13 Driver jobs placed:

COIRAC – FRANCE
1 hr South of Bordeaux
GUARDIENNE Estate COUPLE
Gardener, Grounds-Person/ Handyperson/Security/Driver/Housekeeper
Wonderful position in a very beautiful but rural part of South West France.
The small six-bedroom chateau is the holiday home of overseas owners. The family of five, which includes 3 adult children, currently use the property an average of 12 weeks during a year, mostly summer months and Christmas. Set in 40 hectares of land, with wonderful cycle rides, shooting and walking for people who enjoy the outdoor lifestyle.

This is a “lifestyle position” living in rural French countryside, but “on duty “ when the owners and their family are in residence. Outside these times generally maintaining and caring for the grounds and gardens, keeping the Chateau clean and aired and ensuring security of the property.

Duties between the couple will be general housekeeping – maintaining a clean interior and dealing with the laundry and shopping when the owners are in residence.
No specific cooking duties are required as the lady of the house loves to cook, but general kitchen assistance and help with occasional dinner parties is expected.
There are 3 acres of formal gardens with large areas of lawns, hedges and roses which must be maintained to a high standard.

You will need to drive the tractor to cut large areas of grassland, chainsaw work, strimming and caring for a potager and orchard. There is a pool and tennis court, the pool has a maintenance contract which will need supervising. Other duties will include caring for garden furniture, maintaining the 2 cars, doing the airport run and managing petty cash and household bills. Liaising with the owners by email and arranging local contractors when needed. DIY skills essential for the day to day routine maintenance of the property.
Lovely 2 bedroom house on the estate, with its own garden area. It is essential that the couple enjoy a rural lifestyle, are self sufficient and self directing and have previous experience working in domestic service. There are no pets on the property but a dog/cat is welcome.

Salary commensurate to experience WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF FRENCH ESSENTIAL. Both must drive due to rural location. (REF HU1556) Current couple of nine years highly recommend.

FLEET MANAGER/HEAD CHAUFFEUR
Kensington, London
Essential Requirements: Clean UK Driving licence, previous UHNW private family driving experience, high end luxury car Central London driving & multiple car fleet management experience, flexible and adaptable, discreet and immaculate personal presentation

We are seeking an experienced Chauffeur/Fleet Manager, to drive a VIP Principal and care of a fleet of luxury vehicles, together with several smaller cars kept at the residence. The candidate should have high levels of staff management experience looking after a team of 6-7 staff members.

This is a part-residence household, where normal working hours are from 9.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday. However, flexibility is essential when the family are in residence for a few months annually. An ability to deal with the quieter, routine times and then step up to longer hours is essential.

The candidate should have an excellent knowledge of Central London and be able to get the principal, their guests and core team to functions and events in a timely and efficient manner.

This candidate will have previous high level/VIP chauffeuring experience and staff management skills, and superb manner. Candidates Should have a proven track record of having worked as a chauffeur/Head of transportation for a UHNWI with other drivers under his/her guidance. Previous long-term position essential.

Essential Requirements

• Clean UK Driving Licence.
• Previous UHNW Private family driving experience.
• High end luxury car Central London driving & multiple car fleet Management Experience
• Flexible and adaptable
• Discreet
• Immaculate personal presentation.
• Staff management for part time chauffeurs

Experience in dealing with fleet management issues. All vehicles must

• Kept in immaculate condition
• Taxed
• MOT
• Fully insured
• ULEZ and CC compliant and registered
• Have regular fluid checks to be conducted
• Regular maintenance and servicing as per manufacturers recommendations and warranties

Salary in the region of £45-50,000 per annum. (HU3893)

RESIDENTIAL - HOUSEKEEPER/COOK/DRIVER
Marlborough, Wiltshire
Planned relocation to Rural Gloucestershire
(partner to follow own occupation very welcome)
Live in or Live out
Essential Requirements: Proactive, energetic experienced housekeeper with house management skills, organised, child and animal friendly, ability to work as a team leader
Love the countryside and driver essential

Lovely long-term vacancy for a country-loving traditional housekeeper/cook to join this fun, high-energy, informal family at their MAIN RESIDENCE currently a country farmhouse, on a large estate near Marlborough. The family are looking to relocate in the very near future closer to the children’s’ day school in rural Gloucestershire.

