- Salary
- Depends on Experience
- Work Type
- Permanent
- Work Time
- Full-time
- Live-In
- Live-In Optional
- Bring Own Horse
- Training Available
- Non-Smoker
- Job No
- 380654
- Status
- Looking
- Updated
- 12/11/2024
- Expires
- in 3 months
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- 3,101
The Horse First Farm is looking for an upbeat, responsible and skilled individual that would like to be our Assistant Manager.
The Horse First Farm Assistant Manager: 40 hours per week: 32-36 hour horse care and facility maintenance, 4-8 hours administration. Benifits Package Includes: $30,000 + housing, utilities, WIFI, on site laundery + health insurance stipened + board for 1 horse + two weeks paid vacation
Basic Responsibilities: Day to day individual and herd health care, client relations, team leadersip, and basic day to day cleaning and maintenance of facilities • Feeding • Cleaning Living Spaces • Administering medications • Caring for Illnesses or Injuries • Communication with clients about horse health verbally and in writing • Helping with vet and farrier appointments • Managing schedule of health care needs for individual horses • Keeping horse health records • Helping with facility up keep and cleaning • Communicating and directing individual special needs to other staff members • Invoicing
Requirements
Positive attitude and ability to work well with other and customers. Ability to learn to operate a skid steer, tractor and drive a truck and trailer. Knowledge of Excel and Quickbooks is a huge plus for administrative tasks but can be taught.
Ability to comfortably step into leadership roll when general manager is away. Looking after whole farm including farm dogs and cats.
This is a great position for someone looking for stable hours, good benefits and a beautiful facility to workout of an live on. This is also a great place to continue to improve your personal horsemanship. Natural Horsemaship experience is a plus.
Required Key Skills
Driving license Equine First-Aid Bandaging Natural Horsemanship People SkillsAccommodation
Large two bed room apartment with full kitchen and two bathrooms. Utilities and wifi included.
Job Benefits
Job Benefits: hourly wage, housing, utilities, wifi, board for personal horse, lesson and educational opportunities, health care stipend, two weeks paid vacation each year.
- Employer No
- 288330
- Website
- http://www.thehorsefirst.net
- Location
- Brooklyn, Wisconsin, USA
Equestrian Employer Details
The Horse First Farm is a 120 acre natural boarding facility 25 minute South of Madison, WI. Currently we have 40+ horses that all live outside in a combination of dry lots and pastures. All horses have access to shelter and automatic waterers. The majority of our clients are recreational riders who like to dabble in several different disciplines with a foundation of natural horsemanship.
At the farm we host several different events a year including a Mini-Event, a Ranch Horse Event, several Dressage clinics and several natural horsemanship clinics. Our boarders, staff and community enjoy the opportunity to grow in learn in lots of different ways.
We are a stable place with very long term boarders, we try to put the relationship that we have with the horses and with our clients first and nurture a relationship first based farm culture.