[Hiring] Guide Dog Mobility Specialist @Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

Role Description

As a Guide Dog Mobility Specialist (GDMS) you’ll be at the heart of our mission – enabling people with vision impairment to live the life they choose. You’ll work closely with our service users, helping to match and train dogs and people together into confident, effective partnerships. Whether it's carrying out in-depth assessments, training our dogs to international standards, or delivering expert guidance to service users, your work will directly support life-changing outcomes.

From the first steps of orientation and mobility assessments to delivering training programmes and providing ongoing support – you’ll be part of a team dedicated to empowerment, mobility, and wellbeing.

In this role, you'll be supporting people with sight loss every step of the way – starting with getting to know them as individuals. You’ll carry out detailed assessments to understand their mobility needs, lifestyle, and aspirations, helping determine whether a guide dog is the right path for them.

• Identify the right match between service users and guide dogs based on practical needs and emotional connection.
• Train the dogs to be safe, confident, and reliable guides.
• Support the new partnership as it forms, offering guidance, structured training, and ongoing follow-up care.
• Work closely with a dedicated team of colleagues and volunteers, sharing insight and collaborating on outcomes.
• Mentor and support others across the organisation, sharing expertise to help everyone succeed.

Qualifications

• A GDMI/GDMS qualification recognised under the International Guide Dogs Federation with recent practice (within 5 years).
• A passion for person-centred support and a belief in what people can achieve with the right tools and guidance.
• Experience of coaching and teaching individuals and groups of adults and/or children in practical skills and theoretical knowledge.
• A full UK/EU driving licence including the ability to drive manual cars.

Requirements

• You must have the Right to Work in the UK as we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
• Willingness to work flexibly, including travel and occasional out-of-hours work.

Company Description

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK via our digital ID checking supplier; in addition, we cannot offer visa sponsorship at this time.

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with.