Horseback Riding Guide

**Job Description | **Horseback Riding Guide

**Responsible to**: Director, on-site daily supervision

**Department**: Equine

**Usual hours of work** : 30 hours per week, schedule TBD, must work Tuesdays, Thursdays and some weekends

**Usual location of work**:AshfieldFarm, 8594 Franktown Road, Ashton, ON K0A1B0

**Period of employment**:June 19, 2023 to August 18, 2023 (9 weeks)

**Pay Rate**:$15.50 per hour

**Essential Functions and Responsibilities**:

- Under the direction of the Equine Director, provide daily care for horses including feeding, grooming, cleaning stalls, turning horses in and out, and monitoring horse health
- Work in a team to lead trail rides for guests, creating memorable experiences with utmost attention to safety
- Teach or assist with beginner horseback riding lessons, at the discretion of the
Equine Director based on your skill and experience
- Facilitate pony rides for campers and other guests
- Keep the barn, barnyard, and equipment tidy, assisting with maintenance such as fence repair or tack repair, as needed
- Care for small animals such as goats, chickens, pigs, ducks and rabbits, including feeding, cleaning living spaces, and monitoring health
- Facilitate programming for children related to horses, small animals and farm lifestyle, according to a curriculum
- Assist with administration and promotion of farm programs as needed

**Skills and Attributes**:

- Must be able to work as part of a team
- Must have people skills to be able to welcome and provide customer service toward guests
- Must be able to provide instructions to guests
- Must be prepared to work hard and undertake physical labour were needed
- Experience in horseback riding and tacking up an asset
- Prior experience of working with children is an asset

**Ashfield Farm**
- **Vision**_
A farm community where lives and land flourish.
- **Mission**_
Growth and restoration through personal development, business innovation, and community engagement.
- **Values**_
As a community, we wholeheartedly seek to embrace these values in every season:
**We believe in **_**family **_ | We gather around a table where everyone is celebrated - a space where all belong and have a part to play.

**We believe in **_**wholeness **_ | We find joy in every day and laugh often; alive in spirit, nourishing and strengthening our whole-selves.

**We believe in **_**growth **_ | We lean into challenges, knowing that the risk taken is worth the transformation; discovering our potential through hard-work and heart-work.

**We believe in **_**connection **_ | We embrace honesty and honour others, pursuing healthy, authentic relationships where we can courageously be our true selves. We work for peace and make harmony our goal.

**We believe in **_**open-heartedness **_ | We live gratefully and grounded, with open hearts and hands. This is our starting line for transformation.

**We believe in **_**creativity **_ | Unlocking the creative potential in every individual and to express this creativity in our lives and the work of our hands.

**We believe in **_**each other **_ | We actively look for the gold in one another and desire to see each other shine. We live from the belief that we are better together.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Seasonal
Contract length: 2 months

**Salary**: $15.50 per hour

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Ashton, ON K0A 1B0: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 2023-06-12
Expected start date: 2023-06-19