A private island estate near Oban is advertising a live-in job opportunity for a couple, with a combined salary of £60,000 and a four-bedroom family home included. The listing, posted on Simply Hired by The Private Staff Agency, seeks two experienced individuals to fill the roles of Luxury Lodge Manager and Estate Maintenance Operative.
Roles and Responsibilities
The estate, which is not publicly named in the listing, includes eight award-winning luxury self-catering cabins, an Observatory, and a wider rural and sporting estate. The successful candidates will each take on one role: one responsible for the day-to-day operation and presentation of the luxury guest accommodation, the other a more varied hands-on position supporting maintenance and the smooth running of the wider estate.
The Luxury Lodge Manager role involves managing the eight luxury cabins and the Observatory while maintaining five-star standards. Duties include assisting with housekeeping, preparing pre-booked breakfast hampers, and ensuring guests are happy on arrival and departure. Previous luxury hospitality, boutique hotel, exclusive lodge, or private estate experience of at least four years is preferred.
Estate Maintenance and Requirements
The Estate Maintenance Operative position requires a range of skills including basic plumbing, carpentry, general repairs, drainage, ground works, fencing, and estate infrastructure. The successful candidate must also be comfortable with machinery and equipment maintenance and supporting the rural and sporting estate. Experience with plant machinery, farming, sporting estates, stalking, deer management, or game birds would be ideal.
The selected pair must be happy to live and work together in a remote rural environment. A full UK driver's license is required, and candidates must be able to reliably commute to Argyll and Bute each day.
Salary and Benefits
The dual position comes with a salary of £60,000 (with annual reviews) between the two, plus a four-bed house that is council tax free. It is described as an opportunity to relocate a family to a stunning island on the West Coast of Scotland. The listing adds: "We are looking for two practical, reliable and hardworking people who are comfortable living and working together in a remote rural environment. This is an outstanding long-term opportunity combining luxury hospitality, rural estate life and a spectacular west coast Scottish location."
For more information about the jobs, see the listing on Simply Hired.
