Part Time Weekend Groom

Job Description: Groom

Classification: Part Time, Weekends, Non–Exempt Hourly

Reports to: Stable Manager

Job Summary:

The Grooms are responsible for the day-to-day care of the school owned and privately owned horses. The Grooms, in cooperation with the Stable Manager, supports the operations of the equestrian program. The Grooms are an integral part of the operations of the barn and are responsible to identify facility needs and report them to their Supervisor.

From time to time, the Grooms will assist with facility maintenance projects as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the daily care of horses including but not limited to grooming, taking and recording temperatures, picking feet, feeding and watering horses and leading horses to and from the stable to turn out paddocks and fields

• Responsible for the barn maintenance including but not limited to mucking, cleaning and filling water buckets, preparing feed buckets, sweeping and removing cobwebs from aisles and stalls

• Participate in ensuring the physical plant is free of defects and notifying the Stable Manager of required repairs

• In some cases ability to operate School tractors, trucks and horse trailers

No job description can anticipate all responsibilities as such; there may be other assigned duties.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience handling and/or caring for horses

• Familiarity with School equestrian programs

• Strong interpersonal, communication, analytical and organizational skills

• Ability to work independently and as a part of a high-performing team with exceptional initiative

• Strong customer-service orientation

• Willingness and ability to have a flexible work schedule, including weekends and holidays

• Appreciation of, and commitment to, single sex and boarding school education

Other Qualifications:

All prospective employees must be able to clear a fingerprint and background check and TB screening.

Our community welcomes and celebrates the diverse histories, experiences, and identities of each of its members, and we believe that shared experiences - formal and informal - within a diverse community foster authentic human relationships and growth.

Foxcroft School strongly encourages the use of COVID-19 vaccines to safeguard the health of our students in a boarding school program, our employees, our families, visitors, and the community at large.

Physical Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position an incumbent is required to regularly remain sedentary for long periods of time in meetings and while processing information and paper work both manually and on a computer.

The employee is required to stand; walk; use hands and arms to reach and hands to type and manipulate a computer keyboard and mouse. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus. Additionally, the incumbent must be able to converse in clear English both written and orally, over a telephone and in person. The employee is regularly required to listen, physically direct, and speak.

Occasionally, an incumbent may be required to lift 80-100 pounds, traverse uneven terrain and climb stairs while moving about campus, bend and stoop. Work hours may vary and include weekends. Employees may be required to drive a vehicle for student needs and/or on School business. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet; however, variations in noise level may occur when the employee attends school functions such as assemblies, school dances, and other events.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $16.00 - $17.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 16 per week

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Weekends only
• Year round work

Experience:

• Farming: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Middleburg, VA 20117 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Middleburg, VA 20117: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $16 - $17