Canine Fostering & Rehoming Coordinator

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People

Princes Risborough

Hybrid

GBP 28,000 - 30,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Enhanced sick pay

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Eye care

Hearing tests

Learning and Development opportunities

Discounts on merchandise

Pet Dog Policy

Job summary

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is seeking a Canine Fostering & Rehoming Coordinator to join our Services department. Based at The Grange in Saunderton, Buckinghamshire, this hybrid role is 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with a focus on delivering dogs in optimum health to support thriving hearing dog partnerships.

The role centers on monitoring canine healthcare and wellbeing throughout their lifetime with the charity, coordinating fostering and rehoming, and supporting volunteers and

Qualifications

Dog health qualification/experience is essential.
Dog behaviour qualification/experience desirable.
Professionalism, reliability and accountability.
Excellent time management and self-motivation.
Clear communication style and audience adaptation.
Experience in supporting volunteers and teams.

Responsibilities

Balance physical, emotional and cognitive health of dogs in fostering.
Oversee routine and preventative healthcare for fostering dogs.
Manage foster dog health, weight, and volunteer support.
Coordinate timely returns of dogs and rehomes as needed.
Match returning dogs to suitable volunteer homes with appropriate care.
Identify when specialist support is required for behaviour or training.
Collaborate with Dog Training and Partnerships teams on handovers.
Build pet dog profiles and advertise per charity protocol.
Arrange long-term fostering and pet dog placements.
Grooming and clipping to professional standards.
Provide timely communications with clients via partnerships and healthcare teams.
Foster a positive, cross-departmental team culture.
Identify recruitment needs and onboard urgent care dog fosterers.
Conduct home visits and assess applicant suitability.
Deliver education programmes for fosterer volunteers.
Contribute to process reviews and best-practice development.
Assist with veterinary visits and relay information to vets.
Support site events with healthcare provisions, evening/weekend work as needed.
Contribute to out-of-hours service to meet client needs.
Provide bereavement support as required.
Monitor department trends and outcomes from partnerships and rehoming.
Support projects related to dog returns and partnerships.
Accurately record information in Hearing Dogs internal database.

Skills

Professionalism

Time management

Communication

Calm under pressure

Dog health qualification

Dog behaviour qualification

Holistic dog health knowledge

Assess audience needs

Deaf awareness

Cross-team collaboration

Volunteer management

Administration skills

Job description

Canine Fostering & Rehoming Coordinator

Application Deadline: 23 November 2026

Department: Services

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: The Grange

Compensation: £28,000 - £30,000 / year

Description

Job title: Canine Fostering & Rehoming Coordinator

Location: Hybrid - Saunderton, Buckinghamshire

Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

This job has a vital role in delivering dogs in optimum health to support in the creation if thriving hearing dog partnerships. This is something no other charity can create and so our work in canine healthcare is crucial. This role is vital in delivering our mission of helping people live well with hearing loss. This role focuses on how we monitor and support the healthcare and wellbeing of dogs through their lifetime with the charity.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for achieving balance between physical, emotional and cognitive health of dogs in fostering
Responsible for routine and preventative healthcare of dogs in fostering
Responsible for foster dog health management and weight control, supporting volunteers as required
Work reactively to ensure timely returns of dogs
Responsible for matching returning dogs to a suitable volunteer home to provide the dogs with the appropriate care to suit its medical, emotional and behavioural needs
Identify when a foster or rehoming dog’s behaviour or training needs require specialist support
Work with Dog Training and Partnership teams to make sure dogs moving from working role to pet are handed over smoothly, with clear information for fosterers and adopters
Responsible for pet dog profile building and advertising as per charity protocol
Responsible for matching dogs for long term foster and pet dog homes
Responsible for long term foster and pet dog rehoming placements
Carry out a professional standard of grooming and clipping
Work with the Partnership Support team and the Canine Healthcare Consultants to provide timely and appropriate communications for clients
Foster a positive, solution-oriented team culture through cross-departmental collaboration
Responsible for identifying recruitment needs, and onboarding urgent care dog fosterer volunteers
Carry out home visits and assess applicant suitability for foster and pet dog homes
Ensure the delivery of a successful education programme for fosterer volunteers
Contribute to foster care and rehoming process reviews, ensuring continued development and best practice procedures
Assist with veterinary visits (on-site and off-site) provide relevant information to the veterinary surgeon and distribute information effectively
Provide healthcare support for site events, this may include evening and/or weekend working
Contribute to a robust out of hours service, ensuring we meet client’s needs
Provide bereavement support as required
Identify department trends including returns from partnerships, rehoming, etc
Contribute to projects relating to dog returns from partnership and rehoming
Accurately record relevant information on Hearing Dogs internal database

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential skills, knowledge and experience

Always acts with professionalism, showing respect, reliability and accountability
Demonstrates excellent time management, a self-starter using time efficiently to achieve goals and responsibilities
Demonstrates a strong and clear communication style, adaptable and excellent approach according to audience and goals
Demonstratable ability to remain calm under pressure
Dog health qualification/experience is essential and dog behaviour qualification/experience is desirable.
Demonstratable knowledge of a holistic view of canine behaviour and health, including up to date canine training practices
Ability to assess and profile the needs of our audience to provide with the right practical and emotional support, working with vulnerable clients or animals requires a compassionate approach
Strong deaf awareness communication skills
Track record of successful cross team collaboration
Experience of managing volunteers including the ability to adopt a flexible coaching style to promote education and engagement
Excellent administration skills, understands the need for, and delivers, accurate and timely record keeping

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 due to its duties involving the protection of children and/or adults at risk. Applicants are therefore required to disclose all spent and unspent convictions, cautions, warnings, and reprimands, as well as any relevant non-conviction information. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check in accordance with the Police Act 1997 (Part V).

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