Regional Development Officer - South East

Location: Home-based role within the South East, some travelling across the country will be required.

Reports to: National Development Officer

Contractual hours: Part time, two days' work per week

Closing date: 30 March 2025

Salary: £39,000 pro-rata

Role purpose

In order to further develop the RoR regional education and community support programme, RoR is seeking a professional and self-motivated individual who will oversee delivery of RoR activity within the South East. There will be times when the South East Regional Development Officer (RDO) is required to travel out of area to assist with delivery of education initiatives and for meetings with the wider team.

Key responsibilities

Key responsibilities of the South East RDO will be to manage, develop and advertise RoR activity in their allocated region, deliver specific educational events, expand the regional RoR community support network, manage the regional budgets and accounts and recruit and manage RoR regional volunteers.

• Management and development of RoR activity within their designated region in line with current RoR policy.

• Leading RoR educational events, including speaking at colleges, hosting Insight Days and other professional CPD events.

• Continuing the development and promotion of a mutually supporting RoR community in their respective regions.

• Working as an integral part of the RDO team to the benefit of former racehorses and the support of their current or potential owners/carers.

• Communicating regularly with members in a professional and timely manner.

• Recruiting and managing RoR volunteers within their region.

• Forging links with local equestrian professionals and establishments within their region, particularly training establishments and equine event venues.

• Overseeing and adhering to accurate, transparent, invoice‐based accounting for regional expenditure.

• Producing regular reports for the NDO and CEO on regional development and progress against key performance indicators.

• The collection and input of appropriate data into the ‘Horse Monkey” equestrian event platform as directed.

• Promotion of RoR educational events via social media and other channels.

• Forwarding event data to the NDO weekly.

• The organisation and support of both regional and national RoR fund‐raising initiatives.

• The development of a social programme across the region to promote engagement with and between RoR members.

• Passing on feedback from the region’s members to the NDO.

Person specification/ education

A full driving licence is required but there are no other prescriptive requirements for this role however the level of administrative, personal and IT skills required make it probable that the job holder has already received formal or on-the-job training and education in previous roles.

It is desirable that the job holder has an equestrian coaching qualification or other equestrian qualifications that have been backed up by experience.

Experience required

• Supportive of the role and remit of Retraining of Racehorses (RoR).

• Understanding of British Horseracing.

• Extensive equine experience, preferably with thoroughbreds/ racehorses and knowledge of the running and horse requirements of other equestrian disciplines.

• Experience of working in the charitable sector and with volunteers is desirable.

• Experience of social media marketing is desirable.

Skills required

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills by telephone, email and social media.

• Experience of liaising with people from diverse backgrounds from the general public to owners and trainers and other equine professionals.

• Competent in Office IT systems.

• Demonstrable leadership skills

• Ability to travel within the region to attend educational events and nationally to attend quarterly team meetings.

Type of person required

• Excellent initiative, dynamism, leadership and people‐management skills.

• Ability to work independently, forge relationships, drive initiatives and influence outcomes through diplomacy, tenacity and personality.

• Ability to gain the confidence of and communicate with, key local equine practitioners.

• Possession of professional integrity and the ability to deal with confidential and sensitive information.

• Calm and focused under pressure.

Special circumstances

Weekend and evening working may be required from time to time with some anti-social hours.

Other relevant information

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive or exhaustive. Employees may be required to perform other related and reasonable duties in order to meet the ongoing needs of the organisation.

To apply

Please submit your CV and a concise covering letter, outlining why you think you are suitable for the role to adane@ror.org.uk by 30 March 2025.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact adane@ror.org.uk to provide further detail.

Equal opportunities

We acknowledge that having a diverse and inclusive workforce is fundamental to our success and we actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives, and experiences. People with disabilities or from ethnically diverse communities are currently under-represented in the organisation and therefore we welcome these candidates to apply.