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About CORRAL

CORRAL is a faith-motivated nonprofit that equips adolescent girls in high-risk situations through a long-term, holistic program of equine therapy and education to prepare each girl and her community with skills, resources, and opportunities so that she can gain access to a bright future. Our participants may be "high-risk" due to socioeconomic status, trauma such as neglect, abuse, or, more frequently, a combination of these situations. CORRAL is intended as a long-term intervention for the participants, requiring a minimum of one year's commitment from each girl upon enrollment. Our staff provides intensely personal and high contact programming that includes only the uppermost standards of literacy and academic tutoring, vocational training, and equine assisted therapy programs.

The Team Member we are looking for:

CORRAL is looking for an experienced, full-time equine manager that is passionate about working with and positively impacting the lives of historically marginalized and underserved youth by building healthy relationships with CORRAL horses that are trained in natural horsemanship. The Equine Manager is responsible for ensuring each horse receives the proper care and training to meet the needs of the program participants in riding and Equine Assisted Psychotherapy sessions; And acts as the main facilitator of these sessions. The Equine Manager supports the diverse participants of CORRAL Riding Academy and is committed to lessening the stigma surrounding mental health issues in BIPOC youth and creating equitable spaces for youth to be seen, heard, challenged, and understood is a must. Things in the arena get hard and real, a successful Equine Manager is up to the challenge, flexible and able to follow their creative energy to teach youth in tough situations how to be enthusiastic equestrians. Additionally, the Equine Manager will lead the Facilities Volunteer Team to provide a safe barn, arena, and fields for the horses and programming.

Programming Hours are Tuesday - Friday afternoons (until 7p) and all day Saturday (9 to 5). A typical work week is Tuesday through Saturday. Summer Hours will shift to Mon-Friday. Approximately 40% of these hours involve direct service hours and being outside in varying weather conditions. This role is responsible for the health and well-being of our equine herd, so emergency attention outside of programming hours will be necessary periodically. IMPORTANT: Please do not apply if you are not available to work on Saturdays.

This position will report directly to the Program Director, at the Cary Campus. The CORRAL team is big on collaboration, so you must have an ability to demonstrate positive team interactions with other staff members. Outcomes and documentation are important, so you are able to complete the paperwork and analyses that help CORRAL hone its programs. This position leads several teams of volunteers who feed, care for and train the horses and also co-teach our youth.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience in Natural Horsemanship
• Advanced or professional riding experience in any discipline
• At least an Associate's Degree in a Human Services related field, or at least one (1) year of Human Service experience.
• High level of organizational skills
• Experience with farm, barn and pasture management
• Excellent social and personal skills
• Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time, fitness level to work with multiple horses daily and work outside

Preferred Qualifications

• Training & Certificate in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
• Experience in starting horses
• Experience teaching riding lessons

Specific Job Responsibilities:

Lead Instructor/Equine Specialist

• Leads equine component of the Riding Academy
  • Coordinates with the Programming Team to monitor the progress of each participant; designs lesson plans to meet riding and therapeutic needs; creates the daily/weekly schedule for the program
  • Prepares lesson plans daily for each rider in an effort to meet program goals
• Plans horse-related activities on and off the farm including horse shows
• Coaches volunteers to participate in sessions and produce program deliverables

Volunteer Management

• Promotes teamwork and collaboration among CORRAL instructors
  • Assist volunteer instructors on horse and rider challenges and concerns
  • Provides training for Equine Volunteers
  • Coaches volunteers to ensure that they are thoroughly prepared for sessions
• Leads the Equine Team which:
  • Maintains barn, tack, feed, horse related supplies and equipment
  • Oversees the feeding schedule
  • Addresses care routines of horses (deworm, vaccine, feet)
  • Procure necessary items for herd health
• Coordinates with Volunteer Manager and Facilities Team for Community workdays
• Onboards and promotes an inclusive environment for volunteers

Herd Management

• Manages the health and well-being of the herd (wellness, soundness, nutrition, forage)
  • Establishes and maintain daily/weekly/monthly care routines for horses
  • Handles routine and emergency vet occurrences and resulting ongoing treatment plan(s)
  • Organize and maintain tack, feed, horse related supplies and equipment
  • Plans and arranges the training of CORRAL horses
• Handles all equine related donations
• Trains horse volunteers for the horses feeding, training and care of CORRAL horses

Farm Management

• Oversees the management of the barn, farm and pastures, including making hay and caring for fields.
• Maintains the cleanliness, organization, safety and working condition of all CORRAL horse facilities:
• Coordinates with facilities team to utilize the Volunteers, girls, interns, and working students to address needs for facilities
• Performs weekly farm walk-throughs
  • Barn, barn area and arena: make sure the barn is organized and items out of place are put away, check tack room, check supplies and make order
  • Pastures: check for down fences, posts, wires or unsafe conditions; assesses forage for rotation, seeding, fertilizing, completing soil samples, and other pasture management needs

Salary/Benefits

This is a direct, on the ground, full time salaried role. Salary negotiable. CORRAL offers a competitive benefits package including employer contributions to health, vision and dental benefit plans; ability to contribute to a Flexible Spending Account (FSA); and employer paid life insurance, long term disability coverage and an employee assistance program, available after 60 days. CORRAL observes 13 paid Holidays per year and offers an unlimited PTO policy.

Diversity Statement

CORRAL aims to serve the highest risk girls in our community. Among those risk factors is the influence of systemic racism. As members of a marginalized population, young people of color are statistically more likely to have negative health, academic and economic outcomes. Understanding this context, CORRAL bears the same responsibility to heal the trauma our girls have experienced due to systemic racism just as much as more commonly understood forms of trauma ie. physical or emotional abuse.

CORRAL is committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at CORRAL-it is the foundation of what we do. We are committed to walking with ALL stakeholders on a journey of anti-racism. We are fully focused on equity and justice.