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Horse Care and Welfare Programme Officer

Company: British Horse Society

Location: Kenilworth, Warwickshire

Salary: £29,000

Closing Date: 16 October 2026

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Salary: £29,000.00 per annum

We also offer 26 days’ annual leave (+ public holidays) on starting, matched pension contributions up to 5 percent, enhanced pay when taking leave as your family grows, income protection insurance, a health-cash plan and a wide range of wellbeing and mental health support services.

Location: This Midlands-based role is contracted through our Head Office near Stoneleigh, Warwickshire. While offering extensive flexibility to work from home, the position also involves travel to meetings, events and stakeholder engagements, together with attendance at Head Office as required.

Hours: Our usual full-time hours are 35 a week – with an early finish on a Friday! We offer other flexible work options, such as compressed hours, which we’re happy to discuss.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Coordinating Horse Care & Welfare programmes and community engagement activities
  • Planning and delivering Horse Health Days, Healthcare & Education Clinics and other welfare initiatives
  • Driving continuous improvement through data, insight and innovation
  • Building partnerships with volunteers, professionals, communities and external organisations
  • Supporting fundraising, income generation and impact reporting activities
  • Maintaining effective systems, processes and programme administration

What you won’t be doing:

  • Managing frontline welfare concerns or undertaking welfare investigations
  • Delivering activity for activity’s sake, you’ll help demonstrate meaningful welfare outcomes and impact
  • Focusing solely on administration, you’ll play an active role in shaping, improving and evaluating welfare programmes
  • Working in a purely office-based role, you’ll regularly engage with colleagues, volunteers, partners and at events across the UK
  • Keeping strictly 9-5 hours, occasional evenings, weekends and overnight stays will be required

Requirements

This is a great role for you if:

  • You have strong equine knowledge and are passionate about improving horse welfare through education and engagement
  • You enjoy coordinating projects, events and community-based activities, bringing people together to achieve shared goals
  • You are organised, proactive and comfortable managing multiple priorities while using data and feedback to drive improvements
  • You are a confident communicator who enjoys building relationships with volunteers, communities, professionals and partners
  • You are passionate about equine welfare and want to work in an organisation that supports you to bring your full, authentic self to work and works really hard to be a beacon of inclusion in the equestrian sector.

Other information

We’re excited that you’re thinking about applying to British Horse Society. To help you make the strongest impression, here are a few friendly tips:

  • AI tools can be handy, but they don’t always hit the mark when it comes to the specific stuff we’re looking for
  • We really want to hear your voice — your experiences, your skills and what makes you, well, you!
  • If you lean too much on AI-generated content, your application might end up sounding a bit generic — and that could hurt your chances.

So, keep it real, keep it personal and show us what you’re all about.

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