The Sovereign Hill Museums Association is a not-for profit community-based organisation that includes: Sovereign Hill Outdoor Museum, Sovereign Hill Hotel, AURA and Narmbool, the Australian Centre for Rare Trades and Arts and the Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections. It cares for a nationally and internationally significant collection of over 150,000 objects and protects the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the Victorian gold rush.
We are an Australian tourism icon that attracts some 500,000 visitors annually. The Outdoor Museum is internationally renowned as a living museum featuring rare trades, and programs and experiences that interpret a pivotal point in Australia’s history. In all, some 350 staff work to bring our gold-rush story to life. They are supported by over 250 volunteers.
About the Role
Interpretive Horse Handlers assist in delivering a high standard of care to our 20+working draught horses and variety of small animals while engaging with visitors to provide a memorable experience. Customer service is a significant part of the role including talking to groups of adults and children skills as well as cash handling and use of POS systems are all apart of this costumed role.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Collaboratively work with the Horse Ops team to deliver a high standard of care to our Horses and Animals, including mucking out stables, paddocks and animal pens.
- Deliver a high standard of Customer service to provide a memorable experience for our visitors.
- Confidentially and competently handle large draught horses, including harnessing and hitching to horse drawn vehicles.
Desired Qualifications
Child Safety and Criminal History Checks – Sovereign Hill is committed to child safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children as well as our staff and volunteers. Our recruitment and selection processes ensure certain pre-employment screening and compliance clearances are undertaken before employment is offered.
If you apply for a role with Sovereign Hill you will be asked to make certain declarations regarding OHS, Child Safety and you will also be required to complete a National Police Check and attain a valid Working with Children’s Check.
Diversity and Inclusion – Sovereign Hill welcomes and encourages applications from diverse backgrounds and provides equal opportunities to all who wish to apply.