Warwickshire
Closing date: Friday 5th May 2023
Job Details
Closing Date for Applicants:
Friday 5th May 2023
35 hours per week (working hours)
Salary: £27,000
Based at our HQ near Stoneleigh, Warwickshire (Agile working arrangements available)
The British Horse Society is the nation’s largest equine charity with a passion for horses that is backed by knowledge and expertise. The BHS represents and provides a range of services for horse riders, horse owners, enthusiasts and professionals.
Our Home Team within the Society is made up of professionals who bring together a variety of experiences, backgrounds and perspectives. We celebrate the diversity of our people and place a high value on creating an environment where everyone can bring their whole self to work. Many of our Home Team members work flexibly; we believe in giving our employees autonomy to decide where, when and how they work within a set of principles agreed within the team.
We are looking for an enthusiastic person who will support the breadth of our BHS campaigns and charitable objectives – Horse Care & Welfare, Safety, Access & Education.
This role will be responsible for the organisation, coordination and delivery of proactive events and activities throughout the UK with our education/event vehicles. It is a full-time position and includes frequent travel including, evening, weekend work and overnight stays across the UK but you will also need to live within a reasonable travelling distance to our HQ in Warwickshire.
Key skills needed for this exciting role:
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So, you’re interested?
To organise, coordinate, manage attendance of our new education/event vehicles at a range of events and BHS activities.
Organise logistics of both vehicles through an effective booking system.
Drive the educational events vehicle (up to 3.5T) to some events as required.
Coordinate the relevant maintenance and legal requirements for the vehicles.
Ensuring the vehicles are kept in good condition and well maintained.
Ensure vehicles are equipped with appropriate stock and equipment to carry out event work.
Coordinate and motivate a team of specific event support staff/helpers/volunteers.
Identify and assess health and safety risks, undertaking risk assessments, adhering to health and safety protocols and event protocols.
Produce post-event reports containing information and data relating to impact and engagement.
Attend and support some events as needed, including those involving the vehicles such as Horse Health Days, Healthcare Clinics, Safety Road Shows, Ride Out UK Events, BRC Championships.
Engage and build relationships with a wide range of BHS Members, followers, and supporters.
Assist the Welfare Education Manager and Director of Welfare with any additional duties as and when required.
Candidate Requirements:
Full driving licence.
Exceptionally strong equine knowledge (equivalent to at least to BHS Stage 3 care) with a particular focus on the well-being of the horse and acceptable welfare standards.
Flexible approach to travel and working hours as role can include some overnight stays, evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
Access to a vehicle suitable for business use, as travel to remote locations and locations inaccessible via public transport will be required.
Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise workloads.
Project management experience.
Ability to write reports and disseminate information to staff, volunteers, and members.
Excellent team-working skills.
Able to communicate with a wide range of audiences clearly and confidently verbally.
Excellent presentation skills and comfortable delivering talks to the public and external organisations.
What will you get in return?
Annual Leave: 26 days + plus bank holidays (increasing to 28 days after 3 years’ service)
Pension: Automatic entry at 4% into our scheme after 3-month deferral period, contributions matched up to 5%
Health Benefits: health (income protection) insurance, health cash plan, life assurance at 4 x salary, yearly flu jab
Wellbeing Support: ‘Everymind at Work’ mental health and wellbeing app and quarterly webinars, opportunities to participate in range of engagement activities such as our book and gardening clubs, ‘Put the Kettle On’ informal virtual chats and our annual Funuary activities!
Training and Development: Access to a range of formal and informal development opportunities, including BHS Wise (our e-learning platform), our ‘A Day in Your Shoes’ cross-departmental work shadowing scheme and ‘C-Me’ communication workshops.
Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Pay for eligible Home Team members
The British Horse Society is committed to achieving equity for all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better organisational outcomes. We also believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all employees.
We therefore strongly encourage suitably experienced people from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.
Only suitable candidates will be contacted directly about this position, and we will not store or process the data of candidates for longer than is necessary for the recruitment process.
How to apply: please provide a cover letter/personal statement highlighting your relevant skills and experience and how they meet the essential skills for this role, along with a CV, and send your application to jobs@bhs.org.uk. For further details on this and other opportunities, please visit www.bhs.org.uk.
Due to a high volume of applications for our roles, should a cover letter/personal statement not be provided when applying for a role, we will unfortuntely not be shortlisting these applications.
Please note: we will be speaking to and interviewing candidates throughout the advertised period; to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.
Closing Date for applications: 05th May 2023
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