Employer: Hearing Dogs for Deaf People

Job Title: Dog Training Instructor (York East & The Wolds – community based)

Job Location: Community-based

Salary: £24,882.90

Hours: F/T 35 hours per week

Job Description:

About Us
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.

About The Role
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Dog Training Instructor in and around the Peterborough and Stamford area.

Working as a Dog Training instructor you will be fully responsible and accountable for overseeing the entire training lifecycle from puppyhood to the moment they qualify as a Hearing Dog. This is a highly rewarding role where you can directly impact a person’s life.

About You
We are looking for a self-motivated and positive individual with practical and theoretical experience in dog training and behaviour, with skills in teaching, mentoring and coaching people.
The ability to develop and train dogs using the skills of our volunteers is essential so we are looking for someone who finds value in working with both people and dogs and is driven by the overall goal to help train more dogs for deaf people
You will need resilience and a high degree of efficiency to be a successful Dog Training Instructor
Preferably be educated to degree level or equivalent in the relevant subject area.
Full clean UK driving licence

If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you. Please note: We encourage you to apply early, we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may close the applications before this date.

Application Deadline: 3 April 2026.

Application Details: Please apply via the website link below

Website Link: https://hearingdogs.my.salesforce-sites.com/recruit/fRecruit__ApplyJob?vacancyNo=VN090