Job Vacancies

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Kennel Manager

Location: Greyhound Trust Harvel Centre - Croft View, White Horse Lane, Gravesend DA13 0UE

Hours: Full Time: 40 hours per week (with the expectation of weekend and evening work as per rota).

Salary: Dependant on experience.

Job Type: Permanent

Responsible for: Harvel Centre Staff and Volunteers

Job Role:

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same? Are you a confident people manager with a passion for animal welfare, customer service, and community engagement?

Greyhound Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Kennel Manager to help lead operations at our Harvel Centre. This is a rewarding opportunity to play a key role in transforming the lives of retired racing greyhounds by supporting their journey from kennel to loving home.

Taking responsibility for our Harvel Homing Centre, you will be an experienced animal homing professional; with a proven ability to manage and lead staff and volunteers to deliver a highly performing homing centre. You will need an excellent balance between leading and managing and getting actively involved in operations as required.

You need to be a strong, proactive and positive manager, focused on the success of the charity, ensuring all possible strategies are deployed to facilitate improved outcomes for greyhounds whilst ensuring staff, volunteers and supporters feel valued, engaged and proud to be part of Greyhound Trust.

What You'll Be Doing:

Supporting the day-to-day management of the Centre.
Helping deliver an exceptional homing experience for potential adopters, ensuring greyhounds are matched and homed efficiently and responsibly.
Maintaining the highest standards of greyhound welfare and care in accordance with Greyhound Trust policies and current legislation.
Recruiting, training, motivating, and supporting volunteers, foster carers, and work experience students.
Co-ordinating and delivering fundraising activities, community events, and local partnership development.
Maintaining accurate greyhound records and assessments using our management systems.
Supporting staff performance, development, and training.
Ensuring compliance with all policies, procedures, GDPR requirements, and health and safety standards.
Ensuring that greyhounds in our care receive the best possible care and enrichment.

We're looking for someone who:

Animal centre experience.
Has previous experience in a supervisory or management role.
Is a confident and positive leader who can motivate and support a diverse team.
Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Has outstanding organisational skills and attention to detail.
Can balance operational responsibilities while maintaining excellent customer service.
Is adaptable, solution-focused, and comfortable managing multiple priorities.
Has experience working with volunteers, customers, or community groups.
Shares our commitment to animal welfare and Greyhound Trust's mission.
Remains calm and professional under pressure and can confidently manage challenges as they arise.
Desired - Canine behaviour qualification or Level 3 Animal Care qualification

What We Offer:

The opportunity to make a genuine difference to the lives of retired racing greyhounds.
A varied and rewarding role with real responsibility and impact.
The chance to work alongside a dedicated team of staff and volunteers.
Ongoing training and development opportunities.
A supportive charity environment focused on improving greyhound welfare across the UK.

Benefits:

Company pension
Employee discount
Health & wellbeing programme
Life insurance
On-site parking
Sick pay

To learn more and apply via Indeed click here

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Individual Giving and Legacies Manager

Location: Horley, Surrey (This role is based at the National Greyhound Centre, Horley, Surrey, RH6 9SX, with a minimum of three days in the office and the option to work two days from home.)

Hours: Full-time (part-time considered)

Reports to: Head of Income Generation and Engagement

Salary: £38,000-£40,000

Job role:

Each year, thousands of greyhounds across the UK rely on the generosity of supporters of the Greyhound Trust to find safe, loving homes. With an annual income of around £4.5 million, individual giving and gifts in Wills is central to our income generation strategy and this role lead its growth and development.

This role is perfect for an experienced fundraiser ready to own the individual giving and gift in Wills strategy end to end. You will set the direction for donor communications, appeals and the legacy pipeline, taking responsibility for income from individual donors and KPIs while working closely with the Head of Income Generation and Engagement to contribute to the overall income generation and engagement strategy.

You will take the lead in developing, testing, learning and growing the direct marketing programme and developing supporter journeys both online and offline. You’ll develop our email marketing and online supporter journeys for now and the future.

This is a broad, varied role, for a senior fundraiser. Whether your background is strongest in individual giving, community fundraising, legacies, digital or data, if you are a confident communicator with proven experience of owning fundraising strategy, income and supplier relationships ready to take your next step in animal welfare, this is the role for you.

To learn more and apply via LinkedIn click here

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Volunteer opportunities

There are always volunteering opportunities available at the National Greyhound Centre, and the variety of roles is immense.

Currently we are looking for volunteers to cover morning kennel cleans between 8-10am. If you are interested please do get in touch by emailing nationalgreyhoundcentre@greyhoundtrust.org.uk.