Posted on December 3, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Experienced Groom/Rider required for private yard located in a lovely location close to Thetford on the border with Suffolk. You will be joining a team of 4 with 2 of the team being apprentices who are absolutely brilliant , caring for a variety of horses, including Eventing sporthorses, a hunter and a Shetland pony.
The horses vary in age from youngstock to experienced competition horses.
Ideally the new groom will be able work 32 hours a week over 4 days, which will include at least 1 weekend day. There will be extra hours/days available during busy periods. This is definitely not a 9am to 5pm job, so flexibility on both sides will be required.
The yard has great facilities, such as barn stables (a plus in wet weather), outdoor arena, horse walker, paddocks and the advantage of excellent hacking.
The Position:
- All yard duties to a high standard
- Lungeing and long reining young horses
- Sole charge at times
- Riding out on the Estate
You will be:
- Reliable, punctual with a really good work ethic and a genuine love and passion for working with horses
- Confident handling young horses on the ground
- A good rider with the ability to hack out a variety of horses confidently and competently
- A good team player with an easy to get along with personality
- A car driver with own transport and live within 30 minutes of the yard ( preferably)
We are looking for someone who can start early January 2025.
A good hourly rate will be offered to the successful person who can provide fully checkable references.
To apply please email-info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on November 13, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time experienced Housekeeper required for large country house located in a beautiful, private location approx 2 miles outside of Hadleigh, Suffolk. The house has been completely refurbished, but still keeping the fabulous period features, so now provides a great working environment.
We are looking for someone who can work between 8 and 16 hours a week over 2 days to carry out the following:
- All housework to a high standard
- Bed changing
- Laundry and drying
- Ironing – possibly an extra half day for this requirement
- Occasional help with shoot lunches
What you will need:
- Reliability, punctuality and an excellent work ethic
- A friendly, easy to get along with personality
- Excellent cleaning skills with attention to detail
- Enthusiasm with the love of seeing everything just right!
The family have children, dogs and cats, so you must be child and animal friendly.
Non smoker and car driver essential
To apply please email-info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on November 13, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Experienced Housekeeper/Cleaner/Gardener required for private country house located approx 8 miles from Cambridge and 6 miles west of Newmarket.
Great commuting links to London via rail or road.
We are looking for someone to work 25 hours and cover a variety of tasks helping to keep this Grade I listed house clean and tidy. Someone with an interest in gardening would be an advantage to mow the lawn, weed, prune and carry out general tidying throughout the year.
There is the opportunity to work extra hours at the employer’s nearby polo ground assisting with hospitality at events.
This is a live in position and a small one bedroom lodge is included in the package. One well behaved dog would be considered.
The position will include:
- All housework to a high standard
- Laundry and ironing
- General tidying
- Keeping the garden well maintained.
- Occasional driving for the family.
The Person:
- Reliable, trustworthy with a really nice friendly personality
- An experienced housekeeper/cleaner
- Used to period properties
- Happy to work in the garden
- A car driver with a clean licence ( truck available for work hours)
References will be requested and must be fully checkable.
Please apply to -info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on November 13, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time experienced Senior Gardener required for beautiful walled garden within a private estate located 5 miles north of Luton, Bedfordshire. The walled garden is undergoing renovation and requires someone with good horticultural knowledge who can manage a small team of volunteers to bring the garden to its full splendour.
We are looking for someone who can carry out all general garden duties – weeding, pruning, grass cutting and propagation alongside the Estate Manager and volunteer coordinator. This will include input into assessment and prioritising of projects. Coordinating with the wider estate garden and grounds team, as required, as to plants needed for elsewhere on the estate and programming works.
The successful person will be able to manage and supervise the grounds and gardening team of volunteers of all abilities.
The ability to keep accurate records detailing the maintenance of the walled garden and the equipment to ensure continued functionality.
Ensuring the teams are keeping in line with the required working practices detailed in risk assessments and CoSHH requirements.
This position would suit someone semi retired with a passion for horticulture who would genuinely love the opportunity to join this team or possibly someone who has been working in one of the colleges botanical gardens.
A polite, well presented, team player is essential with a excellent work ethic essential.
The hours will be 32 per week -days to be agreed.
The annual salary will be £25,000
To apply please email- info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on November 8, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Experienced local cleaner required for large private country house located on the outskirts of the village of Monks Eleigh, between Hadleigh and Bildeston.
The current lady is leaving after 6 years and will be greatly missed.
The ideal person will be able to work 8 hours per week split over 2 days to cover the following:
- All housework to a high standard
- Bathrooms and kitchen cleans
- Emptying bins throughout the house
- Laundry and possibly ironing
- Bed changing
- General tidying
The Person:
- Reliable, trustworthy with a good work ethic
- Friendly and easy to have around
- An exemplary cleaner with a keen eye for the finer detail
- Child friendly as there are often 2 school age children (5 and 7) in the house
- Animal friendly as the family have 2 labradors
- Non smoker
- Car driver with own transport as property not on bus route.
A very good hourly rate will be offered to the successful person who can provide fully checkable references.
Posted on November 6, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time experienced Housekeeper/Cleaner required to work 16 hours a week over 4 mornings within a lovely, large country house located approx 6 miles north of Colchester, Essex and 10 miles from Sudbury.
This is a lived in home, so the successful person will be used to working around a family. Someone dog friendly essential as there are two terriers in residence. There is also a small holiday cottage which will need cleaning for changeover days too.
The Position:
- Managing the housework to a high standard
- Laundry and ironing
- Kitchen and bathroom cleans
- Bed making
- Preparing rooms for guests when necessary
- Deep cleans on a regular basis
- General tidying to keep the house looking presentable
The Person:
- Reliable, punctual with a good work ethic
- Personable and really nice to have around
- Experienced with private household housekeeping
- Will have a keen eye for the finer detail and know what needs doing and when
- Happy to follow instructions at times
- Within 30 minutes of the property
- A car driver with own transport
A good hourly rate will be offered to the successful person who can provide fully checkable references.
To Apply please email-info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on November 6, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Experienced, part time Housekeeper for beautiful large country house on the outskirts of Norwich. Must be formally trained with exceptionally high standards and be happy working in a household with large dogs.
Hours:
- 14 hours a week minimum. Preferably split between a Thursday and Friday.
- Long term, permanent position.
