Job Description

Position Summary

The Department of Animal Sciences seeks applications on an ongoing basis from individuals who are interested in providing care and maintenance of horses and facilities at the Temple Grandin Equine Center, Fort Collins location.

Full Consideration Deadline

To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. (MT) on June 30, 2026.

Essential Job Duties

• Provides care for the well-being of horses, including feeding and watering horses, blanketing horses, exercising horses, and determining if horses need to be housed indoors or outdoors, based on weather. Loads/unloads hay, grain and other feed and bedding, as needed.

• Provides security and cleanliness of facility, including locking and unlocking facility’s entrance gate and facility doors, cleans stalls and outdoor pens, cleans arena fencing, stalls, and provides general indoor arena cleaning, sweeping and fence repair as needed.

Condition of Employment

Pre-employment criminal background check (required for new hires).

Available to work early mornings and or evenings, and some weekends and holidays if needed.

Valid Driver's License

Supervision

Dependent Upon Position

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma, General Education Development (GED), or equivalent required.

• Experience caring for horses including feeding, providing housing, monitoring general health and providing basic veterinarian care, blanketing horses, leading, walking, and transporting horses, and evaluating horses for lameness, vices, or other unwanted conditions.

• Ability to lift up to 80 pounds (hay bales) approximately four times per day (with equipment to help lift and transport the hay).

• Ability to work in inclement weather, including dust, moist, hot and cold conditions.

• Ability to secure a valid driver’s license or access to a licensed driver by the employment start date.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in equine sciences, animal sciences, or related field.

• Veterinarian Technician associates degree or vocational degree

• Previous work experience at an equestrian boarding or training facility, equine veterinarian hospital, or equine assisted therapy center.

Application Instructions

This is an open pool posting. Applications will be reviewed as hiring needs arise. This pool will expire on June 30, 2026, 11:59 pm (MT). Applicants wishing to be considered beyond this date must reapply.

Salary Range

$38,00 - $40,000

Required Application Documents

To apply, please upload the following applicant documents. Ensure your materials fully address the required and preferred job qualifications of the position. Please note, applicants may redact information from their application materials that identifies their age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

Resume/CV

Employee Benefits

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Background Check Policy Statement

Colorado State University strives to provide a safe study, work, and living environment for its faculty, staff, volunteers and students. To support this environment and comply with applicable laws and regulations, CSU conducts background checks for the finalist before a final offer. The type of background check conducted varies by position and can include, but is not limited to, criminal