Assistant Stylist - Bridgend

Pets at Home Limited; Newcastle Emlyn; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pet care company in the UK is seeking an Assistant Stylist for their grooming salons. The role involves delivering high-quality pet care while preparing and clipping dogs for grooming. Candidates should have a passion for service and ideally experience in a customer-facing or pet care environment. The position offers competitive pay, flexible scheduling, and comprehensive training. Enjoy benefits like life assurance and a generous leave policy, with opportunities for personal growth.

Benefits

Attractive rates of pay plus commission

28 days paid annual leave

Extra day off for your birthday

Life Assurance

Company pension contribution of 4%

20% colleague discount across the Group

Qualifications

• Passionate about delivering a great service.
• Ability to work a flexible shift pattern.
• Desirable experience in a professional pet care environment.
• Experience in customer-facing roles is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of pet care.
• Prepare and clip dogs for grooming.
• Use grooming equipment effectively.

Skills

Customer service skills

Flexible schedule

Experience handling dogs

Target-driven mindset

Job description

Our Assistant Stylists are critical to the success of our Pets Grooming salons. You'll deliver the very highest standard of pet care, whilst demonstrating a basic understanding of technical concepts relating to preparing and clipping of a dog for grooming, including handling techniques, using equipment, and pre‑grooming preparation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the very highest standard of pet care, while demonstrating a basic understanding of technical concepts relating to preparing and clipping of a dog for grooming, including handling techniques, using equipment, and pre‑grooming preparation.

Qualifications

• People who are passionate about delivering a great service.
• Flexible. Due to the nature of working within a busy retail environment, you will have the ability to work a flexible shift pattern across the week. You will receive a minimum contract of hours, but you will often be required to work more hours to cover busy periods, absences, and holidays.
• Experience of working with, or handling dogs in a professional dog grooming or pet care environment is desirable, but not always essential; note that bathing and prepping your own dog does not qualify as professional experience.
• Ideally has experience of working within a customer‑facing environment.
• Preferably you will have worked in a target‑driven environment, but if not, we are happy to work in one.
• We believe in creating 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.

Training & Development

We will give you the training, skills, and knowledge to provide our customers with service that reflects our goals of being the 'Best Pet Care Business in the World'. You'll enjoy 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.

Benefits

• Attractive rates of pay plus commission, subject to targets.
• 28 days paid annual leave, which will rise to 33 days after 2 years (this includes 8 bank holidays and will be pro‑rated calculated on your contracted hours).
• Extra day off for your birthday.
• Life Assurance – 4 times your 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.

Our Commitment to Equality

We take our inspiration from pets in embracing people from all walks of life, and we value, respect and celebrate difference. We encourage our people to be their best selves so that we can create a better world for Pets, our Planet, and People. Our ambition is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and we are intentional in addressing and removing barriers to create opportunities for the exceptional talent and potential in our communities. Even if your skills and experience don't perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you!