Horse Trainers Assistant
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Job Title: Horse Trainers Assistant
Salary: £24,624 to £26,539 plus £984 location allowance. You will receive £24,624 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £26,539 will be via incremental progression.
Location: Imber court
BE AT THE HEART OF A CHANGING SERVICE.
This is an exciting time to be working as a Horse Trainers Assistant for the Metropolitan Police Service. In addition to large-scale transformation, there's the unique and ever-evolving challenge of policing London. This means that as a Horse Trainers Assistant, there are more opportunities for you to get involved with making London the safest global city in a time of unprecedented change within the UK's largest Police Service.
Key Responsibilities:
Purpose and objectives:
To assist in the training of young / unbroken, horses for police duty, so that they will be obedient, well-mannered and responsive in all the situations to which they are likely to be deployed. To be responsible for the daily care and exercise of a permanent escort horse and to seek personal development with the potential of taking on a young horse to train under the guidance of a horse trainer.
Job activities:
Assists horse trainers to perform all training tasks requiring more than one person, such as backing horses or introducing horses to boxes, forge, clipping etc.
In the absence of a trainer, undertakes the exercising of that officer’s remounts, liaising beforehand with the trainer so as to be fully aware of the remount’s training needs and other relevant information. In this capacity, the post holder will at various times, be required to perform every type of horse / training duties, including stable management, clipping, handling, long-reining, groundwork, school work, road work and nuisance training under supervision
When remounts are introduced to road work, rides an experienced escort horse alongside. In this role, anticipates things that are likely to challenge the remount and forestalls them or is prepared to help the trainer control the remount. Slows vehicular traffic as necessary, and gives appropriate hand signals on behalf of both self and trainer
Permanently responsible for at least one escort horse, mucking out, grooming and watering it, and setting fair its box or stall. Performs these duties also in respect of temporarily allocated remounts
Ensures that allocated horses receive adequate daily exercise, either through escort work or otherwise
In conjunction with other staff, maintains the cleanliness of remount stable yard on a regular basis. Cleans riding kit and equipment
Performs late turn and weekend duty on a regular basis when the post holder, with one other member of the training establishment staff, is responsible for the welfare of all horses in the establishment, and for general security
Desirable Criteria:
- Full UK Driving Licence
- This post is subject to a riding Assessment.
To apply, please visit our website to download a role-specific information pack, and complete an online application form with supporting CV and Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23.55pm 27th December 2019
We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of London’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer the Met have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.
This post is subject to a riding assessment
Desirable Criteria
Full UK Driving Licence
Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority groups and females.
As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.
Read our full disability confidence statement.
This opportunity is closed to applications.