Regional Manager – East Midlands

35 Hours

Closing Date: 21 May 2025

Starting Salary: £32,000

The British Horse Society is the nation’s largest equine charity with a passion for horses that is backed by knowledge and expertise. The BHS represents and provides a range of services for horse riders, horse owners, enthusiasts and professionals.

Location: This role is home based with extensive travel throughout the region. Our head office is near Stoneleigh in Warwickshire so there will be occasional times you will need to travel to our office.

Hours: Our usual full-time hours are 35 a week – with an early finish on a Friday! For this role it would be beneficial to have a flexible attitude to evening, weekend working and overnight stays.

We also offer 26 days’ annual leave (+ public holidays) on starting, matched pension contributions up to 5%, 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.

Position:

The Regional Manager (RM) will be accountable for building a strong BHS community and presence within the region and delivering our core objectives around participation, education, welfare, access, and safety through a programme of events and engagement activities.

Regional and National Managers are often the first point of contact with the Society; therefore you need to be able to develop good working relationships with a diverse range of people. This will include members of the public, colleagues, volunteers, show organisers, riding school and livery yard proprietors, instructors and trainers and other organisations whose work impacts on the objectives of the Society.

Together with the Development Director and the wider team, the Regional Manager will seek to identify strategic opportunities which can improve the service we provide to members, non-members, partners, and supporters.

Requirements:

What you’ll be doing:

Providing a consistently high standard of service to members, non-members, partners, and the public in promoting the work of the BHS

Creating and delivering a wide range of face to face and virtual activities, both directly and through local volunteer committees, which meet the needs of equestrians in your region e.g. CPD and training opportunities for those working towards BHS professional and recreational awards, lecture/demonstrations, educational talks, clinics, camps, and pleasure rides.

Encourage and support fundraising activities in the region to create local and national funds to support our charitable objectives.

Collaborate with Access Field Officer and Welfare Field Officer in your nation (where applicable) to deliver activities that further the BHS Access and Welfare objectives.

Build a network of local partners in the equestrian community to further the aims of the Society and where appropriate work together to achieve common aims e.g. Local Authorities, The Police, Fire & Rescue Services, other equestrian bodies (Riding Clubs, British Dressage, British Eventing, British Show jumping, Pony Club, etc.)

What you won’t be doing:

Having the same day twice

This is a great role for you if:

If you have excellent understanding of the equestrian community/industry and the work of the BHS

Experience of managing and working with volunteers and of volunteering

If you have excellent communication and people skills

If you have experience in organising and running events including risk assessment and promotion

So, you’re interested?

Here’s some information on the role….

You will need a flexible approach to working hours as significant evening and weekend work will be required. You will also need to reside in, or within 10 miles of, boundary of region and have access to home office facilities with good connectivity.

A full driving licence with own vehicle are essential, as are good IT skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and social media administration.

Other information:

The British Horse Society is committed to achieving equity for all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better organisational outcomes. We also believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all employees.

We therefore strongly encourage suitably experienced people from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

Only suitable candidates will be contacted directly about this position, and we will not store or process the data of candidates for longer than is necessary for the recruitment process.