Requirements:
- General high presentation of the house
- All housekeeping duties – such as hoovering, dusting, mopping
- Making beds and changing bed linen
- Happy to feed and let the dogs out as and when necessary
- Flexible and happy to stay the night occasionally to house / pet sit if required
The ideal candidate will have impeccable standards and be reliable, trustworthy, hardworking, discreet and positive. The person must also have a good level of fitness to manage this fabulous 3 storey property.
Previous housekeeping is essential.
DBS check and glowing references will be required before starting.
£18-25ph, self employed for someone with formal housekeeping / hotel experience / training.
For more information please contact Rebecca info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on November 1, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Good all rounder required to help with a mixture of Housekeeping/Nanning/Extra pair of hands for a family who are staying in beautiful Blakeney this Christmas. Accommodation is an option, if the person isn’t local to the area.
Hours:
8.00am until 3.00pm (ish) each day with a couple of nights babysitting so the parents can go out to dinner.
The family have two lovely children who are 3 years old and 6 months old. They would love the person to have sole charge of the children occasionally, organising fun, age appropriate activities, quiet time, nap routines and snacks/meals.
Other jobs would include changing beds, helping with laundry, general errands, general cleaning/housekeeping, shopping, meal prep, tidying the house behind the family, generally just mucking in and helping out where needed etc.
Someone cheerful, practical and capable with a willing attitude would be ideal. The family are really lovely and the house is situated in the heart of Blakeney, and is extremely special.
The family do not expect the person to work on Christmas day although if they would like to, then they wouldn’t turn it down, in fact, they would be delighted if they joined in with their celebrations and mucked in on the big day.
Up to date DBS check essential.
Glowing references must be provided beforehand.
For more information, please contact Rebecca on info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on October 29, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time very experienced Gardener required for private country house located 2 miles from Burgess Hill and 10 miles north of Brighton.
The established gardens cover several acres and will require a gardener with horticultural qualifications or with extensive horticultural experience.
The gardener will be required to work 2 full days a week ( 16 hours ). Days to be agreed. There is the potential for extra hours for the right person.
Reliability, enthusiasm and a genuine love of gardening in all weathers.
The Position:
- All general gardening to a high standard-weeding, pruning, restocking, cutting back, spraying, mulching and digging over
- Maintenance of cut box and yew hedging
- Vegetable growing
- Formal border care and maintenance
- Lawn care
- Fruit tree pruning
- Chopping logs for the house
- General tidying, maintenance and handyman duties around the grounds
- Occasional driving for the family may be required but not essential
The Person:
- Reliable, punctual with an excellent work ethic
- Polite, friendly with an easy to get along with personality
- Passionate with a genuine love of gardening
- Horticulturally qualified or will have an extensive knowledge of plants
- A car driver with own transport
- Someone who can carry out maintenance and handyman duties
- Physically fit as some heavy lifting may be required
- Previous employed gardening positions
- Within 30 minutes of the property
What you will be offered:
- A lovely working environment
- A generous hourly rate
- 2 Full days work throughout the year
To apply please email – info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on October 24, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part time, live-in, long term Housekeeper / Pet Sitter required for a family living near long Stratton, Norfolk. The home is an impressive property not far from Norwich, so the right candidate must be comfortable taking responsibility for a property of this size when house-sitting.
Days and hours:
- Thursday and Friday (staying over Thursday evening)
- 7 hours a day
- Total of 14 hours of Housekeeping and walking / caring for the dogs twice a day
Our client has 3 large dogs so we do require someone with excellent canine knowledge and experience in handling larger breeds. The person will be required to walk, feed, provide regular water and give them lots of attention, love and care. The successful applicant must have previous housekeeping and house/pet sitting experience and be extremely responsible and trustworthy with a strong sense of integrity and diligence. They will be changing bed sheets, doing all housekeeping tasks to a high standard (hoovering, mopping, dusting and making sure the house has a wow factor when you enter).
Excellent, obtainable references required before starting and an up to date DBS check.
Driving licence and use of car essential due to remote location.
For more information please contact info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on October 16, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time experienced Housekeeper required for busy young family based in Hadleigh, Suffolk.
We are looking for someone to 3 hours -Monday to Friday ( mornings preferred).No weekends
This is a large family house located in the town centre, however car driver preferred.
The Position will involve:
- All housework to a high standard
- Laundry and ironing
- Regular deep cleans
- Bathrooms and kitchen cleans
The Person:
- Reliable, punctual and trustworthy
- Local to Hadleigh
- A high standard housekeeper who takes a pride in their work
- Car driver with own transport
- Dog friendly
- Child friendly
A good hourly rate will be paid on a self employed basis to the successful person who can provide fully checkable references.
To apply please email-info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on October 16, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time experienced Housekeeper/Cleaner required for private household located approx 9 miles south of Ipswich in a lovely position close to the River Orwell.
We are looking for a reliable person to work 9 hours a week over 3 days ( Wednesday, Thursday and Friday ), this can be morning or afternoon.
Car driver essential due to the rural location.
Non smoker only.
Dog friendly person essential.
The position will include:
- All housework to a high standard
- Bed making
- Laundry and ironing
- Making sure bathrooms and kitchen are clean and tidy
- Walking a young dog on rare occasions
A good hourly rate will be offered to the successful person who can provide fully checkable references.
Please apply cva email to – info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on October 15, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time positions available for experienced, private household, housekeepers in the areas around Warwick, Knowle and Solihull in Warwickshire.
We have families looking for people who can work 5 mornings a week, 2/3 full days a week and 3 mornings a week.
Good hourly rates will be paid on a self employed basis to reliable, punctual housekeepers with a good work ethic.
The positions will vary, however the duties will usually be:
- All housework to a high standard
- Laundry and ironing
- Bed making
- Window cleaning (inside)
- Silver cleaning
- Deep cleans when necessary
- Kitchen and bathroom cleans
- Cupboard management
- Shopping and errands occasionally
Car drivers essential due to the rural locations and no public transport.
To apply please contact Jackie via email – info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on October 14, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
GROUNDS/MAINTENANCE PERSON required for private country estate located close to Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
This can be 5 days a week with occasional weekend work required (when the family are away or entertaining). The hours will be 8am to 4pm.
We are looking for a reliable, capable person to start asap and cover the following duties:
- All grass care which will include mowing using a large ride on mower, strimming and edging
- General weeding
- Woodland maintenance
- Driveway maintenance
- Car cleaning
- Basic DIY
- Dog walking when family are away.
