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CORRAL is a non-profit organization that acts as an intervention program for at-risk, adolescent girls in the Triangle Area. Our participants may be “at-risk” due to trauma, neglect, abuse, socioeconomic status, or, more frequently, a combination of these situations. We use a holistic approach including Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, tutoring, mentoring, and vocational training. Our goal is to teach participants how to be in healthy and whole relationships, knowing that this will lead to further transformational healing. The work we do can be hard at times, but the reward of seeing the lives of young women change for the better is what makes it all worth it.

Full-time Positions

Director of Corporate Operations

About CORRAL: The Work

CORRAL is intended as a long-term intervention for the participants, requiring a minimum of one year’s commitment from each girl upon enrollment. Our staff provides intensely personal and high contact programming that includes only the uppermost standards of literacy and academic tutoring, vocational training, and equine assisted therapy programs, as well as, individual and group mental health sessions. CORRAL Riding Academy fulfills Wake County’s need for positive youth interventions by not only providing high-risk girls with positive interventions, but by equipping them with the life skills and career tools they will need to succeed in their adult lives.

About CORRAL: The Culture

CORRAL is an intense, rigorous work-place where we get things done, but also have a lot of fun! We bring our dogs to work (and sometimes our kids!), we head out and play with the horses when we can and office attire vacillates between workout clothes, jeans & boots, or business casual. Everyone here loves chocolate, coffee, and laughing pretty hard, every day. At the end of the day, we all do this work because we feel called to the cause of giving girls a “leg up in life”.

Job Brief: Director of Corporate Operations

We are looking for an experienced manager to oversee all business operations, people and processes. This position will oversee the “corporate” functions of CORRAL business operations to enable CORRAL’s expansion of planting 2 or 3 farms throughout the Triangle by 2026. This role will supervise the marketing, process innovation, finance, compliance and HR functions to ensure that the Program Directors can focus on program outcomes. This person will be focused on human capital development, financial capital development and process improvement to ensure the efficient yet a high-quality support functions for each CORRAL farm.

View the full description of responsibilities and requirements here.

CORRAL Internships

At CORRAL, we don’t just give our interns leftover projects. Your time with us will be filled with opportunities to produce meaningful and impactful work. Our interns are exposed to a variety of aspects of running a non-profit and are given organizational ownership over their projects. We value growth as a team and as individuals, so interns will have bi-weekly performance feedback check-ins with their manager.

We are looking for passionate, motivated applicants who are at least university juniors or seniors enrolled in a B.S. or B.A. degree program related to the position. The non-profit life can get hectic at times, so we need detail-oriented self-starters that aren’t afraid to ask questions and think in innovative ways. As a CORRAL intern, you have strong verbal and written communication skills, including public speaking and interpersonal communications. You are willing to resolve conflict and make big decisions. Although we do serious work at the farm, we don’t always take ourselves so seriously. You’ll thrive in our fun, collaborative environment that’s filled with supportive people (plus their dogs). While our staff loves to work together and so do you, you also possess the ability to work independently with self-direction.

What Our Interns Have to Say

“My time at CORRAL instilled a passion within me to help children in at risk situations. Through building relationships with the girls, I have been more confident than ever to continue pursuing my degree in psychology. CORRAL provided a safe place to learn and grow, and took me COMPLETELY outside of my comfort zone. I’m extremely thankful for the staff who poured into my life, and the girls that have forever impacted me.” -Autumn, Programming Intern

“My favorite part of CORRAL was the enthusiasm each employee had for the mission of CORRAL. It is always fun to learn from people who are genuinely excited about what they do. The great work that these individuals do is often complicated and, on occasion, quite frustrating. However, each day was a new day and they showed up to work with fresh ideas and a smile. It was really inspiring.” –Jennifer, Business Intern

“I have learned so, so much from being an intern at CORRAL. It has grown me as a person and taught me so much! I think my favorite part about working at CORRAL has been having a part in seeing the girl’s grow and succeed throughout the programming year. It has been so cool to build relationships with the girls and get to see them choose change for their lives…This program is truly changing their lives and it has been a privilege to be a small part of that change.” -Rachel, Programming Intern

Fall 2018 Internships

Communications Internship

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What you’ll do

Social Media

Manage CORRAL’s Instagram, Facebook & LinkedIn accounts — engage followers at least 3xs per week
Assist in gathering appropriate content for all accounts

Marketing & Communication

Contribute to the creation of email campaigns
Partner with Director of Marketing to run fundraising campaigns
Represent CORRAL at various events such as volunteer fairs, referral meetings, and fundraisers
Facilitate the on-time completion of projects within our Marketing Committee

Program Management

Assist as a tutor during programming
Attend staff team meetings
Collaborate with student interns on various projects

Internship Schedule

Communications interns typically work 20 hours a week, with flexibility within the Monday–Friday 9am–5pm office schedule.

Programming Internship

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What you’ll do

Plan and execute activities both within and outside of programming for participants (ie: horse shows, extra activities, incentives)
Assist during programming either in the riding arena or as a tutor
Lead participant check-in
Perform various administrative tasks to ensure program effectiveness
Liaise between CORRAL & community partners
Collaborate with programming staff to create effective intervention plans for program participants

Desired/preferred qualifications

Experience working with high-risk youth
Relevant course experience (Psychology, Program Management, etc.)

Internship Schedule

Programming interns typically work Saturdays 8:30am – 5pm, and work 10–15 additional hours between 11am – 7pm Tuesday–Thursday and 10am – 4pm on Fridays.

Equine Internship

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What you’ll do

Manage herd health of 10 rescued horses
- Coordinate training and grooming calendar
- Assess and cares for medical needs, both routine and emergency
Assist Equine Director in field management
- Ensure proper rotational grazing of horse herd
- Administer and responds to soil samples
Oversee organization and management of barn including horse tack and supplies
- Seek donations of needed items
- Serve as liaison with horse community to best serve the needs of the horses and farm
Project management
- Coordinate task list of Horse & Farm Volunteers and communicates farm needs to volunteers

Desired/preferred qualifications

Natural Horsemanship experience
Interest in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
Business related coursework

Internship schedule

Equine interns typically work 20–30 hours a week, with flexible hours available between 11am – 7pm Tuesday–Thursday, 11am – 5pm on Fridays & 9am – 5pm on Saturdays.

APPLY NOW

To apply to a full-time position or internship with CORRAL, email your resume along with a short personal introduction to jobs@corralriding.org. Please include the position you are applying for in the email subject.