Equestrian Instructor

**Physical Address: 15801 East Don Carlos Dr., Prescott Valley AZ 86315**

**Signing Bonus: $250**

**Salary: $16.50-$17.00/hr**

**Equestrian Instructor Benefits**:

- Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Medical/dental/vision/prescription insurance
- Flexible spending account program
- Short-Term disability and long-term disability
- 401K
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid holidays
- Paid birthday time off
- Parental Leave
- DailyPay
- access a portion of your base wages in advance
- And More

**Equestrian Instructor Qualifications**:

- **Must be at least 21 years old.**:

- **Must be able to pass a thorough background check, and obtain a Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card.**:

- **Education**: Prefer degree in education or related field. Requires experience with youth and horses. **Minimum of High School or GED required.**:

- **Experience**:Extensive experience in all facets of horse care and training. Self-motivated and energetic. Able to organize, work and plan with mínimal supervision. Serves as a role model for students in the care and treatment of animals. Exhibits high ethical values and strong moral turpitude.

**Equestrian Instructor Special Requirements**:

- First Aid Certified
- Able to satisfy State OBHL and ADE licensing requirement for employment
- Good individual judgment, discretion and decision making.
- Ability to maintain State OBHL, ADE, and agency confidentiality requirements.
- High ethical and professional standards.
- High level of physical fitness necessary in order to meet the physical requirements of the position

**Equestrian Instructor Responsibilities**:

- Daily feeding of animals including ordering appropriate feed, nutritional supplements, surveying and identifying equipment needs, and teaching and supervising students in the appropriate methods of maintaining healthy animals.
- Maintaining the general health of animals including daily checks for injuries and illness; medication requirements; administering routine parasite controls, vaccinations, and booster shots; and teaching and supervising students in how to maintain healthy animals.
- Schedule and aid veterinarians, farriers, and livestock inspectors in order to ensure that our animals are healthy and well maintained.
- Provide instruction to students in basic, intermediate, and advanced riding skills designed to provide students a safe and therapeutic experience through classroom instruction and basic horsemanship and safety.
- Promoting the equestrian program through participation in local gymkhanas, parades, Family day programs and MMYTC’s Annual Founder’s Day Rodeo.
- Coordinates vocational activities for those students who identify their experience with a potential career in equine care or veterinary assistant.
- Adheres to Mingus policy and practice concerning creation, editing, transmission, storage, and disposition of all Protected Health Information in compliance with HIPAA

**About Mingus Mountain Youth Treatment Center**:
Mingus Mountain Youth Treatment Center is a Joint Commission accredited residential treatment center for emotionally and behaviorally at-risk adolescent girls. MMYTC is located on a 120-acre campus surrounded by National Forest, 25 minutes from the town of Prescott Valley. This opportunity will provide excellent training and experience in helping an at risk population that presents numerous unique strengths and challenges.

Pay: $16.50 - $17.00 per hour

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person