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Estate Head Housekeeper Role
Location: Atholl Estates, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry, Scotland.
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Salary: £28,000

This is a working manager role, reporting to the Lodge Manager on a diverse and fascinating estate in Highland Perthshire with a wide range of self catering holiday lodges and significant caravan park. Atholl is located at the southern extent of the Cairngorms National Park, yet just over an hour’s drive to Edinburgh, with Blair Castle at its centre.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership & Training: Lead, recruit, and train housekeeping staff, empowering senior and lodge housekeepers to manage their areas. Ensure team development through training and support.

Budget & Cost Control: Help develop the accommodation housekeeping budget and ensure expenditure aligns with it. Oversee stock control and supplier contracts.

Health & Safety: Ensure safe working conditions for the team, including risk assessments and compliance with health and safety policies.

Operations Management: Plan workloads, create staff rotas, manage ordering of cleaning materials, and monitor laundry services. Ensure all accommodation is clean, ready for guests, and well-maintained.

Maintenance & Quality Control: Monitor and report on housekeeping standards, including audits and ensuring prompt identification of maintenance needs. Ensure high standards of cleanliness in all areas, from lodges to public spaces.

Collaboration: Work closely with other departments (reception, admin, warden teams) for seamless communication and efficient operations. Support castle housekeeping when possible.

Reporting & Administration: Submit staff working hours for payroll, raise purchase orders in line with budget, and contribute to management meetings.

Additional Duties:
Assist with deep cleaning, post-maintenance reinstatement, and any seasonal cleaning tasks. Support staff with issue escalation and resolve customer requests/complaints.

Employee benefits

Attractive, competitive salary at £28,000 a year, supported by an excellent company pension scheme that includes life cover. Other benefits include free tickets to: Atholl Gathering and Highland Games and Blair Castle and Gardens. Discounts off: The Larder, Castle Gift Shop, Restaurant, holiday accommodation, fishing and more. Join in on great social and wellbeing initiates including, a staff book club, cycletowork scheme, summer BBQ, fireworks BBQ and quiz nights.

If this sounds like the role for you, apply now and seize this incredible opportunity to join our team.

Please send a CV and cover letter to Steph at stay@atholl-estates.co.uk.

Application Deadline: Sunday 30/03/2025