Scottish recruitment site HiJOBS is seeking a couple to take on roles as a live-in estate workers on the remote Isle of Rona, near Skye.
Doubling the island population to four, it’s a prefect job for anyone looking for true ‘remote working’ - being completely off-grid and only accessible by private boat.
Offering full-time salary for the estate worker and part-time hours for their partner, the package also includes accommodation on the five-mile-long island.
Already one of the most viewed jobs on the website this year, the positions are supporting an entrepreneurial couple who run self-catering cottages on the island, alongside their venison business.
Responsibilities will include management and logistics on the estate, its holiday properties and assistance with deer management.
The island’s solar panels, generators and inverters will need maintaining, along with equipment including boats, digger and other machinery. Candidates don’t necessarily need to be skilled already in these areas, but must be willing to learn.
Rona provides its own entertainment in the form of dolphin-spotting, dark sky star-gazing, foraging and getting to know the 180-strong deer population.
A private chartered boat leaves and returns to the island just once a week. But if something is forgotten from the nearest shop on neighbouring Skye, the new recruit can enjoy fine-dining Rona-style, thanks to its larder of venison, langoustines, squat lobsters and wild mushrooms.
Bill Cowie, island manager for the Ardochy & Rona Estate, said: “We’re looking for an enthusiastic estate worker and partner who will really throw themselves into our island life and outdoor work.
“Someone just like the island itself – self-sufficient, resilient and perhaps a little rugged.
“The island is our home and living, and we know the right candidate will fall in love with it just as we have.”
Laura Saunders, founder and commercial director at HiJOBS, added: “It’s always been a priority at HiJOBS to help promote job opportunities across Scotland’s rural and Highland communities.
“This role is the complete embodiment of that, so I’m not surprised it’s one of our most popular job ads of 2023 to date.”
HiJOBS has nearly 1,400 Scottish jobs currently posted in 956 towns and villages, from Shetland to the Borders. It claims that more than 80% of the workforce in the Highlands and Islands are registered with the site, allowing for niche specialisms in Scotland’s growing job sectors, including aquaculture and renewable energy.
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