House Steward

Job description

We have a unique opportunity for someone who is passionate about great conservation. As the House Steward, you’ll play an important part of the house team. Variety is the order of the working day; you’ll be involved in everything from maintaining high standards of conservation and housekeeping,to ensuring our visitors have an enjoyable and memorable experience when visiting the mansion.

Situated in the popular holiday destination of Salcombe, Overbecks has a stunning cliff-top location overlooking the estuary and coast. The subtropical garden is a unique visitor attraction with plenty of opportunities for staff to be creative in this space. The Edwardian villa has a quirky feel with an eclectic collection of curiosities. You are likely to need your own transport to get here, however this is a rare opportunity to join a small, friendly team in beautiful and unusual location.

For more information about our property please visit overbecks

You’ll be responsible for the daily opening of the house, ensuring appropriate resources are in place to be able to provide a consistently excellent service for our visitors. Working with a team of Conservation Assistants, you’ll supervise the team responsible for implementing conservation routines, preventive conservation and annual deep cleaning programme within the house to ensure excellent standards of care, delivering strategies to improve conservation.

You’ll collect and record information during housekeeping cleaning routines to inform our understanding of the house and the collection, and use preventive conservation techniques to improve how we conserve, interpret and present the property. You’ll enjoy telling visitors about our fascinating history, sharing tales from the past as well as your personal experience of working here.

Please also read the full role profile attached to this advert.

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Are inspired by all things Heritage and Conservation

• Have good working knowledge of collections care and preventive conservation with an awareness of Museum Accreditation standards

• Have an impressive eye for even the smallest of details and are comfortable working from height to help keep the house well-presented at all times

• Have knowledge of Health & Safety and emergency procedures.

• Have the ability to support volunteers to perform at their best

• Have excellent people skills and are a good team player, enabling strong relationships to be built and maintained

• Have some knowledge and experience of managing budgets and finance

Benefits for working at the National Trust:

• Flexible working whenever possible

• Free parking at most locations

• Discounts in high street stores, cinemas, National Trust properties and cafes.

• Free entry to our properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

• Generous annual leave

• Subsidised health cash plan

• Free 24-hour support service

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

• Training & Development tailored to you

• Up to 5 days of paid volunteering for you.

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