Employment Opportunities:
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Position Summary: The Equine Operations Staff has the responsibility for assisting in the care, development and maintenance of the HETRA herd. This position works with the Equine Team as a whole and reports to the Equine Operations Manager. This position is a full-time on-site role with varied hours Monday- Friday and alternating/ occasional weekends. This position will help with weekly conditioning and development of the HETRA herd, help lead horses in sessions and other programming, assist with veterinary and farrier appointments, assist with volunteer trainings, and assist with daily cares such as feeding, stall cleaning, turnout etc. This position would be expected to complete the HETRA Adaptive Riding Instructor Training process within 6-12 months of hire and the HETRA Able Bodied Whip carriage driving training process in 12 months. This person needs to have advanced equine groundwork and riding skills. Should be comfortable working with horses of varying disciplines, breeds and ability levels.
Knowledge/Skill Requirements:
Highly organized and a self-starter
Strong attention to detail
Excellent ability to work on and with a team
Strong teaching and leadership skills.
Extensive horse experience and knowledge
Advanced riding and ground based horsemanship skills
Basic carriage driving skills or ability to learn basic driving skills
Must have gone through and passed all levels of HETRA volunteer training within 3 months of hire
Comfortable working with and speaking to volunteers and staff in a professional manner.
Must have good writing skills.
Competent computer skills (email, Salesforce, Microsoft Office)
Benefits:
403(b)
Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
PTO
Paid Sick Time
Click here to apply: https://www.tfaforms.com/rest/forms/view/5120426
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On Call Facility Maintenance Employee
We are looking for an awesome Facility Maintenance Employee to join our team. This person would fill in if one of our regularly scheduled Facility Maintenance Employees is unavailable.
These shifts are scheduled Monday - Sunday from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm.
Position Summary: Completes daily stall and facility maintenance activities as outlined by the Facility Manager and Horse Manager. Including, but not limited to, stall cleaning, sweeping, dusting, turning out horses, feeding horses, and cleaning horse waterers.
Principal Responsibilities:
• Cleaning and bedding of all stalls
• Moving horses to turnout or another stall when the stall is being cleaned
• Sweeping, dusting, cobwebs
• Cleaning of stall water bowls and feed buckets weekly
• Assist with cleaning of outside pens of manure
• Managing a team of facility maintenance volunteers
• Feeding horses
• Other duties as assigned by the Facility Manager and Horse Manager
Knowledge/Skill Requirement:
• Ability to lift up to 75 pounds occasionally and 25-40 pounds frequently
• Ability to stand and walk frequently for up to 4 hours
• Ability to bend, squat, climb, grasp, and reach frequently
• Ability to operate farm equipment including a mini truck and a pull-behind dump trailer
• Hard Working
• Ability to Multi-Task
• Must have excellent horse handling skills, a preference to individuals who are certified HETRA horse leaders
• Ability to manage a team of volunteers
Please click the following link to fill out an application to be considered: https://www.tfaforms.com/4937216
Interested in learning more? Please email Erin@HETRA.org.
Since 1989, Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy has served its participant community by offering services in Adaptive Riding (formerly know as Therapeutic Riding), Therapy Services – specializing Hippotherapy, Equine Services for Veterans, Adaptive Carriage Driving, Day Camps, Life Skills Training and Special Olympics. We are a non-profit 501c3 organization and currently the only PATH, Intl. Premier Accredited center in Nebraska! So, it goes without saying that we require specific qualities in a person when we consider hiring a candidate for any of our available positions. Our staff members come from a variety of backgrounds, but they all share some common traits.
Each of them believes firmly in our mission to improve the quality of life both physically and emotionally of adults and children of all ability levels through equine-assisted activities. They know that this type of work requires patience, dedication, and respect for the privacy of those that come to us for services. HETRA needs dynamic, energetic, and enthusiastic individuals to keep our mission alive. If that sounds like you, check out the opportunities below, and contact us!