About this role
Contract: Permanent, full time (37.5 hours per week) Salary: £26,042 - £30,281 per annum Location: Radcliffe, M26 1NQ Closing date: Wednesday 29th July 2026 Interview date: 6th & 7th July 2026 We're recruiting an Assistant Manager – Off-site Services to lead our home-based pet operations. In this role, you'll ensure that every pet finds the perfect match with their new family as quickly as possible, while maintaining top quality care for both our pets and clients throughout the entire adoption journey. Join us in making a difference, one pet at a time! In this role, you’ll play a key part in ensuring exceptional care for both pets and clients while making well-connected, efficient decisions that prioritise pet welfare. As the leader of our home-based pet operations, you’ll oversee the smooth running of daily activities, acting as the subject matter expert in practical animal handling and assessment. Your goal will be to prepare pets for adoption as quickly and effectively as possible. You’ll work closely with your team to ensure timely pet assessments, behaviour management, and training, while providing full support to foster carers. You’ll also be responsible for achieving pet-related targets, ensuring your team of Pet Welfare Assistants & Foster Coordinators maintain the highest standards of animal care and adheres to national processes in case management. Since we don’t have cattery or kennel facilities, innovation and teamwork are essential to address the most urgent cases effectively. Motivating and managing your team is central to this role, enabling the centre to provide top-quality home-based pet care while helping your team develop professionally. This is a full-time position, working 37.5 hours per week and you will be required to work 1 in 3 weekends.