Dog Trainer

**About Us**

We are the pet lover’s choice Hanrob are passionate pet people and we strive to deliver health, happiness, and improved wellbeing to Australian pet families. From humble beginnings at our flagship pet hotel in Heathcote, NSW, we are now the leading professional in the pet service industry.

With recent addition in Perth and Darwin, the business now has nine locations across the country offering pet boarding, dog training, specialist pet retail and doggy day-care. In addition, we offer tailored services in animal transportation, and provide vocational education programs through our RTO, Hanrob College, inspiring the future of professional pet careers.

With 40 years of experience and over 200 powerful pet loving staff, we are making leaps and bounds in the pet industry as we continue to lead the future of pet services in Australia.

**About the Job**

The Dog Trainer position is based at our Heathcote Pet Hotel and is responsible for Dog Training brand consistency, delivering all program offerings and maintaining operational standards within the Pet Hotel. The Dog Trainer will be a key team member and leader, therefore be accountable for consistent achievement of quality dog training outcomes whilst educating and engaging pet owners.

**This role is responsible for the following**:

- Behavioural modification for dogs in structured training programs;
- Managing and delivering quality outcomes for each of our training programs - Stay and Learn Programs, Home Dog Training, Group Classes and Individual one on one sessions;
- Educating dog owners to successfully maintain our training schedule to ensure ongoing success in the home environment.
- Achieve budgeted Dog Training sales goals by driving sales;
- Building and maintaining relationships with clients and dogs;
- Undertaking animal welfare duties associated with training dogs;
- Training and development of junior dog trainers.

**Our dog training service is open 7 days per week, with rosters aligned with dog training requirements, however you must be available for weekend shifts and school holidays.**

**About You**

You will need to be a results-driven individual that can demonstrate prior success in the dog training industry and:

- Have **minimum of 2 years’ experience as a dog trainer **with experience working with families and individuals, across a range of fields in dog training.
- Have the skill to **implement training strategies **based on proven animal behaviour methodologies for individual dogs.
- Be highly motivated by providing solutions, dog training skills/techniques with **superior customer service **to dog owners.
- Be highly skilled to communicate to owners the benefit of training and acquire the dog to participate in our training programs.
- Respond well to demands on your time and work effectively without direct supervisions.
- Be motivated by the opportunity to present your ideas and suggestions and are encouraged by the opportunity to work in a team environment.
- Demonstrate a positive, open-minded attitude
- Have the ability to make objective decisions to achieve positive outcomes.
- Demonstrate **clear and concise communication skills **; and
- Have a current driver’s licence.
- Have unrestricted work rights in Australia
- Completed an Animal Studies Qualification - preferred but not essential

If the above resonates with you and you want to join a national dog training team, provide fun and educational dog training outcomes and enhance your career, please **APPLY NOW **by submitting your **Resume and a Cover Letter **outlining why you should be our next Dog Trainer