Job Vacancies

We have the current paid job vacancies within our charity:

Digital Marketing Assistant - Full Time

Puppy Coordinator - Part Time

Digital Marketing Assistant
Full time – 37 hours per week 
Location – Sheffield (Hybrid - home and office working arrangement optional)

Salary - £23,000  

Support Dog is a unique and innovative national charity that has been transforming the lives of children and adults affected by autism, epilepsy and disability for 30 years.

Support Dogs trains and provides specialist assistance dog to give 100% reliable advance warning of epileptic seizures; to help children with autism to stay safe and better engage with the world around them. Our disability assistance dogs bring independence and a better quality of life for those with physical disabilities including MS, Cerebral Palsy and Fibromyalgia.

Founded and entirely based in Sheffield our charity has grown significantly over recent years. However the demand for our work is overwhelming, with requests for support increasing ten-fold over the past few years. Support Dogs provides all of its services free of charge and relies entirely on voluntary donations for funding.

We are recruiting for a Digital Marketing Assistant to manage and develop our digital marketing and communication strategy. Helping us to create an excellent online presence through social media and our website, with engaging content and introducing us to new audience. Supporting our team with online marketing that will drive donations and signs ups to our fundraising events and activity to bring in vital income for our charity so we can save and improve more lives.

To succeed in this role, the post holder should demonstrate an excellent knowledge of social media and digital tools, with experience. An excellent knowledge of marketing, with a creative and personable but professional approach. Ideally confident in creating your own films and imagery for use in digital content. You will be a real team player and able to support the charity in reaching a wide range of audiences.

In return for your efforts you will receive a competitive salary and staff benefits such as stakeholder pension scheme entitlement and private health care.

Please download and read job description below

Digital Marketing Assistant - Job Description

Applicants are to send a covering letter and CV to [email protected] 

Please ensure to include details of relevant experience, and an explanation of why you feel that you meet the criteria of the role, using specific examples to demonstrate your suitability.

Deadline 9am Monday 6 June

Puppy Coordinator - Part-Time
Part time – 22.5 hours per week, over three full days 

Location – Sheffield 

Salary - £19,838-£23,570 (pro rata) 

Support Dogs have an exciting new role available within the training department, we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated, and driven individual to join our puppy team.  This is a part-time role, covering three days/22.5 hours per week.  

The successful applicant will be responsible to oversee several puppies, provide a structured and tailored training programme ensuring all puppies are progressing as expected, raising any concerns to management.  The role will involve working alongside our valued volunteers, ensuring that they are receiving excellent support, regular training sessions and are given advice as and when required.  Other duties within this role will include the recruitment, assessment, and training of new volunteers. 

The applicant will be required to work off site for periods of time so they must show the ability to work alone effectively, use their own initiative and have excellent time management and communication skills.  Previous and proven experience of working with puppies, within a professional capacity such as planning and conducting puppy training classes to a group of people is an essential quality for this role.  All applicants are to have a full clean driving licence.   

Occasional overnight duties and from time-to-time weekend work will be required to assist the Charity by participating in activities such as fundraising events and demonstrations.   

Puppy Coordinator - criteria and requirements

Puppy Coordinator - Job description

Due to the high level of interest we receive for training vacancies, it is not always possible to answer telephone enquiries.  Should you have any questions about the vacancy please contact Katie Burns, Training Manager via email, [email protected].   

Applicants are to send a covering letter and CV to [email protected] or alternatively by post to Katie Burns, Training Manager, 21Jessops Riverside, Brightside Lane, Sheffield, S9 2RX.  Please ensure to include the following in your covering letter and CV; 

Explanation of why you feel that you meet the criteria of the role, using specific examples to demonstrate your suitability where possible.  Include details of any training and/or voluntary work you may have undertaken that is relevant to the role.   

 Three referees (if applicable) to cover at least the past 5 years, one of these is to be your present or most recent employer, whichever is relevant to your current situation.  Open references/character references from family/friends are not accepted.  Please also to ensure you provide a chronological history of your time spent since leaving education and give the reasons for leaving a position. 

Closing date – will remain open until we have successfully recruited 

Please be aware this is a two-stage interview process and that we will be arranging interviews as and when successful candidates are identified. 

 

You can also learn about volunteering with our charity at

Volunteering at our training centre | Support Dogs 

Volunteering with our dogs | Support Dogs

Volunteering at events | Support Dogs