Live-in Butler Job, Chelsea, South West London
An experienced Butler is required for a live-in role in a large Chelsea home. You would be looking after a gentleman who spends the week in London and is mostly out of London on the weekends. Four grown-up children don’t live at the residence but will occasionally visit. The principal entertains mainly in the country; however, occasionally will have dinners in London where you will be expected to know how to lay the table and serve. The principal has 2 dogs, so you must be dog-friendly. You would be responsible for overseeing the housekeeper.
Responsibilities:
1. Household maintenance and preparing the fires.
2. Housekeeping with extra focus on heavier duties (e.g., using ladders for changing lightbulbs/attending to curtains).
3. Building a rapport with contractors and arranging visits where necessary and approved.
4. Ensuring a domestic staff member accompanies contractors during their visit to the house.
5. Having a good grasp of the household systems (e.g., heating, electric, Sky, and Sonos).
6. Preparing meeting rooms and offering refreshments for guests.
7. Serving at formal dinners.
8. Greeting formal guests and unpacking for male guests.
9. Driving the Principals when required.
10. Other driving duties (e.g., collecting art/objects and taking them between properties).
11. Valet duties (i.e., looking after the male principal and taking care of his clothes/shoes).
12. Being security-aware regarding all visitors to the house.
13. Sharing joint responsibility for helping to ensure that the property is secure at all times, particularly at night and setting the alarm if the family is not in residence.
14. Ad-hoc duties when required.
Separate 1 bedroom flat provided.
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 Gross per Annum
Working hours: Monday - Friday - 9:00am - 5:30pm
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