Current Vacancies

Role: Groom / Trainee Instructor

Salary: £26,072

Type: Full Time - 40 hour week/Permanent

We are now recruiting for a Riding School Groom/Trainee Instructor to contribute to the following responsibilities:

• Assisting and supporting the Riding School team in the day-to-day operations of the yard including tacking up, mucking out and feeding.
• Assisting and supporting staff in delivering engaging Own a Pony days.
• Assisting and supporting our dedicated volunteers in their duties at the farm.
• Interacting with visitors and clients, ensuring exceptional customer service.
• Exercising riding school horses (with a weight limit of 11 stone).

Regular training towards exams can be provided by BHS II SM SE, utilising our well-schooled horses. The ideal candidate for this role will be a hard-working, trustworthy, and friendly individual who is willing to roll up their sleeves and maintain a clean, tidy, and safe environment for all our visitors.

Proficiency in walking, trotting, and cantering, as well as grooming, mucking out, and tacking up, is essential. Please note that this is not a live-in position, and we are unable to accommodate staff horses or pets.

Apply: Send CV and covering letter to JoannaHenbrey@deencityfarm.co.uk

Role: Trustee

We are looking for new voluntary trustees to help support the long term development of the farm. 

Commitment: The Board meets every other month, and Trustees would additionally be expected to spend a day, roughly every 3 months volunteering onsite or attending events and supporting fundraising activities. 

Apply: Please find the full role description and how to apply here. 

Volunteering at Deen City Farm 

Volunteers are vital to running the farm, find out more about our voluntary vacancies here.