The person wil be:
- Reliable, enthusiastic with a really good work ethic
- Local to the area
- Polite and well presented
- A car driver with own transport
- Happy working in all weathers
- Happy to work alone, but also able to work in a small established team and follow instructions
- Dog friendly
A good hourly rate will be offered depending on experience on a self employed basis.
Please apply to – info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on October 14, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time experienced Grooms, who are able to hack out fit horses required for small private yards in the Kenilworth, Solihull and Warwick areas of Warwickshire.
We are looking for grooms who can carry out all yard duties to a high standard and work well within small teams and at times alone.
A car driver with their own transport is essential due to rural locations and no public transport.
Most yards require at least one weekend day to be worked and a minimum of 3 weekdays. Good hourly rate of pay will be offered to the successful people who :
- Live within half an hour of the above locations
- Are reliable, punctual and easy to get along with
- Are experienced with all yard duties
- Are happy and confident hacking fit horses
- Are confident handling horses on the ground
- Can groom to a high standard
- Are able to spot injury and illness
Please apply to Jackie via email – info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on October 9, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time experienced Groom/Stud Hand required for small private stud located between Bildeston and Hadleigh, Suffolk.
We are looking for someone reliable who can help for approx 1.5 to 2 hours -2 or 3 mornings a week.
The yard has 3 mares at present, so the successful person must be experienced handling horses on the ground.
The Position:
- All yard work – mucking out, and making up stables with fresh bedding
- Sweeping the yard
- Hays and water
- Turning horses out and bringing in from the field.
- Tack cleaning
- Rug changing,
- Picking out feet and checking for injury
The Person:
- Reliable, on time and efficient
- Experienced handling horses on the ground
- Able to spot injury or illness
- Tidy and organised
- A car driver with own transport ( yard is not on bus route)
A good hourly rate will be offered to the successful person who can provide fully checkable references.
To apply please email – info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on October 9, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
An active, practical and reliable person required twice weekly to take care of and maintain the inside and outside of a property in a stunning rural location on the Essex / Hertfordshire border, approx. 9 miles from both Bishops Stortford and Saffron Walden. This would suit a proactive and self-sufficient person who sees what must be done and takes action.
The country house is surrounded by a garden and 30 acres,( used by local farmer for sheep) and the owners need regular part-time help to maintain the property inside and out. At present they do not have any help with the garden or house, so this is a new position to make life easier for them.
Hours: 2 hours twice weekly (preferably 1-3pm)
Salary: £18 per hour
The role will include:
- General gardening including helping with mowing the lawns, weeding, pruning, hedgecutting and general tidying
- Use and care of large garden machinery
- Chopping and stacking logs for the fires
- Cleaning windows inside and outside
- Changing light bulbs and other small maintenance jobs as required
- Cleaning and laying the fires inside the house
- Checking all is well on each visit
The Person will be:
- Reliable, polite with a really good work ethic
- Experienced with garden machinery
- Able to show basic horticultural knowledge
- Happy to carry out window cleaning and other general household maintenance tasks
- A car driver with own transport
- Physically fit and active
References will be requested.
Please apply to – info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on October 1, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
We are looking for an experienced and energetic nanny to join a busy, family household, to help look after their lovely four-year old son, and to help with some household chores.
This is a long-term role which is focused on engaging with the little boy and arranging fun activities during 3 days per week during the school holidays, and two or three afternoons each week during term time (but term time hours can be bolstered with additional housekeeping, alongside the families part-time housekeeper, if requested). There is quite a lot of flexibility surrounding hours for the right person, so please get in touch if you think that you might be interested and be a good fit. Competitive compensation, which will be determined by level of experience.
Hours:
- Holiday hours: 3 x 8 hour days
- Term time hours: 2-3 x 4 hour afternoons
- Must be available for ad hoc babystting and to stay overnight for babysitting when both parents are away (to be arranged in advance, typically 1-2 nights every 2-3 weeks)
- Flexibility on hours is a great help (though the minimum number of hours will of course be guaranteed)
Childcare:
- Childcare responsibilities include helping with some school drop-offs and collections, preparing nutritious meals, taking care of the son’s laundry, ironing, bedroom and playroom. The priority is the ability to come up with engaging activities with him, including ones that require a lot of energy like sports in the garden and trampolining!
- Must like dogs (they have a Labrador and Spaniel) and be happy to walk/ feed them on occasion.
- Additional hours available for a good ironer, a good cook, and for housekeeping
- Ability to travel with the family on occasional holidays a bonus
Must be an experienced driver with a clean driving license and have enhanced DBS check before starting. Glowing references essential.
To apply, please email your CV and covering letter to Rebecca info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on October 1, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Experienced part time housekeeper required for beautiful, grade II listed country house consisting of 7 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, approximately 9 miles East of Kings Lynn.
The family have 3 school age children, so this would suit someone who enjoys working in a busy home.
The person will need to be reliable, trustworthy and friendly to be around.
Hours:
- 3- 5 mornings a week
- 9am-12pm (or to suit school run)
- Occasional extra hours
The Position:
- Generally keeping the house clean and tidy
- All housework to a high standard
- Laundry and ironing
- Making sure household supplies are always stocked ready for use
- Emptying bins
- No cooking
The Person:
- Reliable, trustworthy with an easy to get along personality
- Discreet and polite
- Articulate with a high attention to detail
- Hard working and genuinely love maintaining the high cleaning standards required
- Happy to change bed linen and carry out laundry and ironing
- Animal and child friendly
- Driver with own transport
- Non- smoker
- Physically fit
- Will live no more than 30 minutes from the property ideally
- Will be able to provide excellent references
- Happy to have a DBS check completed before starting
A good hourly rate will be offered to the successful person on an employed basis.
Car driver essential due to the rural location.
Someone physically fit as this is quite a large house.
To apply please email – info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 29, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
We are looking for a wonderful part time Housekeeper to help support a lovely family in Norfolk.
Hours: 20 hours per week – Thursday and Friday 8am-4pm and a Sunday 8am-12 midday.
Overall job purpose:
The role of the Housekeeper is to provide a pro-active, consistent general housekeeping service to the family.
The following is intended to provide guidance as to duties but it is not exhaustive.
- Ensure that the Hall is tidy and organised at all times.
- Work alongside other part-time cleaners, assisting with deep cleans from time to time.
- Help with laundry, ironing and bed linen changes for the household, when they are at home.
- Basic cooking if required
- Ensure that you always remain aware and alert to the family’s needs, responding to those needs in a timely, polite and efficient manner, even when busy.