The family of five includes 3 children between ages 9 and 5yrs and they have 3 small dogs. The family also own 4 ponies that are at a livery yard locally and they ride every weekend. They have a love of the outdoors -walking, riding, tennis, wakeboarding, skiing and are always out and about. Both parents are completely hands-on with the children, but you will occasionally be asked to babysit or supervise in mums’ absence, so essential that you love being around and are confident with school age children.

School runs, caring for the dogs, booking grooming, vet appointments etc. are all part of this very flexible role. This is a position which requires a responsible, well organised, pro-active person to work alongside the lady of the house, who is a busy professional working mother.

Other duties will include day to day house management, ensuring smooth daily running of the household, organising contractors, booking services when needed, ordering oil & logs, keeping on top of food shopping, freezers and larder contents.

A good home cook is required, you will have shared duty of breakfast, lunch and dinners as the family also love to cook. You will generally cook for between 2 and 4 adults and 3 children, but with occasional lunch or supper parties and Sunday lunches when required. They also get in support when needed and have a local chef they work with.
The employers enjoy fresh and locally sourced produce. You need to have a natural flair and love for cooking, enjoy trying new recipes and have a genuine passion for it but you do not need to be a qualified chef.

The garden has a lovely vegetable patch so if you enjoy gardening then a big plus. You will need to provision and use local suppliers, there is a superb butcher and fishmonger locally and farm produce available for fresh ingredients.

This is an informal home and the family are neat and tidy people and very hands-on. The usual day to day housekeeping – cleaning, laundry, and shopping etc. all managed easily for a well-organized person, but additional daily help will be available.

The family will be moving house within I hr drive from current location – closer to the children’s school in Stroud.

Currently there is a small furnished 2-bedroom (1 double/1single) cottage available. The daily working hours are 8.00am to 6.00pm with one hour off for lunch. 2 days off per week.
Salary negotiable depending on experience. Driver with own car essential. Partner and dog very welcome. (HU3105)

Long Term Hutchinson’s client with a very high tech, large SMART, modern apartment. The owner travels a lot and it is therefore essential that the applicant is capable of maintaining the home to very high standards, be self-sufficient and pro-active in dealing with contractors and deliveries etc.

A full time Household Manager and a Daily Housekeeper is also employed who has been with the family for years and also a Cook. 

Duties will include care of cars, cleaning the patios and care of the roof garden.  a good DIY person, who can replace light bulbs, clean the inside of the floor to ceiling windows, deal with heavier housework, knowing when to call in a contractor.  Usually working weekends when the client is in residence and then all weekends free when she is away, which is 4-6 months each year.

The working hours will be approx. 9-6pm unless a dinner party is planned, when you would be expected to assist.  Top negotiable salary for the right person –live out or live in with shared use of self-contained apartment in the same block as the clients’ is available.    Driver with clean UK license essential. Excellent, verifiable references required.  ASAP start.

RURAL HAMPSHIRE
DOMESTIC COUPLE
GARDENER- HANDYPERSON-HOUSEKEEPER-FAMILY COOK- DRIVERS
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS – Flexible proactive couple with experience working for a busy family.
Genuine Animal and country lovers. Child friendly. Long term, family oriented, team players. BOTH must drive. Willing to work weekends.

Family of 6 are looking for an energetic, proactive, and dedicated couple who have a long term vision for their next role. Candidates must have a flexible and cheerful approach to work, be fond of children and animals and share a genuine love for countryside living.
This is a busy, but very well organised and structured household with four school-age children between 14 & 4 years old (eldest is at boarding school) A long term couple who will share the daily running of their home and gardens in the Meon Valley, Hampshire.

