• care of 3 dressage and 2 retired horses in family facility just west of Boston. Heated barn, indoor and outdoor rings with dust free European footing.
• full time (three 10 hour days and one 5 hour day each week). Plus night checks if live on property.
• Optional after trial period: live onsite in lovely farmhouse. Private bedroom, shared bathroom, roommate.

Job responsibilities:

• general care and maintenance of horses to FEI competition ready standards.
• daily stalls, turnout, feeding, grooming, tacking and untacking, grain, meds, treadmill, lunging as needed.
• assisting with vet, farrier, masseuse and dentist.
• management/ordering of hay, grain, manure pick ups, etc.
• body clipping and braiding a huge plus but not required.
• three 10 hour days and one five hour day per week. Night checks if live on property
• May - November competition season may require 2 weekends each month of extra days/time to accomodate show schedule

Experience and skills required:

• commitment, attention to detail
• embrace learning how things are done at this farm and comfortable with constructive feedback
• patience and reliability, important that you are on time to work
• previous work with competition horses
• IM and IV shots a plus but not required
• clipping and braiding a huge plus but not required
• experience driving horse trailers a plus but not required
• experience with FEI dressage a plus

Personality fit is critical. We have high standards for care of our horses. But we are easy going in personality. Need to have a ready smile and good sense of humor even at 5 AM when we are prepping horses for a show. No drama!

This is not an instructor/trainer position - no riding

No smoking on property. Payroll - taxes are deducted. Workmen's Comp.

Non-smoker. Attention to detail. Easy going personality. Qualified to work legally in the US.

Potential to live on property after trial period. Private room and shared bathroom. Lovely farmhouse on property with three bedrooms, 1 1/2 bathrooms, kitchen, living room with fireplace, office space, laundry room, deck overlooking paddocks, view of pond. One roommate.

Salary. Paid 2 weeks vacation. Flexible to swap days if need more time off. Workmen's comp. Option for housing and all utilities including wifi and cable TV, plowing, yard work, etc.