Warwickshire
Closing date: Monday 1st April 2024
Job Details
Closing Date for Applicants:
Monday 1st April 2024
35 hours per week fixed term until 30th September 2024
Salary: £23,000
Based at our HQ near Stoneleigh, Warwickshire (Agile working arrangments available)
The British Horse Society is the nation’s largest equine charity with a passion for horses that is backed by knowledge and expertise. The BHS represents and provides a range of services for horse riders, horse owners, enthusiasts and professionals.
Our Home Team within the Society is made up of professionals who bring together a variety of experiences, backgrounds and perspectives. We celebrate the diversity of our people and place a high value on creating an environment where everyone can bring their whole self to work. Many of our Home Team members work flexibly; we believe in giving our employees autonomy to decide where, when and how they work within a set of principles agreed within the team.
We are looking for a Horse Care & Welfare Helpline Coordinator, working within the Engagement Team of the Horse Care & Welfare Team. You will contribute to its aim of preventing breaches of equine welfare by providing education and advice to horse owners and members of the public. You will liaise with BHS Horse Care & Welfare Advisers and external organisations when a welfare breach is apparent, to ensure legislation is adhered to.
You will be the first point of contact for telephone and email enquiries from the public asking for advice and provide excellent responses and customer service in responding to queries. You will also receive welfare concerns from members of the public and ensure that these are allocated to Horse Care & Welfare Advisers as appropriate. You will assist in the delivery of Healthcare and Education Clinics and Horse Health Days throughout the UK, the euthanasia scheme “Friends at the End” and maintain regular communication with Welfare Advisers including updates, annual appraisal calls and CPD/training opportunities. You will develop and maintain links with the Horse Care & Welfare Advisers of other charities to promote our vital work. You will also assist the Welfare Education Coordinator in the production of social media posts on behalf of the Horse Care & Welfare Team, and liaise with our Communications Team with regards to our Horse Care & Welfare Team website pages and keeping them refreshed and updated.
Key skills needed for this exciting role:
Graduate calibre with exceptionally strong equine knowledge (equivalent to at least BHS Stage 3 Care)
Excellent customer service attitude
Enthusiastic and self-motivated
Outstanding team-working skills
Strong attention to detail
Confident using MS Office and customer databases
Flexible attitude to travelling around the UK and to undertake occasional weekend and evening work
Annual Leave: 26 days + plus bank holidays (increasing to 28 days after 3 years’ service)
Pension: Automatic entry at 4% into our scheme after 3-month deferral period, contributions matched up to 5%
Health Benefits: health (income protection) insurance, health cash plan, life assurance at 4 x salary, yearly flu jab
Wellbeing Support: ‘Everymind at Work’ mental health and wellbeing app and quarterly webinars, opportunities to participate in range of engagement activities such as our book and gardening clubs, ‘Put the Kettle On’ informal virtual chats and our annual Funuary activities!
Training and Development: Access to a range of formal and informal development opportunities, including BHS Wise (our e-learning platform), our ‘A Day in Your Shoes’ cross-departmental work shadowing scheme and ‘C-Me’ communication workshops.
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 belive that a more inclusive workploace, where people from 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.
How to apply
Please provide a cover letter/personal statement highlighting your relevant skills and experience and how they meet the essential skills for this role, along with a CV, and send your application to jobs@bhs.org.uk. For further details on this and other opportunities, please visit www.bhs.org.uk.
Please note: we will be speaking to and interviewing candidates throughout the advertised period; to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.
Closing Date for applications: Monday 1 Apil 2024
Interview date: TBC
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