- To always work with the utmost discretion and sensitivity with regards to the family and their guests.
- To ensure that the house is ready for any events or entertaining, including preparing guest bedrooms, if required.
- Loading and unloading the dishwasher and emptying the bins.
- To be flexible and responsive to support other members of the Estate team, so that a high level of service is consistently delivered, and they operate as one team.
- Identify and alert house owner of any maintenance issues arising concerning fixtures and fittings in the Hall.
- Replenish log baskets and lay fires, as required.
- To walk and feed the dogs, as required.
- Possibly feed the chickens and let them out on arrival as required.
- To undertake any other relevant activities or errands which fall under the general scope of this role.
Personal Qualities
- Possess previous housekeeping experience, ideally in a private household.
- Be friendly, reliable, hardworking, discrete and trustworthy.
- Be flexible, energetic and pro-active.
- Be able to work as a team player as well as a stand alone employee
- Be good at taking direction but also able to work under your own initiative and solve problems.
- Have a genuine commitment to work to the highest possible standards with excellent attention to detail.
- Have a positive attitude and an ability to work calmly under pressure.
- Have the right to live and work in the UK
- Possess a full, clean UK driving licence and ideally have their own car (due to the rural location of family home)
- Be a non-smoker.
Other
The successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check and will need to have excellent previous employment references before starting.
Weekend and bank holiday working will be required.
Package: competitive annual salary on an employed basis.
This is a wonderful position in a beautiful coastal location. The family are lovely so it will be a warm and friendly environment to be a part of.
For more information, please contact Rebecca info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 28, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Experienced Nanny/Housekeeper required for busy young family with 4 bedroom modern property in the village of Hintlesham, Ipswich, Suffolk. Easy access from Ipswich, Hadleigh and Colchester.
The Nanny will be required to work from 3pm to 6.30pm two days a week ( not Monday or Friday ) and the position will include:
- After school care of two children ages 2 and 4
- Pick up from school and nursery (10 and 15 minute drive)
- Play and activities at home-inside and outside
- Prepare and offer snack and evening meal to the children
- In time this may include taking the older child to after school club
Extra hours can be available to cover cleaning, laundry and ironing – approx 7 hours a week.
Housekeeping:
- Housework
- Laundry and Ironing
- General tidying during the day
- Making sure the bathrooms and kitchen are kept clean and tidy
The Person:
- Reliable, punctual and trustworthy
- Will have a genuine love of working with children
- Will have childcare qualifications or extensive previous Nanny experience ( references essential )
- Kind, caring and someone the children love being with
- Fun, bright with a creative flair to make time with the children happy and entertaining
- A car driver with a full UK driving licence ( car provided for collecting the children )
- Animal friendly as the family have a dog, horses and pony.
- A non smoker.
£18 per hour will be offered to the successful person who can provide fully checkable references.
Please apply via email to-info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 25, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
We are looking for a lovely, local housekeeper / cleaner to provide approximately 4.5 hours cleaning a week for a family of 5 who have a beautiful 5 bedroom property.
The role will include laundry too as well as all cleaning duties (polishing, dusting, hoovering, mopping, changing bed sheets, general tidying etc).
For more information, please contact Rebecca info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 23, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time experienced Housekeeper required for busy family household located approx 6 miles South East of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
The house is a substantial Victorian farm house with large rooms, some solid floors, large staircase and high ceilings.
The ideal person will be able to work a minimum of 8 hours a week over two days, covering the following:
- All housework to a high standard
- Laundry and ironing
- General tidying of the house
- Keeping bathrooms and kitchen clean
- Emptying bins
- Cupboard tidying
There is an opportunity for a 6-8 hours extra a week to cover:
- School drop offs
- Helping with a shetland pony plus new pony
A good hourly rate will be paid to a reliable, enthusiastic person with a good work ethic is happy to work work around a young family.
A friendly, easy to get along with person essential.
Car driver and non smoker only.
To apply email- info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 23, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
We are looking for a wonderfully experienced and reliable housekeeper for 2, possibly 3 hours a day Monday – Friday or Tuesday – Friday each week.
Hours:
8.00am-10.00am would be the ideal although for the right person it could be 9.00am-11.00am.
The position will involve a general tidy up each morning, putting things away after breakfast and sorting the kitchen out once the children have gone to school.
The family have a part time cleaner who helps keep on top of the house a few times a week so this is really an extra pair of hands to enable the principals to go to work straight after the school run.
It will entail:
- Keeping laundry room, boot room and entrance hall neat and tidy
- Sorting the kitchen, having a general tidy up, wiping down all surfaces, hoovering and moping the floor, loading dishwasher
- The plan would be to do a general clean round the house / rooms that are in use and then turn over 1 room properly each day so that by the end of the week the house has had a thorough clean
- Changing bed sheets
- Light ironing (the family have a lovely person that does the bulk of their laundry each week so it really will be the odd shirt etc here and there)
This is a long term, permanent, self employed role in a gorgeous fun, family environment.
The family have two school age children and a friendly dog so the housekeeper must be happy to work amongst children and pets. This would suit a very organised and tidy person as the family are very neat and tidy themselves and live in a very warm and calming way. They must have worked in a similar role / setting previously and be fit and healthy as the house is quite large.
For more information, please contact Rebecca via info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 21, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Experienced Wardrobe Co-ordinator required to join a small, busy team within a large country home in rural Gloucestershire, for the female principal.
This is a part time position and the hours will be 20 per week, ideally over 4 days – to be agreed, however flexibility required to cover changing schedules on occasions.
As Wardrobe Co-ordinator in the private household, you will be responsible for the care, maintenance and preparation of the principal’s wardrobe and for the cleanliness of their private rooms. A flexible approach to working hours is essential due to the nature of the principal’s busy itinerary but we are open to discussion on the exact working pattern.
Key Responsibilities include:
Wardrobe:
- Have primary responsibility for the care of the female principal’s wardrobe at the country home, including packing, undertaking cleaning, repairs and alterations as required.
- Take direction on outfit choices and undertaking personal dressing duties as required, including pressing all clothing, preparing garments, shoes, bags, hats for specific functions, preparing and laying out clothes daily.
- Provide styling suggestions relevant to the nature of events.
- Undertake simple repairs and alterations, co-ordinating dry-cleaning or advanced alterations as required.
- Co-ordinate wardrobe and luggage for travel as required.
- Maintain records of the condition of pieces ensuring everything is stored and repaired as needed.
- Undertake personal shopping and clothing purchases when necessary.
