Ranch Hand

About This Role

This position is responsible for performing repair, maintenance, and cleaning to ranch buildings, fences, and grounds, along with caring for and working with horses. The Ranch Hand will also assist with events, disaster response, and rehabilitation programs involving troubled youth.

Responsibilities

• Install and repair ranch facilities and grounds including fencing, barns and outbuildings
• Maintain fences, roads, and water systems
• Perform general building maintenance repairs and services, including painting
• Assist with preparation, setup, and teardown for events and meetings
• Repair and service equipment
• Perform grounds keeping such as brush clearing, mowing, weed eating, pruning, and watering
• Clean horse stalls and other areas of the ranch grounds and facilities
• Monitor herd, ensuring access to food, water, and shelter
• Groom and feed horses, monitor nutritional needs, and work with veterinarians
• Assist with exercise regimens, training, assessing and correcting problematic horse behaviors
• Work with troubled youth and non-violent offenders, teaching them to ride and care for horses
• Attend tribal and cultural events with horses, including Huckleberry Camp
• Work cooperatively with law enforcement to create mounted units
• Assist during manmade and natural disasters to relocate tribal people, animals, and assets

Requirements

• 2 years' of recent experience performing related farm, ranch or animal husbandry work
• Valid driver's license and insurable under the Tribe's insurance policy
• Ability to handle horses unsupervised
• Willingness to work in all weather, during odd hours, and travel as needed
• Ability to pass a State and National (FBI) criminal history background check

Qualifications

• 2 years' of recent experience performing related farm, ranch or animal husbandry work, or a comparable combination of approved education and/or recent related work experience

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits