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Hospitality, Events and Catering Traineeship – Live- in position
Salary: National Living Wage, plus free accommodation including all bills in a studio flat at Bore Place.
Hours: 40 hours per week, made up of 30 hours per week, worked flexibly including weekend and evenings when required & 10 hours a week unpaid traineeship, as well as some on-call commitments.
We are looking for someone to come and join the Bore Place team as our Hospitality, Events and Catering Trainee. The position is live-in and includes a studio flat onsite at the beautiful Bore Place estate. This role will be integral to the smooth running of the organisation and will give the successful candidate the opportunity to learn hosting and hospitality skills, as well as event management, whilst playing a key role in delivering excellent service to our guests. Ten hours a week will be dedicated to training to include food safety, health and safety, customer service and other housekeeping skills. You will get to be part of a fantastic team, gain broad experience at the heart of the organisation and live on a 500-acre estate in glorious Kent countryside.
We are looking for a keen and mature self-starter, eager to learn who will undertake their work cheerfully and with enthusiasm and who takes pride in housekeeping and cleaning. We are looking for someone who can think on their feet and is a real team player as well as being committed to the wider mission of Bore Place.
The safety and welfare of children and other vulnerable people on site is extremely important to us and is why we pride ourselves on our Safeguarding procedures. All positions at Bore Place are subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check at Basic Level.
Bore Place is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and succeed on merit. We strive to ensure that opportunities to work and develop at Bore Place are open to all. We treat all job applications equally, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or any other equality characteristic.
Job Description
Please send your CV and a covering letter to hello@boreplace.org if you are interested in applying.
Deadline: 9am Monday 24th May
First interviews: Thursday 27th May
Sales, Marketing and Admin Assistant
Salary: £20,000 - £22,500 per annum
Hours: Mondays - Friday 37.5 hours per week
We are looking for a sales, marketing and admin assistant to join the team at Bore Place. The purpose of this role will be to help increase revenue associated with all venue bookings by being the first point of contact for all sales enquiries as well as offering marketing support, including social media management, and other general admin to ensure the smooth running of Bore Place. This role will sit within the sales and marketing team which seeks to increase revenue for the organisation through hosting weddings, corporate groups, school visits, holidaymakers, weekenders and other groups looking to use the space for away days and training purposes.
Job Description
Please send your CV and a covering letter to hello@boreplace.org if you are interested in applying.
The safety and welfare of children and other vulnerable people onsite is extremely important to us and is why we pride ourselves on our Safeguarding procedures. All positions at Bore Place are subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check at Basic Level.
Bore Place is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and succeed on merit. We strive to ensure that opportunities to work and develop at Bore Place are open to all. We treat all job applications equally, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or any other equality characteristic.
Deadline is Friday 14th May
First interviews Thursday 20th May
Bore Place Organic Market Garden
The market garden at Bore Place is 6 ½ acres (all outdoors) supplying box schemes around Brighton and London as well as some wholefood shops. We grow a wide range of vegetables and do most of the propagating ourselves. During the season you will see and experience sowing, planting crop maintenance and harvesting.
The market garden is a medium scale veg growing business. If you want to learn about producing for wholesale on a reasonable scale and learn about the ins and outs of it, I am keen to share whatever I know and see it as a practical training opportunity as well. I can accommodate 1 person during the season and the work is paid. Either send an e-mail to me for more information: xmetske@hotmail.com and tell something about yourself and the experience you.
The search for new seasonal workers starts every year around December/January so if your looking for something around that time please get in touch. We will be recruiting again at the end of 2021.
Volunteering opportunities
Volunteer Gardener
Salary: voluntary position
Hours: Mondays, approx 6 hours
We are looking for volunteers with enthusiasm for gardening to join our friendly and dedicated team. Working alongside our Caretaker, you will need to be available to volunteer regularly and have experience of mowing, general garden maintenance, weeding and bed work.
Please send your CV to volunteering@boreplace.org if you are interested in getting involved.
Other voluntary opportunities
Opportunities arise across the organisation to work alongside our staff in the gardens, kitchen, office and education teams. Take a look at our Volunteer page.
Work experience
Bore Place has lots of opportunities for students and others to gain work experience. Take a look at our Work Experience page.
Website photography
We are particularly grateful to many of our volunteers and others who have contributed some stunning photos to this website including: Clore Foundation, Pippa Green, Wendy McDonnell, Andrew Johnson, David Salmon, Helen Carey, Ian Leach, Julia Bracewell, Karen Shepherdson, Rebecca Douglas, Stella Cole, Becky Baldock, Jo Sheach, Jen Sayers, Sue Potter and Sparky Palmer.