- Work flexibly, undertaking any other duties commensurate with the role and as required to ensure that a high standard of service is maintained.
- Housekeeping:
- Responsible for the day-to-day upkeep of the bedroom, bathroom, and wardrobe area.
- Undertake a hands-on role with general cleaning duties as required including dusting, hoovering and restocking of bathroom supplies
- Responsible for the care, laundry and ironing of personal items About you: Essential:
- Demonstrable experience of working with clothing or housekeeping to a high standard.
- Possess strong practical skills, including basic dressmaking, alterations and the ability to both machine and hand sew to a high standard.
- Have awareness of the care and maintenance of specialised fabrics.
Requirements:
- A proven ability to set and maintain high standards within a work environment.
- Exceptional attention to detail, highly organised and able to work to strict deadlines .
- Effective working in a small team, flexible, conscientious and hardworking
- Have good self-presentation, punctuality and strong inter-personal skills; able to communicate with people at all levels with confidence and clarity
- High levels of emotional maturity, resilience and discretion
- Comfortable using initiative and anticipating needs in order to deliver exceptional service.
- A hands-on approach to work with an ability and willingness to learn, take direction.
- If required, prepared to travel and work flexible hours as needed.
- Possess a good level of digital literacy and able maintain accurate records
- Hold a full clean UK driving licence
Desirable:
- Previous experience as a dresser, providing a personal service or within a private domestic setting is beneficial.
- Willingness to develop knowledge of different orders of dress.
Wider benefits:
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro-rated for part-time)
- 15% employer contribution pension
To apply please email-info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 19, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time experienced Groom required to cover Full Time Groom’s days off.
This is a small family yard with 3, possibly 4 large horses, so the successful person must be confident and capable handling fit, hunting horses on the ground.
Days required will be Thursday afternoons and a split shift on Sundays.
The Position will involve:
- All yard work to a high standard-mucking out, sweeping, hays, waters etc
- Tacking up horses for the riders and untacking
- Tack cleaning
- Turning horses out and bringing them in from the field
- Checking for injury and reporting to owner or head groom
- Changing rugs
- Brushing off and picking our feet
- Making sure hays and water in stables and feed when required
The Person will be:
- Local to the area
- Car driver
- Experienced in all yard duties
- Able to spot injury or illness
- Confident and capable handling large, fit horses.
- Able to commit to the Thursday pm and split shift Sunday.
- Happy to tack up for the riders
A good hourly rate will be paid to the successful person who can provide fully checkable horse related references.
To apply please email – info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 13, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
We are looking for a regular Pet / Child Sitter for a lovely client of ours in North Norfolk. They have a beautiful estate in a fantastic location not far from the coast.
The main dates that they require help for at the moment are:
- Monday 3rd February until late Saturday 8th February 2025. There will be more required/available throughout the year, but they will be confirmed at a later stage.
The family have two school aged children (7 and 11) and 2 very friendly, well behaved dogs.
The person must be very reliable, trustworthy and willing to get an enhanced DBS check completed before starting. It is important that the person is great with children and dogs.
If the person would like more consistent hours in the future, this role could materialise and involve assisting with the housekeeping team etc.
Child/ dog sitting duties:
- Will usually involve overnight stays at the owners home, and all day during the weekends
- Sole charge of the two children, cooking for them and generally taking care of them whilst the parents are away.
- School pick-ups/ drop-offs, the house manager can assist with this at times.
- Walking the dogs twice a day, feeding and watering them, again the house manager can assist during week day sittings if required.
For more information, please contact Rebecca by emailing info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 11, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
A rare opportunity has arisen for an experienced Houseman to join a small team who take care of this fabulous country house located approx 9 miles south of Ipswich, Suffolk.
The property is close to the coast providing a great area for walking, sailing, cycling and generally enjoying the beautiful Suffolk countryside.
The current houseman is sadly retiring after 24 happy years, making this a highly recommended position.
The successful person will be offered a one bedroom cottage in the grounds and a salary in exchange for working part time.
The Houseman will be required to work 15 hours a week over 5 days – usually with Sunday and Monday as days off.
The Position:
- Mowing the lawn using a large ride on mower
- Care of 4 Alpacas
- Care when required of a 3 month old puppy
- Pool Maintenance
- Security and Caretaking
- Watering plants in the house and greenhouse
- Liaising with tradesmen and deliveries
- Keeping the terrace tidy
- Emptying bins
- Checking the heating oil level
- Changing light bulbs
- Errands, such as buying newspapers and other items
- Occasional driving
The Person:
- Reliable, trustworthy, discreet and really nice to have around
- Polite and personable
- Will have previously worked within a private household, as a houseman, butler or similar
- Will have good maintenance experience – inside and outside
- Will have a full UK driving licence
- Will be animal friendly and preferably experienced with Alpacas and dogs
- Will possess good gardening skills and have large garden machinery experience
- Will be comfortable working on a ladder to clean gutters etc.
For further information or to apply please email – info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 10, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Couple required for private household located in a village location approx. 8 miles north east of Cambridge, so a great place to live with easy access to the city and also train link to London.
The position would suit a semi retired couple or country loving people looking for part time hours and a lovely lifestyle.
The accommodation is a cosy cottage within the grounds of the main house, so a quiet, private setting.
We are looking for a couple to work approx 25 hours a week combined to cover a variety of duties as follows:
- All housework within the Grade One property
- House minding when the family are away
- Care of 3 small terriers in owners absence
- Gardening- which includes – established garden, cutting garden, potting shed, fruit and vegetable cage with raised beds, mature fruit trees all set in 7 acres. Most of the acreage is wild flower meadows, tennis court and small swimming pool.
- Occasional driving
- Odd jobs around the house and grounds
- Occasional cooking to help with entertaining
The family have vintage cars so this would interest a car enthusiast.
In addition to the above job description there are always jobs available at the Polo Club, mostly related to hospitality. This is a fun place to work with many events where employees and their families are included.
As this is a part time role for both members of the couple a relative salary will be offered as well as the little cottage and use of a truck.
Please apply via email to -info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 6, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Experienced Housekeeper required for beautiful Tudor Farmhouse located 9 miles south of Bury St Edmunds and 7.5 miles west of Stowmarket.
We are looking for a reliable, trustworthy person to work 24 hours a week -3 full days carrying out the housework of this wonderful home to a very high standard.
A very good hourly rate will be offered to the successful person on a self employed basis.
