Equestrian Attendant / Riding Instructor position at Salamander Middleburg- Triple Star Luxury Resort located in Middleburg, VA
We look forward to welcoming a skilled and passionate equestrian to our team!
Responsibilities:
Full Care of Resort Horses:
- Grooming, bathing, exercising, and basic first aid.
- Tack care and cleaning.
- Stables chores (stalls, field cleaning, watering).
- Facility upkeep.
- Customer Service and Riding Instruction:
- Provide excellent customer service to guests.
- Teach riding lessons to a variety of skill levels, ages, and disciplines.
- Front and rear guiding of group and private trail rides on the resort property.
- Children's Programs:
- Facilitate pony rides and other children's programs.
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Safety and UTV Operation:
- Extremely safety-conscious and practices safe habits.
- Drives a small utility terrain vehicle (UTV).
- Additional Duties:
- Perform other miscellaneous tasks as needed.
Training:
- Attend hospitality and luxury standards training classes.
- Qualifications:
Education/Experience:
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
- Minimum of five years of experience working and riding in a professional setting.
- Experience teaching riding lessons to beginners through intermediate riders.
- Customer service experience.
- Knowledge of correct, classical riding/teaching, and high-quality horsemanship standards, or an open willingness to learn.
Physical Requirements:
Regularly stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
Ability to lift and move up to 100 pounds.