Yard Groom

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**Yard Groom (Casual)**

Job Description***

The Role

**Job title**:Yard Groom

**Department**:Fossehill Livery Yard

**Responsible to**:Yard Manager/Associate Director of Commercial Services

**Location**:Coates, Cirencester

**Salary**:£11.44 p/h - 21yrs and above, £10.18 20 yrs and below

12.07% holiday pay***

**Term**:Casual variable hours, flexibility to cover evenings and weekends

**Relationships with**: Staff, student, customers, suppliers

Purpose

Fossehill is the home of Royal Agricultural University equine enterprise and is a commercial unit
providing DIY livery and polo facilities, as well as supporting the RAU with equestrian education and
academic research. This role works closely with the Yard Manager to ensure the smooth running of
the yard and the well-being of the horses.

Key Responsibilities

**1 **Feeding/Watering horses***

**2 **Mucking Out***

**3 **Turning Out/Bringing In***

**4 **General First Aid***

**5 **Rugging up and changing rugs***

**6 **Maintaining vaccination and worming records***

**7 **Regular checks on horses (taking temperatures etc.)***

**8 **Ensuring all pre-arrival checks are completed

**9 **Ensuring all bio-security measures are adhered to***

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**10 **Student/Client liaison***

**11 **Completing Health & Safety paperwork when necessary***

**12 **General duties associated with Overwintering Polo ponies***

**13 **Routine maintenance of the stables and fields in accordance with yard procedures***

**14 **Monitoring supplies and re-ordering when necessary***
- General responsibilities:

- The University is committed to equality of opportunity. All staff are required to comply with

current legislation, University policies and good practice guidance.
- All staff are required to act in a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and

vulnerable adults at all times. The post holder must be familiar with and adhere to appropriate

safeguarding policies and guidance and participate in related mandatory/statutory training.

Managers have a responsibility to ensure their team members understand their individual

responsibilities with regard to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
- All staff are required to participate in the University appraisal process and should ensure they

are familiar with the process and plan time to prepare for their appraisal. Following the

appraisal, staff are expected to undertake in any necessary learning and development and

work towards the objectives that have been set.
- The University expects staff to attend any training designated as mandatory and to undertake

learning and development activities to support their role. Managers must facilitate learning

and development within their teams.
- It is a condition of employment that staff will not disclose any information obtained in the

course of their duties other than to those entitled to receive it. The post holder must ensure

that the confidentiality of personal data remains secure and that restricted information or

highly restricted information to which they have access remains confidential during and after

their employment at Royal Agricultural University. All staff must undergo appropriate data

protection training as required.
- All absence from work must be reported in accordance with the University’s absence

procedures and recorded on iTrent.
- The University acknowledges its responsibility to provide a safe, smoke free environment, to

its employees, service users and visitors. It is the policy of the University not to allow smoking

on University premises other than in specifically designated areas.

University Values
As a University we have chosen five values to underpin our learning community. These are the values

which we will all work by and for which we want the RAU to be known. We are:

- Collaborative - we believe in the power of working together. We are stronger as a community

of practice - inspiring each other, identifying shared goals, and providing reciprocal support

leads to greater success.

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- Open-Minded - we are receptive to new ideas and we value the diversity of experiences and

skills. We are committed to listening to everyone across the RAU community.
- Resourceful - we adopt creative approaches to achieve our goals while setting higher

standards, promoting professionalism and sustainability.
- Responsible - individually and collectively we take accountability for our actions working with

integrity to achieve the highest ethical standards.
- Inclusive - we acknowledge the fundamental value and dignity of all individuals and are

committed to maintaining an environment that seeks to eliminate all forms of discrimination

and respects diverse traditions, heritages, and experiences.

Person Specification

**Essential Measured By**
**Requirements**:
**or **A) Application Form
The post holder must be able to demonstrate: B) Interview

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