We have a fantastic new job opportunity for an Employee Access Assistant/ driver that has a full, clean driving licence and administrative skills.

Working as an Employee Access Assistant you will be driving and supporting a visually impaired Vision Rehabilitation Specialist on a day-to-day basis, enabling them to carry out their duties efficiently and effectively.

As the Employee Access Assistant, you will form a close and trusting working relationship with the supported person, and having a person-centred approach, good communication skills and flexibility and understanding are extremely important.

Find out more about the role of an Employee Access Assistant via the following link

As a successful candidate, you will have an exciting opportunity to work in a growing and fulfilling environment where your efforts will be greatly appreciated by Guide Dogs and the thousands of people they help.

For this role you’ll be working 35 hours per week, worked Monday to Friday. Flexibility to work outside of core hours with occasional overnight stays is required for this role.

For an informal conversation please contact Chris Crouch on chris.crouch@guidedogs.org.uk or 07795611441

We offer a generous pension scheme, annual leave, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity
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.

We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding
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.

Candidate requirements
To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• A full, clean driving licence with access to a vehicle.
• Ability to drive the person supported in order that they may fulfil the requirements of travel in their role in and around West Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight.
• An understanding of Visual Impairment and the impact on day-to-day activities.
• Good interpersonal skills are essential as the role will require a close working relationship with the person being supported.
• Flexibility to work regularly outside of Guide Dogs core hours to enable travel to and support during client visits.
• Computer literate with a good knowledge of all Microsoft Office packages and a willingness to learning new systems.
• Evidence of dealing with confidential issues sensitively and with total integrity.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply
If you have any accessibility issues, please contact our Recruitment Team on 0118 3540345 or recruitment@guidedogs.org.uk

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above.

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.

If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Please contact our Recruitment Team on 0118 3540345 or recruitment@guidedogs.org.uk if you require any support with your application.