Overview
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Location: 5, St Albans Retail Park, Griffiths Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 2RJ
Employment type: Full-time | Hours: 39 contracted per week | 39 hours per week
Salary: £13.85 per hour
Reference: 34884
Date posted: 24-09-2025 | Expiry date: 22-09-2035
The Role
We’re currently seeking a skilled and passionate Dog Stylist / Groomer to join our busy, vibrant salon. In this hands-on role, you’ll take the lead on grooming appointments, delivering high-quality grooms with care, precision, and a personal touch. You’ll be interacting with pet owners daily, so strong communication and customer service skills are a must. As a Stylist, you’ll play a key role in ensuring pets not only look great but feel great too. We’ll support your growth with comprehensive training and development opportunities, including our Earn as You Learn programmes and additional skill-based pay enhancements.
About Us
At Pets at Home, we’re passionate about pets and it shows. Our Pet Care Centres across the UK include grooming salons, retail stores, and veterinary practices, all dedicated to delivering the very best care for pets and the people who love them. We believe in creating welcoming, supportive environments where team members can thrive.
Responsibilities
* Lead grooming appointments, delivering high-quality grooms with care, precision, and a personal touch
* Interact with pet owners daily, providing strong customer service
* Support grooming team with training and development opportunities
Qualifications & Requirements
* Experienced, qualified and confident in all aspects of dog grooming, from bathing and drying to breed-specific styling and finishing
* Hold a grooming qualification
* Customer-focused, with a friendly and professional approach
* Flexible and reliable, able to work a variable schedule across six days a week (minimum 24 hours/week with potential for more during busy periods)
* Team oriented, with a positive attitude and willingness to learn and grow in a fast-paced retail environment
* Goal driven; experience in target-led environments is preferred but not essential
Benefits
* Attractive pay plus commission, subject to targets
* 28 days paid annual leave, rising to 33 days after 2 years (includes 8 bank holidays and pro-rata for contracted hours)
* Extra day off for your birthday
* Life Assurance – 4 times annual salary
* Company pension contribution of 4%
* Colleague discount of 20% across the Group (Pets at Home, Pets Grooming, Vets for Pets), including 30% off on own brand
Additional
Together, we’re better with pets. Click here to read our Values & Behaviours and for more details about other benefits.
Organisation
The Groom Room
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