Business Support Manager

London & The South East

Fixed Term - 12 Months 

35 Hours Per Week

Salary: £28,000

We also offer 26 days’ annual leave (+ public holidays) on starting, matched pension contributions up to 5 percent, enhanced pay when taking leave as your family grows, income protection insurance, a health-cash plan and a wide range of wellbeing and mental health support services.

Location: This role is home based with extensive travel throughout the region. Our head office is near Stoneleigh, Warwickshire so there’ll be occasional times you’ll need to travel to our office.

Hours: Our usual full-time hours are 35 a week — with an early finish on a Friday! We offer other flexible work options, such as compressed hours, which we’re happy to discuss.

What you’ll be doing:

• Building relationships with BHS Approved Centres within the region

• Growing the number of BHS Approved Centres in your region

• Working alongside other BHS departments to deliver a variety of initiatives

• Supporting Centres with business development, industry issues and inspections

• Attending and hosting online and in person events

• Communicating relevant updates and informations both verbally and written

What you won’t be doing:

• Sitting behind a desk all day

• Working in isolation

• Working in an office environment

This is a great role for you if:

• You have a passion for participation at grassroots level

• You have lived experience of managing a riding school or livery yard

• Are customer focused with excellent, proven customer service skills

• Have excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills

…you want to work in an organisation that supports you to bring your full, authentic self to work and is working really hard to be a beacon of inclusion in the equestrian sector.

We’re excited that you’re thinking about applying to British Horse Society. To help you make the strongest impression, here are a few friendly tips:

• AI tools can be handy, but they don’t always hit the mark when it comes to the specific stuff we’re looking for

• We really want to hear your voice — your experiences, your skills and what makes you, well, you!

• If you lean too much on AI-generated content, your application might end up sounding a bit generic — and that could hurt your chances.

So, keep it real, keep it personal and show us what you’re all about. 

How to apply: Please follow the link below to apply for this role.

For further details on this and other opportunities, please visit bhs.org.uk

Safer Recruitment, Equality and Diversity

This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore at conditional offer stage successful applicants will be required to declare: 

• All unspent cautions and/or unspent convictions 

For further information on how long it takes for cautions and convictions cautions to become spent, please refer to this guide on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

British Horse Society is committed to achieving equity for all current and prospective employees and doesn’t 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 believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, brings better outcomes for all employees.

We strongly encourage suitably experienced people from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

Only suitable candidates will be contacted directly about this position. We won’t store or process the data of candidates for longer than is necessary for the recruitment process.