About The Service
You will earn £23,152 a year working full time (37 hour a week), or £12 per hour pro rata, as we are a Voluntary Living Wage employer. The Living Wage is reviewed each year and Cardiff Council reserves the right to make changes to, or remove, the Living Wage Supplement.
Our Cardiff Dogs Home Team is looking to employ a Corporate Trainee based at Westpoint Industrial Estate, Leckwith, Cardiff, CF118JQ to contribute to our Service helping us to deliver all the care needs for the hundreds of dogs kennelled at the Dogs Home each year. To work with customers and volunteers to deliver an excellent customer experience. Our customers are people who have lost dogs, are reclaiming dogs or want to rehome a dog. They are also our volunteers who walk our dogs and support the service in many ways. We discharge the Council’s statutory responsibilities in relation to stray and abandoned dogs. We provide a safe place for dogs that keeps the streets and local communities safe. This role will be undertaken fully on site at Cardiff Dogs Home.
Cardiff Council delivers over 700 different services to residents of Cardiff, visitors, and businesses across the city. As a local government organisation, our customers depend on us to deliver our essential services, every day. Whether employed in a customer facing, technical, trade or support role, our employees help us to make a difference to our communities. As it is important to us that our workforce better reflects the communities we serve, and that we support our residents to overcome barriers to employment, you must live within the boundaries of Cardiff to be eligible to apply for this Corporate Trainee role. Check your postcode here: http://ishare.cardiff.gov.uk/mycardiff.aspx
About the job
In this Corporate Trainee role you will support our service and will learn to:
Develop all the skills required to work as a kennel assistant. This will include cleaning kennels, feeding, handling, caring for and exercising dogs. There are records to be kept up to date for each dog, rehoming files and behavioural assessments to be undertaken. You will be trained to use SharePoint, Digigov and how to update the Dogs Home website using the Web Editor. There are lots of customers and volunteers to be attended to and you will learn about delivering good customer service both face to face, email and over the phone. You will learn to work in a team as part of a very busy service and develop good communication skills.
To support your development, you will receive on the job training and supervision to help you deliver an efficient and effective service in a positive and customer focussed manner. You will also be supported by a named mentor to who will encourage you to develop a range of transferrable skills to support your career progression.
You will work at Cardiff Dogs Home Monday to Friday 08.30-17.00 with an hour for lunch. You will be given the opportunity to work at the weekend from time to time when you have the required skills and knowledge.
If after reading the job description, you have any questions about the role please contact Maria Bailie 02920 711243 or mbailie@cardiff.gov.uk
What We Are Looking For From You
Our customers depend on us to keep delivering services even in the most challenging of times. We are looking for individuals who are keen to learn in the role, are interested in our work, and in helping us to make a difference to our customers by delivering exceptional public services in Cardiff.
As a Corporate Trainee, you will gain valuable experience working for Cardiff - the largest Council in Wales. Although we cannot guarantee that you will go on to secure a further role at the end of the initial contract, you will be supported and encouraged to take advantage of the many opportunities available within our organisation to help progress your career.
To be eligible to apply for this role, you must live in Cardiff. Please check your address falls within the boundaries of Cardiff here http://ishare.cardiff.gov.uk/mycardiff.aspx
Graduates are eligible to apply provided they live in Cardiff. If you do not live in Cardiff, you may be eligible to apply for our other advertised roles. Please check our other vacancies at www.cardiff.gov.uk/jobs
Additional information
This post is not suitable for post share.
This post is temporary for 6 months if worked full time, or longer if worked part time.
Most roles are based on a 37 hour week although many roles can be worked on a part
time basis.
When completing your online application, you should tailor your application to the role by giving examples, in the Supporting Information section, of how you meet each of the essential criteria listed on the Person Specification. You should also state how you meet any desirable criteria, as we may use these to shortlist should we receive a large volume of applicants meeting all the essential criteria. The Supporting Information section of the online application form is limited to 4,000 characters – you can upload additional Supporting Information but please do not submit a CV as this is unlikely to provide the information needed. Please read the guidance on how to apply. We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
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If you need help with your application, please contact our Into Work Services Team at www.intoworkcardiff.co.uk or 02920 871 071
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
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