Horse Care & Welfare Field Engagement Manager

British Horse Society (The); Kenilworth; Remote; GBP 35,000

Job description

Horse Care & Welfare Field Engagement Manager

The British Horse Society Kenilworth, United Kingdom Horse Care & Welfare Remote working

Company Description

Horse Care & Welfare - Field Engagement Manager (Full Time)

Closing Date: 11 April 2025

Salary: £35,000 per annum

Location: Your team is based UK-wide so this role encompasses the flexibility to be based remotely. Our head office is near Stoneleigh in Warwickshire so there will be occasional times you will need to travel to our office.

Hours: Our usual full-time hours are 35 a week – with an early finish on a Friday! For this role it would be beneficial to have a flexible attitude to evening, weekend working and overnight stays.

We also offer 26 days’ annual leave (+ public holidays) on starting, matched pension contributions up to 5%, enhanced pay when taking leave as your family grows, income protection insurance, a health-cash plan and a wide range of wellbeing and mental health support services.

Position

We are recruiting for a brand new role! The Horse Care and Welfare Field Engagement Manager will drive our vitally important field-based impact by leading our team of Horse Care & Welfare Field Officers who work with horse owners and help improve welfare of horses through proactive education, support, and advice.

The ethos of The British Horse Society is to improve the welfare of horses through education and owner support by taking a proactive approach to improving the lives of horses. We have a fabulous Horse Care and Welfare Department which comprises an Education Team, an Engagement Team, a Field Officer Team and nearly 200 Volunteer Advisers!

Requirements

What you’ll be doing:

1. Leading, motivating, developing & managing performance of our team of Horse Care & Welfare Field Officers – inclusive of appraisals, reviews, development and training needs.
2. Objective setting in line with department targets, KPI monitoring and production of reports demonstrating impact of our Field Officers.
3. Development and implementation of proactive horse care and welfare educational strategies.
4. Identifying and delivering fundraising opportunities as part of Horse Care and Welfare activities, working together with our Fundraising Department to develop resources and propositions that support this.
5. Ensuring our Field-based team are appropriately trained and compliant with relevant laws, regulations and health and safety policies.
6. Support our Marketing and Communications Department in driving awareness and promotion of our field-based activities, through sharing powerful case-studies and collecting content for use across our channel.

What you won’t be doing:

Dealing with your own caseload of welfare concerns.

This is a great role for you if:

1. You have experience of and enjoy leading a fabulous team of people.
2. You have drive and ambition to grow our field-based impact in improving welfare of horses and ponies through education and support.

Other information

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.