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Guest Service Manager

Team: Hospitality

Paid position

Ashburnham Place is looking to appoint a positive, experienced, individual as Guest Service Manager. The role involves leading a team of 6 Guest Service Supervisors. We are looking for someone that has a passion for providing consistent excellent customer service and a welcoming environment for ask our guests.

Ashburnham Place welcomes thousands of visitors every year and this role is central to the meeting of guest expectations and the welcome they receive. A keen attention to detail and a desire to develop a positive professional relationship with customers is vital. The candidate must be self-motivated and driven with a desire to lead, improve and motivate the their team.

The role requires that you will have the ability to work with and train a willing team of volunteers, this can be challenging and rewarding in equal measure, but patience is key. A can-do attitude is essential.

The role is 40 hours per week with salary dependent on experience. Weekend and evening work will be required. Accommodation maybe available.

For more information please contact Domi Lyan on 01424 892204
Closing Date – Wednesday 31st July 2024

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Closing Date – Wednesday 31st July 2024

Sous Chef

Team: Kitchen

Paid position

To apply you must be able to work in the UK

Ashburnham Place is looking to appoint a positive and dynamic, experienced, and creative individual to join the kitchen team as Sous Chef.

The role involves supporting the Executive Chef and Head Chef to develop and deliver the food in both the main house and The Orangery. We are looking for someone that has a passion for working with food, particularly with an interest in locally sourced and seasonal ingredients and working with our kitchen garden team who grow especially for us.

A keen attention to detail and a desire to always be looking to improve your own knowledge and experience as well as helping to continually improve all aspects of the food offering at Ashburnham.

The candidate must be self-motivated and able to run the kitchen in the absence of the Executive or Head chef and adhere to and maintain Health and safety, EHO, and HACCP standards and procedures. The role requires the ability to work with and train a willing team of volunteers. This can be challenging and rewarding in equal measure, but patience is key. A can-do attitude is essential.

The role is 40 hours per week with salary dependent on experience.
Weekend and evening work will be required.
Accommodation maybe available.

To apply please click apply now below. For more information please contact Domi Lyan on 01424 892204

Closing Date – Wednesday 31st July 2024

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Closing Date – Wednesday 31st July 2024

Seasonal Kitchen Garden Assistant

Team: Kitchen Garden

Paid position

(6 months / 20 hours per week)

An opportunity has arisen to join a vibrant team and work in a four-acre walled kitchen garden, growing fruit and vegetables using regenerative agricultural practices.

Applicants must have at least one year’s relevant horticultural experience. A passion for gardening and an appreciation for the natural world is a must.

We are looking for an individual who has the knowledge and practical skills to help with the growing and care of our fruit and vegetables and feels confident to take a pro-active approach to growing in the kitchen garden. If you are interested, we think you will need to:

Be happy to work on your own and with a team of staff and volunteers.
Enjoy working outside in all weather conditions.
Be able to follow instructions and take initiative.
Work unsupervised.
Be physically fit.

Tasks include weeding, watering, raising and caring for plants, harvesting and caring for the growing spaces and occasionally leading other volunteers in their tasks.

If you would like more information, then please email juleskate.bloomfield@ashburnham.org.uk

If you would like to apply, then please send your CV and cover letter to the above address by Friday, 19^th April

Interviews are to take place on Friday, 26th April.

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Volunteer roles

at Ashburnham Place

Grounds Volunteers

Team: Grounds and Gardens

Voluntary

Would you enjoy working as part of team within the stunning grounds of Ashburnham Place?

We have volunteering opportunities to work within our Grounds Team. This could be helping grow fruit and vegetables within the 4 acre Kitchen Garden or tending flower beds and mowing lawns within the extensive Ornamental Gardens.

Prior Gardening experience is preferable but not essential, as training will be provided. We aren’t able to pay expenses, but we can provide morning coffee and a cooked lunch.

If you think this might be of interest, why not come for a taster day?

To register your interest or if you have further questions, please complete our form here

We look forward to meeting you.

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Volunteer Assistant to the Facility Director

Team: Assistant

Voluntary

A position has risen as Assistant to the Facility Director. Primarily the role would be support and administrative as well working with the Facility Director in the effective running of the Facility Department, within Ashburnham Place.

An interest in land, buildings and summer events would be desirable. Basic computer skills: emails, spreadsheets and good relational interpersonal skills are essential.

The role would suit someone on a career break or recently retired, working 3 days a week for an initial period of 6 months.

Ashburnham Place is a Christian Charity. We do not require the applicant to be a Christian but would need to be sympathetic to the faith. Our values are generosity, honesty, fun, love, thankfulness, one team and beauty. You can find more about us on www.ashburnham.org.uk

Whilst we cannot offer a salary, as a volunteer at Ashburnham Place you will get all meals provided, receive a discount in the Orangery Tea Room and to ACT events, be part of our international community and enjoy year-round access to our 220 acres of grounds and gardens.

If you are interested in the role or have any further questions, please feel free to contact Evaor David by completing our short form here: https://www.ashburnham.org.uk/volunteer/day-volunteer/

We look forward to hearing from you!

Ashburnham Team

More details and to apply:

If you are interested in the role or have any further questions, please feel free to contact Evaor David by completing our short form here: https://www.ashburnham.org.uk/volunteer/day-volunteer/

Food Forest Volunteer

Team: Grounds and Gardens

Voluntary

Ashburnham Place (non-residential)

Over recent years we have planted and begun growing a ‘food forest’ in the Friar’s Field area of Ashburnham Place’s beautiful grounds. This process is based on permaculture principles and designed to be a source of wild food for many years to come.

We are looking for a local volunteer who is willing to come in at least one day (Fridays) each week to help care for and maintain the ‘food forest’ as we continue to develop this young but long-term project. Tasks will include planting new trees and shrubs, maintaining the bracken clearance, checking for pest damage, watering young plants, helping on the straw bale ‘house’ building project, general monitoring of the food forest through the seasons….

As a volunteer at Ashburnham Place you will get all meals while volunteering, all tools needed to carrying out tasks, receive a discount in the Orangery Tea Room and to ACT events, be part of our international community and enjoy year-round access to our 220 acres of grounds and gardens.

We are looking for the following type of person:

Experience of outdoor work
Passionate about nature and the environment
Willing to work with and learn about perma-culture principles
A committed individual
Enjoys experiencing the seasons (and their weather!) first hand
Physically fit (Friar’s Field is steep!)
Understanding of the Trust’s Christian ethos

If you are interested in this role, please contact Regina by completing the form here

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Team: Assistant

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