Head Stylist - Dog Groomer

Vets for Pets; England; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Vets for Pets is seeking a passionate Head Stylist to lead our salon team and deliver exceptional grooming services. This full-time role involves hands-on grooming, mentoring staff, and setting high grooming standards. Join a supportive environment where your skills and love for pets can thrive.

Benefits

Attractive pay plus commission

28 days paid annual leave (rises to 33 after 2 years)

Extra day off for your birthday

Life Assurance - 4 times your annual salary

Company pension contribution of 4%

Colleague discount of 20%

Qualifications

• Experienced in all aspects of dog grooming, including breed-specific styling.
• Customer-focused with a friendly approach.
• Willingness to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver full, high-quality grooms across various dog breeds.
• Set grooming standards and support team development.
• Work with Store Manager to drive performance and customer satisfaction.

Skills

Dog grooming

Customer service

Teamwork

Job description

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Lead with Style – Head Stylist Opportunity

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 and exceptional care for pets and the people who love them.

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.

The Role:

As a Head Stylist, you’ll play a pivotal role in the success of our Pets Grooming salon, combining hands-on grooming expertise with inspiring leadership. This is more than just a grooming role it’s your opportunity to shape salon standards, mentor a talented team, and ensure every pet leaves looking and feeling their best.

What You’ll Do:

Deliver full, high-quality grooms with confidence and precision across a variety of breeds

Set the benchmark for grooming standards within the salon through a hands-on leadership approach

Support and guide your team, sharing advanced grooming techniques and developing their skills

Create a welcoming, customer-focused environment that delights pet owners

Work closely with the Store Manager to drive salon performance, efficiency, and customer satisfaction

We’re seeking individuals who are:

Experienced and confident in all aspects of dog grooming, from bathing and drying to breed-specific styling and finishing

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) the head stylist role is a full time vacancy

Team oriented, with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn and grow in a fast-paced retail environment

Goal driven, with experience in target-led environments (preferred, but not essential) I would suggest this is key and must be essential

Why Join Us?

We reward and recognise our Head Stylists in ways that matter to them.Our benefits reflect our support of your mental, emotional, and financial wellbeing, both now and in the future. Here are some of our benefits which may be available to you:

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-rata 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 bran

“Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so 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!”

Together, we’re better with pets.

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