Stylist - Dog Groomer

Pets at Home; Christchurch; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pet care provider in Christchurch is seeking an experienced Dog Stylist to join their grooming team. Responsibilities include delivering high-quality grooming services, interacting daily with pet owners, and supporting their growth through ongoing training. Ideal candidates are qualified groomers with strong customer service skills and the ability to work flexible hours. This role offers competitive pay and various attractive benefits.

Benefits

Commission on targets

28 days paid annual leave

Extra day off for your birthday

Life Assurance

Company pension contribution

20% colleague discount

Qualifications

• Experience in all grooming aspects, including breed-specific styling.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule (minimum 24 hours/week).
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage with pet owners.

Responsibilities

• Lead grooming appointments ensuring quality and care.
• Interact with pet owners daily, providing excellent service.
• Participate in training and development opportunities.

Skills

Dog grooming expertise

Customer service skills

Flexibility

Teamwork

Education

Grooming qualification

Job description

Join Our Grooming Team: Professional Dog Stylist Wanted!

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. If you share our love for pets and our commitment to excellence, we’d love to meet you.

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.

Qualifications

• 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 a willingness to learn and grow in a fast-paced retail environment
• Goal driven, with experience in target-led environments (preferred, but not essential)

Benefits

We reward and recognise our 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 brand

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!

Together, we’re better with pets.

Read our Values & Behaviours

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