East Yorkshire.

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service Payment
• Annual leave enhancements recognising long service 
• Day off for your birthday 
• Defined contribution group personal pension plan 
• Enhanced sick pay 
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay 
• Eye care 
• Hearing tests 
• Learning and Development opportunities 
• Discounts on merchandise at Hearing Dog gift shops 
• Pet Dog Policy

For more information and to apply, please visit our website via the ‘apply’ button.

Closing date: 23rd November 2026

National charity, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, trains dogs to transform the lives of deaf people and provides hearing loss services – because nobody with hearing loss should feel alone.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 due to its duties involving the protection of children and/or adults at risk. Applicants are therefore required to disclose all spent and unspent convictions, cautions, warnings, and reprimands, as well as any relevant non-conviction information. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check in accordance with the Police Act 1997 (Part V).