Due to increased demand, we are recruiting!
🐴 Yard Assistant/Stable Hand 🐴
The purpose of this role is to ensure the daily duties of the equestrian rescue and rehabilitation centre are undertaken to a high standard including the stable duties, site and land management. This role will include overseeing of cleaning the facilities to a high standard, ensuring hygiene is met, the stable facilities are tidy, and the daily list of duties is completed. Daily duties consist of stable routines (mucking out, filling up hay nets, cleaning equipment, bringing in equines and turning out), daily field and fence management, and assisting with overall site maintenance. To include all aspects of animal care and husbandry, and additionally assisting with vet, farrier, and public visits. Plus supporting fundraising for the charity to increase income through yard activities e.g. tack sales. The emphasis of this role is to maintain the stables and fields but there may be opportunity to progress within the charity.
Hours of work:
Standard hours are 40 hours per week over all 7 days, on a rolling rota, which will include weekend and bank holiday working. The hours required within this role include weekdays 8am-4pm and weekend cover of 8am-1pm both Saturday and Sunday. The charity is open to a job share option or splitting the 40 hours between part time roles.
However, due to the nature of the work of The Hugs Foundation and this post, it may be necessary to exceed these hours when the workload demands, for example, welfare emergencies.
Salary: £8.60 – £11.44 per hour (£17,888 – £23,795 FTE)
For the full job description and an application pack, please email our Animal Welfare Manager, Jana Merrett-Jones at jana@hugsfoundation.org.uk.
“All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records (with Barred List check if the role will be actively engaged in regulated activity) through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).”
*Please note this role is fixed term for 1 year. We are hoping this will be extended, but it will depend on funding.
The closing date is the 10th of March but may close sooner if sufficient applicants have been received.