Car driver essential due to the rural location.
Non smoker only .
Someone physically fit as this is quite a large house with beams etc.
The Position:
- All housework to a high standard
- Laundry and ironing
- Making sure household supplies are always stocked ready for use
- Watering plants
- No cooking
- Generally keeping the house and office clean and tidy
The Person:
- Reliable, trustworthy with an easy to get along personality
- Discreet and polite
- Hard working and genuinely love maintaining the high cleaning standards required
- Happy to change bed linen and carry out laundry and ironing
- Animal and child friendly as the family have a small child and a small dog
- Driver with own transport
- Non smoker
- Physically fit
- Will live no more thank 30 minutes from the property ideally
- Will be able to provide excellent references
To apply please email – info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 4, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
We are looking for a wonderful Housekeeper/ Nanny to live in with a lovely family based near Henley-on-Thames. This position has become available again and our client needs someone as soon as possible to help for a few weeks while they find someone on a permanent basis.
We are looking for someone with a brilliant work ethic who is flexible and willing to muck in with this busy family. There are 3 boys that are 2, 10, and 13 years old and the role will require someone to help with school runs and to look after the littlest boy while the others are at school / clubs. The role will involve preparing / cooking breakfast, lunch and supper for the children and to start the littlest boys bedtime routine while the mother is at clubs with the older boys. There is an element of ‘tag team’ with the mother who needs help running the house and looking after the children.
The role can be 50/50 Nannying / Housekeeping or a little more housekeeping and less nannying depending on the persons preference. The property is a beautiful 5 bedroom, Georgian family home. The role would suit someone who takes pride in their work and is capable of keeping the house looking lovely and clean at all times. An animal lover is essential as the family have 3 large dogs, horses and chickens!
With the position comes separate accommodation on site or this can be a live out position for someone local. Ideally it will be a minimum of 3 days per week 7am – 6pm. A good hourly rate will be offered to the successful applicant.
For more information please email info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 3, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a wonderful Nanny/Housekeeper to work for a lovely family based in a rural location just outside of Henley-on-Thames. This can be a full or part time role (either 5 full days a week, 4 days a week or 1-2 early finishes), it can be live in or live out, with separate accommodation provided.
We are looking for someone with a brilliant work ethic who is flexible and willing to muck in with this busy family. There are 3 boys that are 2, 10, and 13 years old and the role will require someone to help with school runs and to look after the littlest boy while the others are at school / clubs. The role will involve preparing / cooking breakfast, lunch and supper for the children and to start the littlest boys bedtime routine while the mother is at clubs with the older boys. There is an element of ‘tag team’ with the mother who needs help running the house and looking after the children.
The property is a beautiful 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom Georgian family home. The role would suit someone who takes pride in their work and is capable of keeping the house looking lovely and tidy as well as some cooking and looking after the children. An animal lover is essential as the family have 3 large dogs, horses and chickens!
Hours:
Ideally 7am-7pm, Monday- Thursday, but some flexibility can be offered around this with the possibility of working 5 days per week and finishing early on 1/ 2 days etc.
The position:
- Providing help for the mother of 3 boys including school runs, taking them to after school clubs/ holiday clubs, looking after the 2 year old during the day and taking him to nursery on 2 days a week. The use of a car will be provided.
- Cooking meals for the family including breakfast and lunch for the children who are at home and a wholesome supper for all the family.
- Housekeeping duties that are typical of a nanny role to include; tidying away in the children’s areas cleaning the bathrooms, bed changing, laundry and ironing.
- Being the linchpin of the house and willing to muck in with the family and run errands as and when needed.
- Occasional weekend work and ad-hoc babysitting would be an advantage although is not a deal breaker.
The ideal person will:
- Be fun, energetic and able to use their own initiative when it comes to jobs around the house
- Have an excellent work ethic and be a hard worker
- Be happy working alone and in a fairly rural location
- Flexible and able to change plans for the day if needs be
- Be kind, caring with a sunny personality
- Previous housekeeping and nannying experience is an advantage but the family are hoping for someone enthusiastic and passionate about their work more than qualifications and experience
- A car driver is essential
For more information about this lovely opportunity in a beautiful location, please contact Sophie info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 3, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
We are looking for a professional and experienced temporary PA/EA to cover staff holiday for roughly 5-8 weeks per year.
Remote work sadly is not an option and the PA/EA will be required on site for the duration of the placement.
The role will entail:
Sitting in on face to face and online meetings, taking notes, carrying out follow up actions, answering all emails, prepping for meetings (agenda notes etc), extensive diary management.
We are really hoping to find someone who is a ‘professional temp’ all the time (i.e. not looking for permanent work) and therefore could be booked in to cover all holiday indefinitely. It would need to be somebody professional and trustworthy who has worked for a HNWI or at Chief Exec level before and therefore understands some of the role and the pressures that go with it.
This is an exciting and fast paced opportunity.
Beautiful working environment and a great team to join.
For more information, please contact Rebecca info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 1, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Mothers Help / Housekeeper required 2 days a week (8am-6pm). The person will need to be happy predominantly keeping on top of the house work, making sure things are lovely and tidy. The family have a 3 year old & 5.5 year old who will occasionally need dropping off or collecting from school within those hours and looking after between 3-6pm. Occasional help with supper will also come into the equation when the parents are not around.
To start October 2024
Both parents work either from home or in London with busy schedules so the Mothers Help / housekeeper must be happy having sole charge of the children around nursery/ school hours. The perfect person would be an experienced Mothers Help/ Housekeeper who is calm, kind and organised.
This role will involve all housekeeping (hoovering, mopping, dusting, polishing, deep cleans), sorting the family’s laundry / changing bed linen, ironing, tidying up of the house etc.
The Mothers Help / Housekeeper:
- Must be a very confident driver to carry out school runs, active and happy cooking
- Organised, efficient & fun
- Happy to help around the house, such as keeping on top of all of the rooms, general tidying, changing beds & generally making sure things are in order.
- Ideally someone quite local, who knows the surrounding area
- Ideally someone who now & again can be flexible with dates, every now & again the family may need to change a day here & there, but will always give warning.
- Someone willing to become part of their lovely family
For more information about this position, please contact Rebecca 07771 655879 / info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on September 1, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Experienced cleaner required for lovely family home in Saxlingham, a stones throw away from beautiful Holt.
Part time, self employed, 9 hours a week.
To include all cleaning duties such as dusting, hoovering, mopping, making rooms look well presented, cleaning glass, occasional deep cleans etc.
