Equine Charity Manager
Touchdown Memorial Home For Horses Scio, Mulben, Moray, UK- Type
- Salary
- Competitive
- Work Type
- Permanent
- Work Time
- Full-time
- Live-In
- Live-In Required
- Bring Own Horse
- Training Available
- Non-Smoker
- Job No
- 391905
- Status
- Looking
- Posted
- 4/29/2022
- Updated
- 5/3/2022
- Expires
- in 12 days
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- 461
One minute you are motivating your team of staff; the next making decisions regarding million-pound budget that affect large numbers of horses and people. Successful registered equine charity is looking for business manager to manage yard, staff, horses and facility in a hands-on way. The successful candidate will demonstrate skills in managing a large budget to meet infinite demand with finite resources. Reporting to the charity trustees, the business manager will be responsible for compliance with all charity legislation and all legal and local requirements for running a charity equine facility providing rescue, rehabiliation and rehoming for horses and ponies in need and for providing equine faciliated therapy for people with barriers to employment and life. The business manager will implement all charity policies including intake policy, euthanasia policy, recruitment policy, safeguarding policy and will review and update policies regularly and will be resposible for maintaining all records in an accurate and accessible format for inspection by British Horse Society, ABRS, local authority and others.The business manager will manage the budget to ensure adequate care is provided for all horses and that resources are used effectively. The business manager will manage contractors and select appropriate contractors and suppliers following the tender process and be responsible for the safe, prompt, correct completion of contracted work and the correct, prompt, accurate payment of contractors and suppliers. The business manager will be the licence holder and will be responsible for meeting all licence and approval requirments to maintain our BHS highly commended status and our membership of ABRS. The business manager will arrange membership and approval by any other bodies that are advantageous to the charity. The business manager will proactively source income for the charity from service users by referrals, direct payments or self funded and for obtaining grants.
Requirements
The business manager will be responsible for teaching service users and BHS exam trainees as well as employees and volunteers so must have full BHS stage 3 plus teaching qualifications and ideally have BHS stage 4 pr be actively working towards this. The business manager will be working with vulnerbale people and will have full Disclosure Scotland and/or SSSC membership or be willing to supply all details to obtain this. The business manager will have full current Safeguarding training and will keep this current and will be the Safeguarding lead. The business manager will hold a current relevant First Aid qualification and will be reponsible for administering all controlled equine medication and keeping this well stocked, secure and current. The business manager will be responsible for safe use of pesticides and will ensure all pesticides are stored and used safely in accordance with legislation and that all staff using pesticides have current training and that all farm machinery is safe, appropriate and secure. The business manager is responsible for the submission of annual return to OSCR and annual accounts and for accuracy of these. The business manager is reponsible for purchase of feed, bedding, forage and other and for making sure these are good quality, dust free and in stock and are stored safely and hygienically. The business manager is responsible for current fire safety and for conducting and documenting regular fire drills. The business manager is responsible for organising regular events to raise funds and awareness including open days, shows, fairs, alternative therapy events, sponsored rides and others and for ensuring safety and compliance of these. The business manager is responsible for running groups for women, older men, veterans, children and others: for publicising these in appropriate ways and managing activities and attendance, for liaising with referring organisations and making contacts and for further development of the site and charity.
Required Key Skills
- Riding
- Driving license
- Drive Horsebox
- First-Aid
- Equine First-Aid
- Schooling
- Lunging
- Bandaging
- Plaiting
- Clipping
- Teaching
- Trim/Pull
- Sole Charge
- Exercising
- Starting/Breaking
- Natural Horsemanship
- People Skills
- Long Reining
Required Expertise
- Driving
- Lecturing
- Riding School
- Sole Charge
- Working with children
- Working with the disabled
- Flatwork
- Equine Law
- Hacking
- Equine Physiotherapy
Accommodation
Accommodation:
- Large new 3 bedroom 2 reception room house; two bathrooms; AGA; country kitchen and utility; central heating and woodburner; fast wireless broadband; satellite TV; ample parking
- Large 3 bedroom 2 reception room house; two bathrooms; country kitchen and lareg sun room/conservatory; central heating and two woodburners; fast wireless broadband; satellite TV; double garage with workbench and ample parking
- Static caravan two bedrooms, large living and dining, separate office, separate laundry, large verandah, fast wireless broadband; satellite TV; ample parking and storage, centrally heated, gas fire Well behaved and clean pets (dogs/cats) welcome Own horse welcome subject to stable availability; live out horse no problem Beautiful country hacking and walking Good local schools with bus service to primary and secondary schools Full facilities in nearby towns Elgin and Keith Good rail links to Aberdeen and Inverness with International airports
Job Benefits
Competitive salary £19000 per annum Company pension through NEST Accommodation as below Opportunity to gain further fully funded BHS qualifications Opportunity to gain more teaching practice teaching people with disabilities and disadvantages Opportuny to gain more teaching and training experience training students for BHS exams and running BHS examination centre Thirty three days holiday per year Five day working week with weekends being worked on rota basis
- Employer No
- 284443
- Name
- Touchdown Memorial Home For Horses Scio
- Website
- https://www.touchdownmhh.org/
- Location
- Mulben, Moray, UK
- Facility Type
Registered charity currently having fifteen horses Twelve large stables in American barn Large new indoor school with rubber surface and sprinklers Large sand outdoor manege and round pen Agility course Two large tarmac car parks Two old stone steadings with nine stables Large modern barn Beautiful country hacking We rescue, rehabilitate, rehome horses and ponies in need.We provide equine facilitated therapy for people with barriers to employment, older people, women, people affected by domestic violence, care experienced people, people with disabilities and neurodiverse people. We are BHS approved at Highly Commended level and are members of ABRS. We rent out our farm buildings and plan to convert these to accommodation for service users. We rent out our old farmhouse which generates income. We rent our indoor school to riders and for clinics and to dog trainers, archery groups and others and are currently building a cafe with viewing area. We have many volunteers.
