Ranch Hand

Horse care helper (Lone Butte, Santa Fe)

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compensation: Starting at $17.50 per hour

employment type: part-time

job title: Horse Helping Hand

We are looking for a horse care person: 15-20 hours per week, divided over 5 or 6 days: morning shifts 3 hrs. & afternoon shifts 2 hrs, per schedule set with ranch manager.

Somebody who is a kind and responsible individual who loves horses, enjoys caring for them and wants to become part of our breathtaking horse sanctuary in Santa Fe County. We are looking for the right person to join our herd that can learn the ropes; is able to follow direction and work with focus. There is room to grow into manager position.

Primary duties include but are not limited to the following:

Feeding, mucking and watering of 15 horses.

Additional duties as needed: general facility maintenance, minor (fence) repairs, weed control, incidental special projects.

Requirements:

Experience with horses;

Work Ethic/Focus;

Organized and Neat;

Honest and Good Communicator;

Self Starter;

Caring Nature;

Responsible, Honest, Dependable and Loyal;

Able/willing to follow instruction;

Flexible;

Speaks English;

Physically Strong;

Reliable Transportation. (all wheel drive is a plus in Winter)

Living in close proximity to Lone Bute/Hwy 14 area is preferable due to the short shifts on multiple days per week.

References and resume are preferred

We are a smoke/drug/alcohol free facility.