About us:
We are looking for a Housekeeper to join our friendly, dedicated team at our gorgeous bunkhouse in north Skye. This is your opportunity to get to know and promote the wonderful Isle of Skye
The Cowshed Boutique Bunkhouse is a 34 bed bunkhouse with dorm style accommodation alongside 8 beautiful ensuite 'pods', overlooking Uig Bay. We offer fantastic facilities, exceptional hospitality, and incredible views, with a keen eye for style and comfort.
Uig is a small and friendly village with an excellent general store, a filling station, a hotel, a pub, a restaurant, a couple of take-aways and a brewery. For anything else you need it's a quick drive to Portree on the best road on the island. It's the perfect base for the adventurous with easy access to the highlights of the island, and the ferry pier which is the gateway to the Outer Hebrides.
What we are looking for:
We are a small but strong team. We all support each other here and we are looking for the right candidate to join our team and make it even stronger. We are looking for a versatile individual that has good disposition and attitude to learn new tasks and likes to overcome new challenges.
The job will run initially from October 2025 (start date Oct 24th latest) to mid January as we close for 3 weeks in January. If you like it here you can stay to cover the busy summer and autumn season once we reopen.
What we need in the team:
-A hard working, capable and responsible individual with great eye to detail and consideration for others.
-An enthusiastic, can-do attitude and with the ability to show initiative.
-Someone unafraid of changeable Scottish weather conditions
-Someone professional and flexible, who is happy to cover a mixture of shifts and deliver customer service to a high standard.
-An interest in Skye/Scotland, and in getting to know the local area if not already living here.
-A good knowledge of hostelling and how to exceed guest expectation.
-Experience of using computers would be appreciated too.
-Ability to work independently as well as in a team. We are a small crew so reliability and great communication is a must.
-Fluency in English.
The Job:
-The most important considerations of the job are the comfort, safety and enjoyment of all guests staying at the property.
-A mixture of housekeeping tasks, in-house Laundry duties and occasional DIY tasks are required.
-Between 15 and 30 hours of work per week.
-Live-in is compulsory.
-Answering directly to the hostel manager and working together with the team.
Live-in:
* Room on site and sharing bathroom and kitchen facilities.
* No rent, no bills.
Please send a cover letter related to this position with your CV.
Job Types: Fixed term contract, Part-time
Contract length: 4 months
Pay: £12.21 per hour
Benefits:
* Casual dress
* Free parking
* On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Uig: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
* What excites you most about the prospect of living and working on Skye?
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 26/01/2025