Live-out Housekeeper

2 weeks ago

Burford, United Kingdom 19 London Full time

**LIVE-OUT HOUSEKEEPER FOR UHNW PRIVATE ESTATE IN THE COTSWOLDS**

**Location**: Burford, West Oxfordshire

**Salary**: £35,000 - £38,000 per annum, negotiable

**Contract**: Full-Time, Permanent

**Status**: Live-out

We are assisting an UHNW family with the recruitment of an experienced, hardworking, and talented Housekeeper to join the household team at their large country estate in the Cotswolds. This is a busy family estate with lots of animals and multiple properties, so a team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude is required for this role.

You will be responsible for hands-on housekeeping alongside a team of full-time housekeepers, laundry, and wardrobe management, packing and unpacking for the principals, service and assisting at events, as well as care of animals.

Usual working hours are Monday-Friday 9am-6pm with the requirement to cover 2 weekends per month (time given off through the week in lieu). A driver is a huge benefit but is not essential.

**DUTIES TO INCLUDE**:

- All cleaning duties to include bathrooms, bedrooms and living areas as well as unused rooms
- Making beds and changing bed linen
- Laundry - collecting, washing, ironing, and returning laundry to the appropriate place - hand washing delicate items
- Wardrobe management, packing and unpacking for the principals
- Polishing brass and silver, antiques, and fine furniture
- Setting tables & assisting with service at events
- Answering telephone and door, greeting guests, making guests welcome and offering drinks
- Clean, tidy and restock kitchens after meals, including keeping refrigerators clean, organised, and fresh
- Keeping patios, entrances, and steps clean and tidy, interior window cleaning
- Watering household plants and flower arranging
- Ad-hoc errand running and grocery shopping; receiving deliveries
- Feeding and care of dogs and cats

**ESSENTIAL CRITERIA**:

- Previous experience in a similar role within a private household, luxury hotel or yacht
- Flexibility in terms of duties and changes of schedules
- Team player with a positive, can-do attitude
- Excellent communication skills
- Very high attention to detail
- Good standard of written and spoken English
- Trustworthy and able to handle confidential information appropriately
- Longevity as demonstrated by previous employment
- Able to prioritise and multitask effectively
- Right to work within the UK
- Live within a commutable distance from Burford
- Excellent checkable references

**Salary**: £35,000.00-£38,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

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