Riding Director
Windridge Tennis & Sports Camps, Roxbury, Vermont, 05669, USA- Type
- Salary
- Depends on Experience
- Work Type
- Contract
- Work Time
- Full-time
- Live-In
- Live-In Required
- Bring Own Horse
- Training Available
- Non-Smoker
- Job No
- 362169
- Status
- Looking
- Posted
- 1/18/2021
- Updated
- 1/18/2021
- Expires
- in 1 month
- Views
- 656
Job Description:
We offer two- and three-week co-ed sessions from June through August, serving ages 7-15-year-olds. We have about 25-40 riders out of about 130 campers attending each session. Our campers and staff come from all over the world.
We are looking for a Director to manage our 23-26 horses, lessons, barn, and about ten counselors and barn support staff.
This is a seasonal position from June 7th – August 17th. Salary (based on experience), travel stipend, room, and board all included.
Please visit our site at www.windridgecamps.com and follow the “Join Our Staff” link to fill out an application. Resumes may be emailed to nauger@windridgecamps.com.
Requirements
Desired Qualifications:
• Desire and ability to develop and implement a high-profile riding program • Training or experience in equine science and horsemanship; equine science degree or coursework preferred • Previous camp experience and supervisory experience • Teaching qualification and/or experience and the ability to teach riding to campers and staff • Ability to identify ill health in horses and make recommendations for treatment • Knowledge, ability, and experience administering veterinary medicine • Ability to oversee the setup of the barn and riding areas • Knowledge of equine nutrition and feeding • Knowledge of shoeing requirements for horses • Ability to supervise riding program staff and make scheduling assignments • Ability to train staff in proper teaching techniques • Desire and ability to work with children outdoors • Ability to relate to people of a variety of ages • Ability to accept guidance and supervision • Good character, integrity, and adaptability • Enthusiasm, sense of humor, patience, and self-control
Required Key Skills
- First-Aid
- Teaching
- Sole Charge
- People Skills
Required Expertise
- Dressage
- Hunting
- Working with children
Accommodation
Furnished private cabin with your own bath and Wi-Fi.
Job Benefits
Salary based on experience ($5,000-$9,000), travel stipend, room, and board.
- Employer No
- 309618
- Name
- Windridge Tennis & Sports Camps
- Website
- http://www.windridgecamps.com
- Location
- Roxbury, Vermont, USA
- Facility Type
Located in Vermont's Green Mountains, "The Windridge Experience" is unique among children's summer camps. We incorporate highly specialized tennis, soccer and horseback riding programs within the traditional framework of a rural New England camp setting.
Riding has been taught at Windridge at Teela-Wooket since 1913 and today’s campers can enjoy a range of mounted activities. The emphasis in the riding program is on fun, safety, and horsemanship. Daily lessons may include pony club games, dressage, hunt seat equitation, hunter trials, show jumping, and trail riding through the beautiful mountains of Vermont.
Twenty-three leased horses are housed in our spacious barn. We have four outdoor riding rings, including our Grass Ring for dressage, Sand Rings for jumping, and our indoor Arena for a variety of mounted activities. We also have riding trails on camp.
