Head Coachman
The Royal Household in Windsor
- Type
- Stable yard manager
- Description
- The Royal Mews is the department that supplies all coaches and cars for State and official occasions. The Royal Mews is also responsible for caring for and training our carriage horses, maintaining the coaches and keeping all working vehicles in pristine condition. In this role at the Royal Mews, you'll manage our team of dedicated Liveried Helpers, who care for some of the most photographed horses in the world. Key responsibilities • As the subject matter expert, you’ll lead and guide the Liveried Helpers in the exercising and training of the carriage horses. You’ll be a key source of advice, and your knowledge will be relied upon to ensure both the team and horse are ready to perform at ceremonial events. • By driving your team's performance, you will prioritise their continuous development, enabling them to achieve their full potential. • You’ll be responsible for developing team rotas, maintaining stock levels of feed and bedding, developing risk assessments for equine activity and the maintenance of all financial accounts. • This role will challenge you and enhance your management skills. And the standards you'll aim for will provide the biggest challenge, and the greatest reward. After all, the results of you and your team's work will be seen by a global audience. • The post holder with need to be flexible to travel between Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. Essential Criteria: • With a passion for your work, you’ll ideally have experience in either driving horses or postilion driving and ideally be a qualified Riding Instructor. • It’s important that you’re a highly capable and confident rider, with an ability and willingness to acquire knowledge of driving carriages and of state harnesses. • It’s vital that you have strong people management skills and enjoy motivating and developing others. With previous supervisory experience and proficiency in all aspects of stable management, you’ll be confident leading the daily activities of the team. • Perceptive and resourceful, you’ll also be a good decision maker, able to quickly assess a situation, before finding a solution and responding quickly. • Both an organised and flexible approach will be important in order to effectively prioritise your workload. • With proactive, ‘can-do’ attitude, you’re an outstanding team player, and get the best out of those you work with. • A strong communicator you’ll be confident in liaising with stakeholders at all levels. Above all you'll be committed to achieving high standards every day, making you a real asset to the Royal Mews. Benefits We know that to deliver our best work; we need to feel at our best. That’s why at the Royal Household we offer a generous benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and life priorities. Enjoy 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days pro rata (plus bank holidays) dependent on the length of time you have worked for us. Our excellent non-contributory pension plan (we’ll contribute 15% and you can contribute more if you wish) is highly valued by our employees, as is complimentary lunch on-site to keep you fuelled throughout the day. We also offer a range of leave options to support your life priorities, such as parental pay and leave and volunteering days, as well as benefits to support your physical and mental wellbeing. Other perks include 20% off at our Royal Collection Trust Shops and complimentary admission tickets across all our locations, along with many more exclusive employee discounts. Please visit out website to apply: https://theroyalhousehold.tal.net/vx/lang-en-GB/mobile-0/appcentre-1/brand-3/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/4/opp/3399-Head-Coachman/en-GB
TRH
The Royal Household
Windsor
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