Groom

4 months ago

London, United Kingdom GLL Full time

GLL is looking for a **Groom** to work at **Lee Valley Riding Centre**. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Riding Instructor, there's never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a **Groom **job, it's a career.

**Staff are required to do shift work, including early's, late's, weekends and bank holidays.**

**ESSENTIAL SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE**

In order to be effective in these tasks you would need to be able to demonstrate that you are:

- Literate at GCSE qualification level C or equivalent in experience and/or qualification in order to follow straight forward oral and written instructions
- Numerate at GCSE qualification level C or equivalent in experience and/or qualification in order to keep basic work records.
- Working knowledge of equine and equestrian equipment and machinery
- Working knowledge of health and safety regulations and demonstrable experience of working with health and safety guidelines
- Verifiable experience of working in a stable yard environment and to execute stable work (mucking out, grooming, animal handling)
- Effective team worker
- Verifiable experience of dealing with customers and providing services to customers
- Ability to organise own work both independently and on the basis of instruction
- Effective in facing customers and/or providing customer services, able to deal with varied customer demands, deal with the emotional demands of others and easily establish a rapport and reach positive resolutions
- Ability to exchange information concisely either written or orally
- Ability to train colleagues in their tasks and achieve lasting results
- Ability to work independently and unsupervised for several hours at a time
- Ability to work under work-related pressure (deadlines and priorities)
- Ability to work in confined and physically awkward positions, e.g. grooming
- Ability to move or carry heavy goods with the help of mechanical aids
- Able to work with some exposure to a disagreeable and unpleasant working environment (heavy weights, risk of injury and weather)

**Desirable Experience**

In addition to the above essential requirements, if you are able to demonstrate any of the following this will be advantageous when working casually:

- Experience of working in a leisure environment.
- Proven experience or working in a multi-cultural or multi-ethnic environment.
- Experience of working in a large public sector organisation
- Experience of riding horses, including tacking-up
- Horse Management NVQ level 2/BHS level 1 or equivalent in experience and/or qualification
- First Aid qualification
- Ability to drive safely and responsibly

**As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees**:

- Salary dependant on experience - starting at £12.10 per hour
- A values driven organisation
- Learning & development to support career development
- Good pension schemes
- Discounted gym membership for you and your partner
- A full time permanent position
- The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say on how we ar run plus associated events
- Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
- Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
- Career Pathways, professional development is just the start. To ensure your stay on top of your game we provide training with practical and theory elements too
- Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
- 25% off Red Letter Days
- 25% off Buy a Gift
- 20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products
- Ride to work scheme
- Free eye tests and discounted glasses
- We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams._

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