Groom
Based: Lee Valley Riding Centre Location: Waltham Forest - Salary £13.15 per hour
Permanent contract - Up to 40 hours per week
Staff are required to do shift work, including early's, late's, weekends and bank holidays.
In order to be effective in these tasks you would need to be able to demonstrate that you are: • Working knowledge of equine and equestrian equipment and machinery • Working knowledge of health and safety regulations and demonstrable experience of working with health and safety guidelines • Verifiable experience of working in a stable yard environment and to execute stable work (mucking out, grooming, animal handling) • Effective team worker • Verifiable experience of dealing with customers and providing services to customers • Ability to organise own work both independently and on the basis of instruction • Effective in facing customers and/or providing customer services, able to deal with varied customer demands, deal with the emotional demands of others and easily establish a rapport and reach positive resolutions • Ability to exchange information concisely either written or orally • Ability to train colleagues in their tasks and achieve lasting results • Ability to work independently and unsupervised for several hours at a time • Ability to work under work-related pressure (deadlines and priorities) • Ability to work in confined and physically awkward positions, e.g. grooming • Ability to move or carry heavy goods with the help of mechanical aids
No agencies please
In return, we offer a range of benefits that you’d expect from the UK’s largest leisure provider: • Pension schemes • Ride to work scheme • Discounted membership at our leisure centres • The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we’re run plus associated social events • Career pathways • Ongoing training and development to help you to be the best
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