Great hourly rate of pay on offer for a meticulous and thorough cleaner who is happy to take instruction on occasion.
For more information, please contact Rebecca info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 30, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Full Time experienced Groom required for private sports horse stud in a beautiful location 6 miles south of Bury St Edmunds. Easy access from the A14 and A134.
Regular Part Time person also considered.
We are looking for someone local, reliable with a good sense of humour to join this small established team caring for mares, foals, youngstock and event horses up to 4*.
The stud has excellent facilities which include the following:-
- Indoor and outside stables providing a good working environment
- Lunge pen and loose jumping school
- Full size outdoor arena
- Horse walker
- 140 acres of grassland
- All weather gallops and grass gallops
- Canteen area and staff loo/wash area
The Position:-
- All yard duties to a high standard-mucking out, hays, waters, sweeping, tack cleaning etc
- Handling mares and foals, confidently and kindly on the ground
- Assisting with AI
- Lunging, long reining
- Ridden exercise of the 4/5 year olds plus eventers
- Clipping and plaiting
- Turning out for competition
- Keeping all areas clean, safe and tidy at all times
- 5 day week which will include weekends on a rota basis.
The Person:-
- Reliable, punctual, enthusiastic with a genuine love of working with horses
- Confident handling a variety of horses on the ground including cheeky foals
- Will be a good rider who is happy hacking and schooling
- Will have excellent turn out skills-clipping, plaiting etc
- Will be a good team player, who can follow instructions and also use their own initiative when working alone
- A lorry driver would be an advantage, but not a dealbreaker
A good salary will be offered to the successful person who can provide fully checkable references.
Shared accommodation could be available
Some shared commission on sales will be offered after 6 months of working at the stud.
Please apply via email to- info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 29, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time experienced Housekeeper/Cleaner required for private house located in Copdock Village, close to Ipswich with easy access via the A12 from Colchester and Ipswich.
We are looking for a local person who can work approx. 8 hours a week over 2 mornings carrying out the following:
- All housework to a high standard
- Emptying bins
- Generally making sure the house is clean, tidy and welcoming
- Laundry and ironing on occasions
- Bed changing when necessary
The Person:
- Reliable, trustworthy with private household experience
- Experienced with all housework
- Local to the area – within half an hour of Copdock
- A car driver with own transport preferred due to the location
- A non smoker
- Animal friendly as the client has 2 dogs and 2 cats
A good hourly rate will be offered to the successful person who can provide fully checkable references.
To apply, please email – info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 28, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
A kind, experienced and reliable housekeeper is required for a beautiful 5 bedroom house on the borders of Essex and Hertfordshire, between Bishops Stortford and Saffron Walden.
The owners are an elderly couple and having someone visit the house 5 mornings a week would be a huge help to them. At present the lady of the house carries out all housework etc, so this is a new position to give her more free time.
Hours: 10 hours per week – 9am-11am each weekday morning, although more hours may be necessary now and again
The job will include:
- General housework/cleaning
- Laundry and ironing
- Bed changing
- Running errands
- Shopping
- A little basic cooking
- Checking in to make sure all is well
Salary: £18 per hour – self employed
References and a DBS check will be requested
Car driver essential due to the rural location.
To apply, please email-info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 17, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
We are looking for a lovely part time Housekeeper / Dog Walker to help Monday-Friday for a few hours each day, ideally around lunchtime. Our client works full time and usually leaves the house very early and often gets back late.
In an ideal world the person will be happy taking the dogs for a walk then having a general tidy up of the house (polishing, hoovering, mopping, loading or unloading dishwasher, putting a wash on, ironing and changing bed sheets once a week etc).
If you can help with this lovely little position then it would be great to hear from you.
Please contact Rebecca 07771 655879 / info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 17, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
We are looking for two super cleaners who will be happy cleaning two separate properties depending on changeovers.
The first property is in South Raynham, near Fakenham, it is a beautiful 5 bedroom bungalow with a large games room and indoor swimming pool and the second property is in Burnham Thorpe and is a wonderful 5 bedroom barn conversation with a large gym and indoor pool.
The hours:
Fridays: 10am – 2pm – South Raynham
Mondays: 10am – 2pm South Raynham property or Burnham Thorpe depending on whether there are changeovers in South Raynham.
Both properties will need a deep and thorough clean each week.
Cleaning experience is essential and a perfectionist would be ideal! The job will not require the laundry of bed sheets however towels can go through the washer/ dryer for the holiday let changeovers.
Fantastic hourly rate of pay on offer.
For morning information, please contact Sophie via info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 16, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time Breakfast Server required for wonderful, luxury, boutique hotel located close to Hadleigh Suffolk. The hotel has recently completed the most amazing expansion which now includes a luxurious spa with pools, possibly the best wedding venue in Suffolk and fabulous new hotel rooms. The 2AA rosette restaurant benefits from wonderful far reaching views providing a great dining experience and working environment.
The ideal person will be local, enthusiastic and able to provide a welcoming, professional and first class service to the guests.
A polite well presented person essential who understands what is takes to ensure that the breakfast service runs efficiently and seemlessly.
The hours will be 7am to 11am – Monday to Friday
A good hourly rate will be paid to the successful person.
Please apply to – info @ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 15, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time experienced Housekeeper/Cleaner required for busy equestrian family located approx 12 miles west of Cambridge.
The ideal person will be able to work between 6 and 8 hours a week over 2 mornings and carry out the following:-
- All housework
- Washing and ironing
- General tidying
- Possibly some meal prep if time
This is a family cottage rather than a large country house, so the position would suit someone organised and able to keep this property clean and tidy.
Someone who can cook healthy meals for the freezer would be great but not a dealbreaker.
Car driver required due to the rural location.
To apply please email-info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 15, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
An organised and efficient housekeeper/cleaner required for a family in Newmarket, Suffolk.
Someone reliable, friendly and really nice to have around.
This is a permanent, part-time position (approx 12 hours per week).
The role will include
- All housework to a high standard
- Laundry and ironing
- Food shopping and keeping kitchen well stocked
- Organising and carrying out lifts for teenage children on occasions
- Meal planning and perhaps cooking for the freezer
This is a live-out position so a local person preferred.
Non smoker essential.
To apply please email-info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 14, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
We are looking for an experienced Housekeeper to replace the families existing Housekeeper of 2 plus years.
Minimum hours – 18 per week, ideally closer to full time hours but can be flexible.
