Horse Riding Assistant
Help our partner stables deliver an exciting riding course!
Oundle & Worth School
Role Overview
Horse Riding Assistants act as the link between Exsportise and contracted stables and instructors, ensuring the agreed programme is delivered to a high standard. You must prioritise student safety, welfare, and course enjoyment, supporting students in all aspects of their daily routine. In addition to stable duties, you are part of the Course Assistant team and contribute to the delivery of free-time, evening, and weekend activities, helping to create a safe, positive, and engaging summer school experience.
Skills You'll Gain
In this role you'll gain hands-on experience working with international children in stables and residential settings, developing leadership, teamwork, communication, responsibility, safeguarding, problem-solving, and adaptation skills in a fast-paced multicultural environment. You'll build confidence managing safety, emergencies, and student wellbeing, with opportunities to take initiative, acquire transferable stables experience for your CV, and thrive in a rewarding role inspiring young people while boosting your own confidence
To view the full job details including Working Conditions download the Job Description
Your role involves understanding the Exsportise horse riding programme and ensuring student safety and well-being off-site, including responsibility for discipline. Provide assistance to contracted stables and arrange transport to and from the stables.
Offer pastoral support by listening to students’ concerns and collaborating with House Parents to foster a safe, nurturing environment, maintaining friendly yet professional staff-student relationships without becoming “friends”. Support daily routines like morning wake-ups and bedtimes, assist with Events Managers’ evening entertainment, ensure safety during trips and weekend excursions, and support airport / Eurostar transfers by welcoming arrivals and assisting departures.
On a rota basis, supervise mealtimes, engage students during breaks to encourage positive behaviour and camp rules (including phone restrictions), foster social interaction, address behavioural issues promptly, and help collate weekly student feedback to monitor happiness and concerns.
Additional Duties
Attend daily staff meetings, follow all Staff Handbook guidelines and Centre Manager directives, and carry out any other reasonable duties.
About you
All staff are responsible for ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the centre while upholding the highest standards of safety and care.
We look for Team Members who are friendly, positive, and approachable, who remain calm and professional in all situations. Staff must be reliable role models with high personal standards, respect confidentiality and professional boundaries, work effectively as team players contributing to a positive environment, and fully embrace the Team Orange spirit.
Job Specific Personal Specification & Qualifications
To be suitable for this role, you possess native or near-native competence in English (minimum CEFR C1 level) with extensive experience in horse riding and stable management, plus experience working with children or young people, preferably in residential or summer school settings. You motivate and engage students of varying ages and abilities through strong leadership and teamworking skills, good communication and interpersonal abilities with students and colleagues, and an enthusiastic, approachable, friendly, and reliable attitude. You adapt flexibly to changing schedules and duties, adhere to safeguarding and child protection policies, maintain professionalism in appearance, conduct, and language, and fully participate in camp life including supervising meals, free time, and excursions. You commit to being fully present during activities by limiting personal phone usage to maximise interactions and act as a positive role model, demonstrate cultural sensitivity for inclusive work with diverse groups, take initiative beyond duties, and embrace feedback for continuous professional development.
Ideally, you bring experience in other summer school areas like pastoral care, admin, organisation, or leading events/trips, along with a valid First Aid qualification.
To Apply
All staff must be over the age of 18 and must have completed secondary school / college at least one year prior to joining us. This safeguarding measure is in place to protect both our students and our staff. Staff must be medically fit for their role; where necessary, reasonable adjustments will be discussed and made.
Are you enthusiastic about working with young people, committed to safeguarding, a strong team player, flexible about residential hours, appropriately qualified for your chosen role, and excited by a lively – and at times demanding – international summer school environment? If so, submit your application now. We look forward to hearing from you.
If you have any further questions or are not sure what role to apply for, please contact us at: recruitment@exsportise.co.uk
All staff must pass employment checks, including confirmation that they are not barred from working with children. It is a criminal offence for any person who is barred from working with children to attempt to apply for a position with us. Working with Exsportise involves direct contact with vulnerable children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
