Careers

Hours: 37.5 hours
Permanent
Salary: £12.60 per hour

We’re looking for a professional, hard-working and well presented housekeeper to join our wonderful team. The purpose of this role is to assist with housekeeping and cleaning duties in all areas of Blair Castle.  As frequent contact with our visitors is part of the daily routine, a smart appearance and a high standard of customer care are expected.

Main duties:

• To assist with general housekeeping and cleaning duties, including vacuuming and dusting, working with extra care around antique and museum items in the castle.
• Cleaning of all public areas including the castle exhibition.
• Daily cleaning and daily maintenance cleaning of visitor toilets.
• Cleaning staff room areas and toilets.
• Assistance and support to other teams within the Castle enterprise as required.
• Comply with health & safety directives and organisational policy, including regular fire drills.
• Comply with organisational policy for green tourism and recycling policies.
• Attend team meetings and training sessions as required.
• Deep cleaning every artefact in the castle over winter.

About you:

• You should have a keen attention to detail and take pride in maintaining the cleanliness and care that a historic house demands.
• Ability to work efficiently both independently and as part of a team.
• Initiative, enthusiasm, and strong communication skills.
• An understanding of Health & Safety and COSHH is a bonus.

Benefits:

• Attractive, competitive salary, supported by an excellent company pension scheme that includes life cover.
• Annual leave scheme.
• Great staff events such as a summer BBQ, bonfire night and Christmas meal.
• 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.
• Work in a beautiful castle surrounded by historic woodland, acres of green space and the serene Hercules Garden, perfect for lunchtime walks.

If you are passionate about maintaining high standards of cleanliness and creating a welcoming environment for our visitors, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to be part of our dedicated housekeeping team.

Please email your CV and covering letter to niallg@atholl-estates.co.uk.

Hours: part-time and full-time
Seasonal contract: April – October 2025
Rate of Pay: £12.60 per hour

We are looking for friendly and enthusiastic individuals to join us for the 2025 season.

We have full and part time opportunities in housekeeping at the castle.

Here are some of the great benefits we offer:

– A great pension scheme, Living Wage salary, sociable working hours and staff social events

– Staff discount in our restaurant and shop, plus free entry to Blair Castle and selected Atholl Estate events

– Unlimited access to ASVA cards, allowing you access to hundreds of visitor attractions across Scotland

– Overtime available in different departments and during events

Send your CV to niallg@atholl-estates.co.uk

Hours:  Full-time
Seasonal contract: April – October 2025
Rate of Pay: £12.60 – Living Wage

We are looking for friendly and passionate housekeepers to care for our accommodation and facilities at Blair Castle Caravan Park.

Here are some of the great benefits we offer:

– A great pension scheme, Living Wage salary, sociable working hours and staff social events

– Staff discount in our restaurant and shop, plus free entry to Blair Castle and selected Atholl Estate events

– Unlimited access to ASVA cards, allowing you access to hundreds of visitor attractions across Scotland

– Overtime available in different departments and during events

Send your CV to roseb@blaircastlecaravanpark.co.uk

Permanent contract

Hours: Flexible working, zero-hour contracts available

Atholl Estates is looking for Lodge Cleaners and Housekeepers to help care for their beautiful and historic properties in the Tulliemet area, Dunkeld, Blair Atholl and Struan

• Flexible hours
• £12.60 per hour
• Excellent pension scheme
• A driving licence would be advantageous, but is not essential.
• Generous mileage reimbursement for private car use.

If you are interested in joining our friendly team we would love to hear from you. 

About Atholl Estates

Atholl Estates is an exceptional place, offering the best Scotland has to offer in visitor experiences, holiday accommodation, events and timber and food production. The estates are the largest provider of affordable housing to the locally employed in Highland Perthshire, producers of enough hydro electricity to power over 1300 homes and actively planting over 1000 hectares of new woodland and restoring 250 hectares of peatland annually to contribute towards the challenge of addressing climate change and biodiversity decline.

Estate Head Housekeeper Role
Location: Atholl Estates, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry, Scotland.
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Salary: £30,000

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 £30,000 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.