Stylist – Dog Groomer – Croydon

October 25, 2025

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<div><h2>Overview</h2><p>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.</p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Lead on grooming appointments, delivering high‑quality grooms with care, precision, and a personal touch.</li><li>Interact with pet owners daily, providing friendly and professional customer service.</li><li>Ensure pets look great and feel great, playing a key role in overall wellbeing.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Experienced, qualified and confident in all aspects of dog grooming, from bathing and drying to breed‑specific styling and finishing.</li><li>Hold a grooming qualification.</li><li>Customer‑focused, with a friendly and professional approach.</li><li>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).</li><li>Team‑oriented, with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn and grow in a fast‑paced retail environment.</li><li>Goal‑driven, with experience in target‑led environments (preferred, but not essential).</li></ul><h2>Benefits</h2><ul><li>Attractive rates of pay plus commission, subject to targets.</li><li>28 days paid annual leave (rising to 33 days after 2 years, including 8 bank holidays, pro‑rata on contracted hours).</li><li>Extra day off for your birthday.</li><li>Life Assurance – 4 times your annual salary.</li><li>Company pension contribution of 4 %.</li><li>Colleague discount of 20 % across the Group (Pets at Home, Pets Grooming, Vets for Pets), including 30 % off own brand.</li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p>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!</p></div> #J-18808-Ljbffr

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