The person must have previous private housekeeping experience and be happy to step into the large family home and hit the ground running taking care of the following:
- Daily cleaning of the 8 bedroom house (dusting, polishing, hoovering, mopping)
- General tidying, arranging, sorting and organising
- Changing bed linen
- Loading and unloading the dishwasher
- Managing all laundry-there is often quite a lot with 6 children!
This is a long term, permanent position and the family would love the new housekeeper to become an integral member of their team.
No accommodation available so the Housekeeper will need to be able to get to Brancaster Staithe.
Car driver essential. Glowing references and DBS check a must.
For more information, please contact Rebecca info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 12, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Experienced, child/dog friendly housekeeper required for lovely family of 4 near East Bergholt. Current Housekeeper is leaving after 4 lovely years.
The ideal person will have a great eye to detail and really good organisational skills. They must be reliable and trustworthy with a great work ethic. Most importantly proactive and able to see what needs to be done before being asked.
Days/Hours:
- 3 days a week, Monday and a Friday a must and another day that suits (flexible am or pm).
- 4-5 hours per day. Ideally with flexibility around the holidays when children are home to look after children if mother needs to go out.
Responsibilities:
- Keeping the house clean and dust free to a high standard
- Keeping fridges organised and clean organised drawers
- Keeping house looking tidy
- Ironing sheets/shirts
- Changing bed linen once a week
- Keeping on top of laundry (experienced with cashmere care)
- Looking after the children if needed (ages 9 and 13)
- Occasional pet sitting
The person must love dogs, the family have a gorgeous Cockapoo and may get another dog soon.
Excellent references and an up to date DBS check will be required before starting.
Clean driving licence and use of car essential due to rural location.
This could possibly be a live in role if the person prefers so please do not hesitate to get in touch if accommodation is required.
For more information, please contact Rebecca info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 9, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Live in, experienced Estate Worker who is a bit of a ‘Jack of all trades’ required for a lovely family near Norwich.
This role will suit someone who can turn their hand to most things ‘outside’ including:
- General property maintenance and tidiness
- Tractor driving
- Work in woods clearing trees
- Animal care (dogs and horses)
- Clearing gutters
- General repair work
- Use of chainsaw and backpack sprayer
- Basic DIY and dealing with any issues on estate buildings and cottages
- Driving errands
- Security
- Vermin control
- General painting and repair work
- It would be a real advantage and preferred if the person held a basic tractor licence, chainsaw licence and sprayer licence
Hours: 24 hours a week
Part Time – 3 full days to include occasional weekends and dog sitting.
Accommodation:
Beautiful, large 3 bedroom cottage with a fantastic kitchen/ breakfast room and sitting room.
Couple or family welcome. Pets welcome too. Superb, rural location with great schools in the catchment area and fantastic walks for those that love the countryside. There are a lot of perks to this lovely position.
For more information, please contact Rebecca info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 7, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time Groom/yard worker required for small family yard located between Bolton and Darwin, Lancashire
The ideal person will be absolutely reliable, trustworthy and able to work 3 mornings a week (flexible but preferably a Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 8.30/9am-1/1.30pm).
The family have horses and a donkey (6 in total).
Someone with a genuine love of working with horses and who understands that their welfare is of the utmost importance.
No weekends required
The main duties will include:
- Mucking out
- Tack Cleaning
- Poo Picking
- Grooming
- Feeding
- Changing rugs
- Turning out in fields and bringing in
- Cleaning water troughs/buckets
- Keeping the yard tidy
This is a non riding position.
Previous Groom experience essential. Car driver with own transport is a must due to rural location.
To apply please email-info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 7, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
We are currently seeking a wonderful Housekeeper/ Mothers Help for a lovely family based in the village of Shelley near Hadleigh.
This is a part time position, ideally around 32 hours per week or a minimum of 3 days per week.
We are looking for someone hands on, caring and kind with excellent attention to detail and housekeeping skills. The role will also entail some childcare of a 1 year old boy.
The responsibilities of the role would include:
- General housekeeping
- Dusting
- Laundry
- Organising and tidying wardrobes and chest of drawers
- Tidying all areas of the house
- Cleaning including bathrooms
- Occasional food shopping and meal prep
- Looking after the children, mostly a 1 year old boy for short periods of time
- Occasionally running errands
The successful applicant will be:
- Hard working, trustworthy and loyal
- Have previous housekeeping experience with great attention to detail
- Have experience with childcare
- Able to cook family meals occasionally
- Flexible and able to run errands as and when required within working hours
- Fun and energetic and able to look after and entertain young children
- A car driver with own vehicle
A good hourly rate will be offered to the successful applicant with fully checkable references.
For more information please contact Sophie at info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 7, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Experienced Housekeeper/Pet Sitter required for private country house located close to Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
We are looking for someone who can work approx 24 hours a week over 3 days, managing the housework of this large farmhouse to a high standard. This will include cleaning, laundry, ironing, bed changing, deep cleans as required and generally keeping the house tidy. This is a busy family home with grown up children, dogs and horses, so the ideal person will understand the demands of working in this environment (never a dull moment).
There is accommodation on site which could be available to a non local person along with a competitive hourly salary. When the family are away you will be required to live on site. There are other staff members living on site, so this is not an isolated position and there will always be someone around.
Dog friendly person essential as the family have 3 lovely spaniels who will require looking after – walking and feeding while the family are on holiday or out for the day.
Non smoker and car driver essential.
To apply email-info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
Posted on August 7, 2024 by Rebecca Rivett -
Part Time House and Pet Sitter required for busy family located approx 4 miles south of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
We are looking for a local person who can cover holidays and busy times when the family dogs will need walking and feeding etc.
Someone flexible who can be called at fairly short notice if the family are called away. The successful person will be required to live in the house for the holiday cover, but usually it would be visiting the house and dogs 2 or 3 times a day.
The family have 3 very friendly spaniels who love nothing more than exploring the countryside with a like minded person. The ideal person will be fit, healthy and enjoy walking in the great outdoors in all weathers. A genuine love and understanding of dogs essential. A car driver who can take a dog to the vets if the need arises.
A responsible person who will keep in touch with the family providing regular updates.
Someone reliable and completely trustworthy. There are other staff members employed on the farm so this is not an isolated position.
The days/hours could range from 1 day a week to maybe 2 weeks at a time, so this would suit someone who can show this flexibility to work on an ad-hoc basis.
A very good hourly rate will be offered to the successful person.
To apply please email – info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk
