Horse manager (m/f/d) – focus on children's riding & riding lessons
Description
Key facts
- Employer: Landhuus Laurenz
- Location: Gronau (Westphalia), NORDRHEIN_WESTFALEN, Germany
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**Part-time | 60-80 hours per month**
Do you love horses, enjoy working with children and want to turn your passion into a career? Then you've come to the right place!
We are a **hotel with an attached riding facility** and have specialized in **children's riding as well as riding lessons for beginners, beginners and advanced riders**.
We are now looking for a dedicated person for our riding company
### Horse manager (m/f/d)
**Focus on children's riding & riding lessons**
### Our riding company
There are currently **10 horses and ponies** living in our stable - from Welsh Mountain to draft horses. In addition, we currently have **two two-year-old young horses**.
For us, the main focus is on enjoying the horse and safe, child-friendly handling. We look after riders from their first experiences with horses right through to advanced riders.
### Your tasks
Your everyday work routine is varied and includes both caring for our horses and riding lessons:
- Feeding and caring for our horses and ponies
- Manure and care of the stables
- Put horses out in the morning and bring them back in in the evening
- Riding lessons for **beginners, beginners and advanced riders**
- Focused on **children's riding and children's riding lessons**
- Corrective riding and gymnastic work with our horses
- Support in the training and further development of our horses
- Care and order of saddlery and riding equipment
- Keeping stables, riding halls and outdoor areas clean and maintained
- General work related to our riding business
### This is what you bring with you
- Experience in dealing with horses
- Enjoy working with **children and beginner riders**
- Safe and responsible handling of horses
- Reliability, sense of responsibility and independent work
- Willingness to work weekends
- **Good knowledge of spoken and written German**, as communication with our guests, especially with children and parents, is an important part of the job.
- Ideally a **trainer's license** or a comparable qualification
**You don't have a trainer's license yet? No problem!**
If you suit us professionally and personally, there is the possibility of acquiring the **Trainer License after successfully completing your probationary period**.
### Working hours & duty scheduling
The position is **60-80 hours per month part-time**.
The rosters are created **monthly** so that working hours can be planned in advance.
**Full working days:**
- Start of work: **8:00 a.m.**
- End of work: approx. **5:30 p.m.**
- Morning break: approx. **8:30 a.m. for 30 minutes**
- Lunch break: approx. **12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.**
- Times may vary by approximately **30 minutes** depending on operations.
- For a full working day, **a total of 1.5 hours break** is always provided.
**On Tuesdays and Sundays** we generally only work a **half working day**.
Also applies:
- **We work one weekend per month**.
- There are **compensation days within the week** for the weekend worked.
- The exact division is made using the monthly roster.
- Personal wishes and availability can be taken into account when planning duty if possible.
### This is what we offer you
- A varied activity with horses and people
- A workplace in a hotel with an attached riding facility
- A special focus on **children's riding and riding lessons**
- A diverse horse population from Welsh Mountain to draft horses
- The opportunity to work with different horses and levels of training
- Two young horses
- Opportunity for professional development
- Support in acquiring the **coaching license after the probationary period**
- Monthly and therefore easy to plan rosters
- Compensatory days for weekend work
- A familiar working environment and a small team
### Do you enjoy introducing children to the world of horses?
Do you enjoy working with horses, are reliable and enjoy giving children a safe and positive introduction to equestrian sport?
**Then we look forward to seeing you!**
Send us your application with a short CV and information about your previous experience with horses and in riding lessons.
**We look forward to getting to know you!**
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