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  • Age 31 years
  • Date of Birth 4th March 1994
  • Had previous paid employment within the equine industry? Locked
  • Preferred Countries United Kingdom
  • County/State/Region Anywhere
  • Do you require sponsorship/a VISA to work in any of your chosen countries? Locked
  • Job Category Full Time, Part Time, Permanent, Working Couple
  • Earliest start date 1st October 2025
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  • Available for Christmas Cover? No
  • Notice period 0 weeks
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  • Live in or out Live in, Live out
  • Co-habiting? Locked
  • Full Postcode if live out (Private) Locked
  • Expected Job Level Sole Charge, Assistant Head Person, Head Person, Manager
  • Animals to bring to a job Locked
  • Describe the animal/s you HAVE to bring to the job (if applicable) Locked
  • Can drive Car, Tractor
  • Own car? Car
  • Height 6’0” / 182cm
  • Approximate weight 11st / 69.9kg / 154lb
  • Total years experience with horses Locked
  • Previous paid/work experience Locked
  • Future disciplines Dressage, Eventing, Family Yard, Livery, Riding School, Sales, Show Jumping, Training Yard/Positions
  • Riding Role? Locked
  • Nationality British
  • Languages spoken Locked
  • Qualifications Locked
  • Equine Skills Back/Break, Bandage, Clip, Compete, Equine First Aid, Exercise/Hack Out, Long Rein, Lunging, Maintenance Skills, Management Skills, Muck Out, Plait, Pull Mane/Tail, Ride, Rider/Trainer, School, Show Turnout, Sole charge, Supervisory Skills, Teach, Trim, Work with children
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Employment sought:

Position: Yard manager or Sole Charge (with or without riding)

Location: currently in Hampshire but moving to Somerset.

Salary: 30k pa. 38+ hours / week

Description: Looking for new opportunity in a growing business with the chance to continue training and experience new mentorship.  Experience is most suited to running a small to medium sized yard and riding school. Would accept work in a larger yard subject to some additional training and employment benefits. Honest and hard-working individual, currently working 44 hours per week. Looking for stable and more secure employment with the chance to build on existing skills and progress my career.

Experience 

9+ years experience as a Yard & Riding School Manager with Sole Charge.

Yard Management, Livery Management. Riding School Management.

BHS Stage 3 in; horse health, anatomy and physiology; fitting tack and equipment; lunging; ride horses over flat and cross country.

BHS Stage 3 Coach; flatwork and jump lesson coaching, lunge lesson, lead rein lesson and, stable management lesson.

Backing and Schooling; Schooling horses for riding school. Schooling for retraining. Schooling for eventing. Backing & Breaking. Handling young horses.

Horse Management: BHS stage 3 equine management, Feeding & Haylage for 23 horses, tacking up, wash down, tack cleaning, turning out & fetching in.

Grooming; turn out for competition, clipping, plaiting, hoof picking, rugging, pulling mane,

Veterinary: Equine first aid, wound cleaning & dressing, bandaging, experience with cushings, mud fever, laminitis, absesses and general lameness, hold for dental, hold for farrier, hold for vet.

Yard work; muck management, tractor driving, building maintenance, stable maintenance, fence maintenance, menage maintenance, weed control, pest control.

Groundswork; Paddock maintenance, Poo picking, mucking out, chain harrowing, fencing, water management,

Riding: BHS Stage 3 riding, individual and pairs dressage, show-jumping, cross-country, eventing, hacking (on public land with dogs, people and, livestock).

Teaching: BHS stage 2 coach (Stage 3 coach pending 2024), young riders, new and experienced riders, elderly riders, group teaching, in-school and hacking.

Partner:

Partner accompanying. Can do part time work if required in office administration and business affairs. Is a trained book-keeper, with experience in VAT returns, Corporation Tax, Payroll and Invoicing. Also trained in Agricultural and Environmental Consultancy.

Requirements

• What would you like to do or gain in your next job?

Yard Manager / Sole Charge. Mentorship & Training opportunities, all disciplines. Independence and career growth.

• Do you need accommodation?

Can live out if within Hampshire. Preferable to live in, no shared accommodation. Willing to discuss siting own caravan. Partner accompanying, no children.

• Do you have any special requirements for any animals you wish to bring with you?

No. Preferably would like to bring a dog in the future but this is not a requirement. No own horses.

• Do you have any ongoing commitments?

4 weeks notice required for current employment. Subject to location, would need time to relocate.

• Do you have any holidays booked that an employer needs to know of?

No.

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