We seek to fill the Barn manager/Barn hand position. The expected employment start date is around January 15, 2025. We are now accepting applications for consideration.

Position Description:

* Equine: 6 months minimum or equivalent background

Work Location:
* South Anchorage

Duties:
* General tasks of equine stable management:
* Feeding: three times a day, clean/fill waters, prepping/making feed for next feeding:
* Cleaning: quality stall cleaning of 4 stalls, daily arena cleaning, general barn upkeep (sweeping)
* Other: Turnouts twice daily, snow removal from runs, blanketing.

Approximate schedule:
Weekly Monday-Thursday and Saturday. 8 am breakfast and turnout, Noon lunch with turn in and turn out, 5 pm dinner.

Four times a year, this increases to full-time, 7 days a week, for one to two weeks for work travel/personal leave.

Experience/Skills:
Horse experience is required, as well as demonstrated safe horse handling, self-motivation, reliability, honesty, and transportation. Applicant must be a hard worker, a team player, have an eye for detail, and needs to make excellent care of our horses priority number one. Must be able to lift 60 pounds, haul water, lift manure buckets, and hoof pick ice buildup before turn-ins. It is important to be able to follow instructions, such as making a warm mash or mixing specialty feeds.

Benefits:
* Caring, peaceful, fun work environment with wonderful horses and kind people
* Family atmosphere
* Private small facility (8 horses)
* $20/hr paid up to a 5-hour-a-day maximum (a typical day for a single barn hand is 3 hours a day).  Potential average pay would be approximately $1200 per month (based on 3-hour work days, 5 days a week)

• Hourly increases are considered after 90 days.

* Must submit an IRS W-9.
* References required.