Equestrian Director - North Woods & Pleasant Valley Camps

Job description

Equestrian Director - North Woods & Pleasant Valley Camps Department: Child Development: Overnight Camp: Employment Type: Seasonal - Full Time Location: Pleasant Valley Overnight Camp: Reporting To: Elizabeth Dales: Compensation: $440 - $580 / week Description: Assumes full responsibility for the horseback riding program including proper care, feeding, and grooming of 12 horses. Maintaining a clean, safe riding area, supervising and teaching of campers involved in the program, both in the ring and on the trails. Instruction to include western riding for North Woods and Pleasant Valley campers. Key Responsibilities: General Responsibility: To supervise other staff working with horses, both care and instruction. To see that every camper has a happy, rewarding, and safe first experience of riding to ensure a healthy attitude toward horses and riding later in life. Specific Responsibilities: - Maintain clean and safe riding equipment - Ensure that horses are properly cared for: to include keeping horses clean, administering basic horse first aid and/or notifying - Director,Outfitter, and Veterinarian (in that order) in case of illness orinjury to an animal - Instruct all campers in bas...