Domestic responsibilities: 

• Cleaning to a high standard throughout the home
• Laundry, ironing and wardrobe management
• Care and cleaning of high-quality furnishings, fine art, and fabrics
• Provisioning and household organisation and management
• Overseeing 3rd parties including window cleaners, plumbers, electricians, dry cleaners, to ensure household is constantly in full working order
• Kitchen support and informal service when the family entertain
• Helping with planning family parties and entertaining
• Occasional food prep and cooking for the children/family 
• Occasional help with the children and babysitting (there is a weekly nanny).
• Occasional school runs, must be a confident driver
• Help with caring for the family’s pets (1 large dog, 2 small dogs, 2 cats, and chickens/sheep/donkeys)
• Pet sit and house-sit when the family are away

Grounds/General Household responsibilities

• Household maintenance and general maintenance work throughout the house and grounds
• Confident gardening knowledge, duties include maintenance of flowerbeds, lawns, allotments and use of machinery (tractors/mowers etc). There will be support with outside gardener. 
• Looking after cars
• Driving the family (school runs/airport runs)
• Liaising with security providers, service providers and monitoring systems.
• Overseeing 3rd parties including oil tanks, cess pit, car services/MOT
• Pool maintenance alongside contractor
• Machinery maintenance. alongside contractor
• Helping/serving when entertaining 
• Help with caring for the family’s pets (1 large dog, 2 small dogs, 2 cats, and chickens/sheep/donkeys)
• Pet sit and house sit when the family are away

Working week: 5 days inc. weekends ( Days off Tuesday & Wednesday with a weekend off every 6 weeks).

Accom 3 bed cottage with own garden provided next door. All bills included (except Wi-Fi)

SALARY NEGOTIABLE DEPENDING ON PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE ASAP Start. (HU3938)

HIGHGATE LONDON N6
HOUSEPERSON/DRIVER/GENERAL ASSISTANT/MAINTENANCE
Live in/out

Long Term Hutchinson’s client with a very high tech, large SMART, modern apartment. The owner travels a lot and it is therefore essential that the applicant is capable of maintaining the home to very high standards, be self-sufficient and pro-active in dealing with contractors and deliveries etc.

A full time Household Manager and a Daily Housekeeper is also employed who has been with the family for years and also a Cook.

Duties will include care of cars, cleaning the patios and care of the roof garden. a good DIY person, who can replace light bulbs, clean the inside of the floor to ceiling windows, deal with heavier housework, knowing when to call in a contractor. Usually working weekends when the client is in residence and then all weekends free when she is away, which is 4-6 months each year.

The working hours will be approx. 9-6pm unless a dinner party is planned, when you would be expected to assist. Top negotiable salary for the right person –live out or live in with shared use of self-contained apartment in the same block as the clients’ is available. Driver with clean UK license  essential. Excellent, verifiable references required. ASAP start. (HU3574)

THE POSITION: 

Hutchinsons has successfully placed an experienced domestic couple at a part-residence in London.

The couple will be required to fulfill various household duties and are looking forward to their new role.

A top salary was achieved.   

THE POSITION:

Hutchinsons has successfully placed a highly experienced butler for this private client based at a large Estate in Atlanta, Georgia.  

The candidate achieved a top salary package and is looking forward to the role.   

THE POSITION 

Hutchinsons has successfully placed an experienced Estate Manager at a private residence in St Tropez.   

The position requires the candidate to have a vast skill-set and the ability to oversee and manage two villas on the property.

A competitive top salary was achieved.   

THE POSITION:

Hutchinsons has successfully placed an experienced Chalet Intendant to oversee and manage a large Chalet in the Alps.   Our clients required a candidate who was willing to work in a managerial and hands-on capacity who could consistently meet and exceed the expectations of the Principals.  A top salary was achieved for this role.  

THE POSITION:

Long-standing Hutchinsons client with multiple homes, required a new couple to manage the rural estate in Norfolk, as the preceding Hutchinson's couple returned to their home country after 9 years in the job.

The couple were required to care for both the main house and the grounds and be capable of the daily running and management of a large property.

Good management and communication skills were required as well as being totally hands-on. The couple achieved a top package and lovely accommodation.

THE POSITION 

An experienced gardener with very good maintenance skills was placed by Hutchinsons at a private residence in Central Oxford.

The role required the applicant to manage the garden, lawns, and planting.

The applicant received a top negotiable salary.  

THE POSITION

In Rutland, a wonderful family living on a beautiful estate needed the services of an all-round maintenance person. 

Within a week we had located an excellent candidate who had moved in and started the role at a competitive salary with a gorgeous cottage provided.