Assistant Manager / Assistant Trainer
Hidden Hill Farm, Bahama, North Carolina, USA
- Type
- Salary
- CWE
- Work Type
- Permanent
- Work Time
- Full-time
- Live-In
- Live-In Required
- Bring Own Horse
- Training Available
- Non-Smoker
- Job No
- 115515
- Status
- Looking
- Posted
- 8/27/2023
- Updated
- 8/27/2023
- Expires
- in 1 month
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- 1,487
Training side of the job: Teaching kids and lower level adults, schooling show horses at home, locals and A's ideally (if you're capable). Someone who has experience starting young horses or riding just started horses would be a major plus. Must be willing to work whatever flexible hours necessary to accommodate lessons, horse shows and sales clients flying in from around the country. Looking for someone who is very motivated to see horses and riders progress and sale horses cross the finish line with a sale.
Management side of the job: Managing staff, assisting with feeding and medicating inside the barn, and outside, veterinary care, assisting the farrier, holding, records keeping, inventory, assisting clients, tacking, grooming, setting jumps, videoing, training and assisting with hiring of new workers & interns, assisting with foaling out, handling/ care of foals, stallions, broodmares, seasoned show horses and everything in between.
The job is hands on, 6 days a week, but drops to 5 1/2 days after 1 year of employment.
Looking for a longterm person with the desire to learn and the motivation to see it through. First and foremost, I'm looking for someone with a great attitude!
You must be a good role model, a person of integrity and an effective time manager. You must be a psychologically stable and strong individual who can get to work on time at 7am (or earlier at shows) and wake quickly in an emergency. You can successfully adult and calmly handle a reasonable amount of stress. This is a farm-family environment. No drugs, no daily or heavy drinkers, no drama. You must be comfortable/ happy having kids and interns around, but be able to separate yourself and remain professional / not become one of them.
You will be valued and treated well.
Although we absolutely do not discriminate, due to housing, and close supervision of young female interns, we are only considering female applicants for this position at this time.
Requirements
Ability to get along with others and work as a team, punctuality, excellent organizational skills, physical fitness, calm demeanor, positive attitude, even temperament and ability to function in a crisis. Candidate must pay attention to detail and notice all the little things that can go wrong with horses on a daily basis.
Would you notice a very mildly sprung shoe, a small spot of fungus, a yearling choking in the field, an ATV in need of oil, a broken water line, a fence board with nails sticking out of it? Can you catch a two year old who is trying to sneak away from you in a field and give it an emergency IV shot as the sun is setting?
I am looking for someone who is excited about what we do!!!
Required Key Skills
- Riding
- Driving license
- Drive Horsebox
- First-Aid
- Equine First-Aid
- Handling Youngstock
- Schooling
- Lunging
- Bandaging
- Plaiting
- Clipping
- Teaching
- Trim/Pull
- Sole Charge
- Exercising
- Starting/Breaking
- People Skills
Job Benefits
Housing, utilities, paid vacation, opportunity to earn extra days off.
- Employer No
- 100676
- Name
- Hidden Hill Farm
- Website
- http://www.hiddenhillfarm.com
- Location
- Bahama, North Carolina, USA
- Facility Type
We specialize in young warmblood hunters and jumpers. In addition to running a training and sales facility, we have a large hunter breeding program. We handle all aspects of breeding/ foaling on site.