Overview
Location: 9, Great Western Retail Park, 20-22 Allerdyce Avenue, Drumchapel, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G15 6SA
Job: Assistant Stylist (Grooming) – Full-time
Contract Type: Permanent | Hours: 39 per week
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 aim to create welcoming, supportive environments where team members can thrive. If you share our love for pets and our commitment to excellence, we’d love to meet you.
The Role
Our Assistant Stylists are critical to the success of our Pets Grooming salons. You will deliver the highest standard of pet care, with a basic understanding of technical concepts related to preparing and clipping a dog for grooming, including handling techniques, using equipment, and pre-grooming preparation.
We will provide training, skills, and knowledge to deliver service that reflects our goal of being the Best Pet Care Business in the World. You’ll receive a competitive base pay and we’ll support your growth with comprehensive training and development opportunities, including Earn as You Learn programmes and additional skill-based pay enhancements.
Responsibilities
* Deliver high standards of pet care in grooming salons.
* Prepare and clip dogs for grooming with proper handling and equipment use.
* Follow training to meet company goals and quality standards.
Qualifications & Attributes
* Passionate about delivering a great service.
* Flexible to work across a busy retail environment with variable shifts; minimum contracted hours plus additional hours during busy periods, absences, and holidays.
* Experience with, or handling dogs in a professional dog grooming or pet care environment is desirable, but not always essential. Bathing and prepping your own dog does not count as professional experience. Ideally, experience in a customer-facing environment.
* Preferably experience in a target-driven environment, but not required; willingness to work in one.
Benefits & Why Join Us
* Attractive rates of pay plus commission, subject to targets
* 28 days paid annual leave, rising to 33 days after 2 years (includes 8 bank holidays; 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 purchases
Organisation: The Groom Room
Other
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Expiry: 19-08-2025 to 17-08-2035 (date posted and expiry information retained for context)
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