Estate Couple Job, West Coast of Scotland
Greycoat Lumley’s client are looking for a Couple on a remote Estate on the West Coast of Scotland, accessible only by boat, the role is for an Estate Manager/Stalker & Cook/Housekeeper.
The Couple will be responsible for one person running the Estate and maintaining a wide variety of buildings, equipment, operating boats and deer stalking, and the other being responsible for the lodge, performing housekeeping and cooking roles.
Accommodation on the estate is of a high standard, and whilst remote, the Estate has good communications and high-speed satellite broadband.
Key requirements are:
Estate and property maintenance and management
People management
Boat management
Mechanics and engineering
Stalker and hill management
Housekeeping
Cooking
Gardening
The Estate is off grid and has a hydro, solar, generators and inverters, it has a significant amount of equipment including boats, digger, telehandler and other machinery. There are excellent workshop facilities to assist with the management and maintenance of all equipment and the variety of properties. The Estate Manager should have excellent mechanical skills.
There are other employees which the applicants will be expected to organise and keep safe. The flora and fauna must be managed sustainably and 15 stags/30 hinds are shot annually.
Several hundred hours are spent annually on boats in all-weathers and applicants must be competent or willing to learn.
Personal attributes required: reliable, resilient, highly competent, mechanical, enthusiastic, excellent communicator, happy in remote areas, sense of humour, good with guests and family alike.
Salary: £60,000 + GPA depending on experience
Accommodation: 2 bedroom house of a high standard – council tax and utility bills are paid for by the Principals
Applicants must have UK right-to-work
Location is not suited to a family
Pets are allowed within reason
Start: ASAP
Job: 145725
Lesley@greycoatlumleys.co.uk