Your goal
- Living your horsemanship 365 days a year!
- Empowering yourself and your horses!
- Helping horses and humans grow together and being able to make a living with it!
Our goal
- We are searching for an employee for our horsemanship center!
Who we are
The Birkenhof Seminarzentrum exists since 2011. It is owned and led by Parelli Instructor Dr. Julia Mack-Heil, supported by Parelli Instructor Ralf Heil. Both are contributing their year long experience with horses to the work at the center.
Julia Mack-Heil
Julia is a trainer for Western riding (EWU) since 2008. She works at the Birkenhof since 2018 and is an instructor since 2021. She has been working as a minister from 2012 to 2020 and is qualified in adult aducation. She has a vast experience in working with groups and individuals. She is responsible for the horsemanship-part at the center.
Ralf Heil
Ralf is the senior of instructors in Germany. He has 25 years of experience in Parelli Natural Horsemanship. He is managing the agricultural part of the center.
To the farm
The Birkenhof is founded on and guided by the principles of Parelli Natural Horsemanship. Our 20 boarders also live horsemanship with their horses.
We own 16 horses aged 2 to 31 and of a variety of breeds – from a small Icelandic horse, Quarter Horses to German Warmblood and a (retired) Draft horse.
We are teaching workshops, clinics, camps and lessons in all four Savvies. Another important part of our work is the starting of colts and the re-start of horses that got troubled by their humans. On a regular basis we are working on our continuing education with other Parelli instructors like Walter Gegenschatz, with Working Equitation Champion Mitja Hinzpeter and with renowned dressage trainer Uta Gräf.
Our facility
30x40m Outside Arena, 12x30m Inside Arena, 25m Round Pen, Honey Comb, huge Playground with jumps, a trench and a billiard table, more trail obstacles at the facility, a seminar room, a guest kitchen, guest rooms and a beautiful area for trail rides around the center. The horses at the Birkenhof are living in a herd at vast pastures 24/7 throughout the year. Keeping horses in a natural, species-appropriate environment is part of our concept of Natural Horsemanship.
You are
- a licensed Parelli Natural Horsemanship instructor
- or in Level 3 Parelli Natural Horsemanship and actively pursuing a future as a professional Horsemanship trainer
- over 18 years old
- communicative, self-reflected, a team player and you like to take on responsibility
- fond of animals (apart from the horses there are three dogs and 4 cats living with us)
We offer
- permanent, paid employment
- one day off per week ü four weeks of paid leave per year
- living accomodations at the center (furnished, an own room, shared living room / kitchen / bathroom, washing machine, tumbler, electricity, water, heating, garbage, car parking, W-Lan)
- weekly coaching with Julia ü project horse(s)
- the possibility to live, learn and reflect horsemanship in every aspect of daily live with like-minded people
- use of the facility
- Finished Level 4: free accomodation for your own horse
- Finished Level 3: the possibility to prepare and apply for Level 4 with one of our horses
Your field of activities
- Assisting while we prepare and teach clinics
- Teaching lessons and clinics (depending on your qualification)
- Training horses (depending on your qualification)
- Participating in our agricultural chores: Mucking out (with our ranch truck), feeding, horsehealth and horse husbandry, herd management
- Teaching children and teens (depending on your interest and qualification)
It is possible to do a two week trial at our center in order to get to know us and the facility.
Interested?
Please send your application to: info(at)birkenhof-heil.de
For further information please contact Julia: +49 175 359 52 85
