Equine Groom & Animal Care

Kick On Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist animal care organization in Greater London is seeking an Equine Groom & Animal Care professional. Candidates must have a minimum of three years’ experience in equine care and hold at least a Level 3 qualification in equine management. The role involves hands-on animal care, undertaking responsibilities for equine welfare, land management, and working closely with the Land Support Manager in a supportive educational environment. Competitive salary with various benefits including training and wellbeing support.

Benefits

Salary between £26,520 and £30,000

Wellbeing support schemes

Private healthcare

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in equine care.
• Qualifications in equine care or management required.
• Confidence in handling and managing horse behavior.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily equine and animal care routines.
• Conduct regular health checks and administer medication.
• Maintain land and building support for animal zones.

Skills

Horse management

Animal care

Communication with suppliers

Team collaboration

Education

Equine care/management Level 3

Job description

We are recruiting on behalf of a specialist organisation for an Equine Groom & Animal Care professional to take primary responsibility for equine, farm and small animal care.

This is a hands‑on role working within a therapeutic and educational environment that supports children, young people and adults. The successful candidate will report day‑to‑day to the Land Support Manager and will play a key role in ensuring excellent standards of animal welfare, land management and safe operations across the site.

Key Responsibilities

• All Equine and Animal Care (routine/s training) provided including stable maintenance, enclosure repairs/risk management/stock control etc.
• This role holds responsibility for equine and animal care and welfare; you must have experience working with horses to include, but not limited to: mucking out, leading, grooming, hoof picking, muck picking, rugging and fitting fly masks depending on seasons, general yard management and maintenance.
• Regular animal welfare health check and monitoring; administer medication when required or seek line management and/or professional veterinary advice where directed and follow up.
• Land and building support and maintenance for Equine and Animal Zones including yard and barn management.
• Animal enrichment projects.
• Support for Land Projects as and where authorised and agreed; tool work (training provided) such as strimmer/hedge cutter and hand tools.
• Will need to be flexible for any emergency animal / land requirements.
• Land support across entire site where directed and all animal care duties completed on any one day.

Requirements

• Qualifications in equine care/management, minimum Level 3.
• Proven experience working in a yard/equine groom role, for a minimum of 3 years.
• Equine knowledge, confidence and experience, understanding varying horse behaviour including herd dynamics.
• Confidence on phone calls to manage suppliers and arrange vet visits.
• Full driving licence and access to vehicle for small animal vet visit requirements.
• Confidence and previous experience working with other animals and willingness to train to handle other small animals, including reptiles and invertebrate care.
• General equine knowledge to share with colleagues and YP as part of the education we provide.
• A definitive continued interest in progressing an equine career is required for this role, along with natural horsemanship working with our equines.
• Proven experience of sole responsibility for a horse and/or lone working/accountability in a yard.

Personal Development & Professional Expectations

• Update your 4‑6 weekly PDP regularly in a timely fashion for management review and attend your Personal Development Plan (PDP) meeting with your line manager.
• Attend team meetings as and when required, which may be outside normal working hours, to ensure that animal care and welfare is not impacted.
• Be flexible to attend evening or weekend training outside contracted hours on occasion for CPD as required for your development within your role.
• Be prepared to undertake any professional training or personal development with the best intentions and ability to ensure passing or attaining certification.
• Report all sickness or absence according to company procedures.
• Process holiday requests according to company procedures.

Working Days/Hours

• Tues‑Sat: 08:45 am – 05:15 pm (40 hour week)
• Saturday – lone working

Benefits

• £26,520 – £30,000 per annum (dependent on qualifications and experience)
• Wellbeing support schemes
• Private healthcare
• Training and development opportunities