Dog Trainer - North Melbourne, Australia - The Lost Dogs Home

The Lost Dogs Home

Verified Company

North Melbourne, Australia

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

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Description

Job Overview:

Work type:

Part Time
Location:

North Melbourne
Job type:

Shelter and Animal Attendant
Date posted:

24 Mar 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close:

Part Time Behaviour Trainer - Post Adoptions (One day per week)

About us:

The Lost Dogs' Home (LDH) is proud to be Australia's largest animal shelter, helping thousands of lost and abandoned animals each year.

We are a not-for-profit organisation that has been serving the community for over 100 years. We are dedicated to providing compassionate veterinary care to all animals who find their way to us.

The role:

The Pet Squad team offers individual behavioural consultations and group training classes, including puppy classes. This role will also provide post-adoption advice to the clients of The Lost Dogs' Home.

Our Behaviour Trainers practice and teach force-free, positive reinforcement-based training methods, and you will be responsible for practicing this method of behaviour training.

This role will also be working closely in conjunction with our Shelter Behaviour Trainers and dedicated Behaviour Veterinarian.

Key responsibilities include:

Design and facilitate positivereinforcement group training classes including puppy preschool, adult classes community classes in local parks (including weekends and evenings)
Undertake private consults for clients, providing best practice behaviour and training advice across a wide range of issues for both dogs and cats
Develop and run behaviour training webinars/seminars for members of the public, foster carers and internal LDH staff
Provide behavioural advice and guidance to internal and external stakeholders

You will have:

A relevant qualification in dog training or canine behaviour
A commitment to running positivereinforcement group classes
Excellent customer service and relationship building skills
Ability to confidently provide training and behaviour advice to clients
Relevant dog training and behaviour experience
Flexibility to work on weekends
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

What we can offer you:

Unique behaviour training role, supporting a great cause
Friendly, passionate and supportive team
A rewarding job opportunity, using your training skills to help change the lives of animals
Discounts at our vet clinic Frank Samways
Employee Assistance Program and free counselling service

**The successful applicant will be required to complete satisfactory background screening checks.