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There are opportunties for both volunteering and paid employment at Doddington. Volunteering We have a wonderful team of volunteers at Doddington involved in many aspects of running the House and Gardens. We give all necessary training and make a contribution towards out of pocket travel expenses. We hold a number of social events during the year for our volunteers and staff. We do need a regular commitment from our volunteers to ensure that the team runs smoothly and the role is rewarding. Volunteer House Stewards Our House stewards are the face of Doddington Hall for our visitors and are central members of the team, without whom we would be unable to open to the public. Volunteer stewards play a vital part in contributing to visitors’ safe enjoyment and understanding of the Hall, in creating ‘good lasting memories’, and in assisting with the overall security of the property. Volunteer House Stewards should expect to be involved in a variety of tasks - from welcoming visitors at Front of House, giving information to visitors about the history of the house and its contents, providing practical assistance and information to visitors when required, encouraging and helping children to complete Activity Sheets, assisting disabled and visually impaired visitors to use both the Virtual and Sensory Tours, dealing with visitor complaints, security issues and health and safety issues. If you are interested in volunteering at Doddington Hall as a House Steward, please download a Covering Letter, a House Steward Role Description and an Application Form. Please do contact us if you would like more information Volunteer gardeners We have a very exciting project underway in our Walled Kitchen Garden where in 2007 we brought a large area that has been fallow since the 50’s into production again. Our Head Kitchen Gardener Gavin Roberts is overseeing our Kitchen Garden's wide variety of heritage and traditional fruit and vegetables which are growing following organic principles. Volunteer gardeners at Doddington Hall should expect to be involved in a wide variety of garden tasks depending on the seasons and needs. These would range from working to set out paths and plots, organising composting, planting fruit trees, planting seeds, weeding, pruning, explaining what we are doing to visitors, harvesting and preparing fruit and vegetables for the new Farm Shop and Café. We should always attempt to make good use of any special skills or knowledge that you may have and shall work with you to try to ensure that and special objectives you have are met within the practical constraints of running a busy productive, safe, tidy and attractive garden. There are also lots of opportunities in the Ornamental Garden with our Head Gardener Jon Lawrance. These include care of our fabulous herbaceous borders and irises (as featured on BBC Gardeners’ World); care of roses, rhododendrons; care of our wild garden areas which are rich with naturalised spring bulbs; lawn and edging-work, clipping our extensive topiary and box edged parterres. To discover more, please feel very welcome to download a Volunteer Gardener Role Description , an Application Form and a Covering Letter. Or contact us for more information. Other volunteering opportunities We are always interested to hear from people who would like to volunteer or gain work experience in other areas such as in the estate office with clerical tasks such as mail-outs, publicity, reception work; on the estate and in the woods doing work such as forestry, clearing paths and rides, fencing etc. Paid employment Doddington Farm Shop and Café We are currently (07 July 2010) seeking a full-time experienced Office Administrator, to work in our busy and growing Farm Shop and Café. The successful applicant will be computer literate (Microsoft Office) and preferably with knowledge of Sage Line 50. A professional and responsible attitude is also desirable. The hours are 40 hours a week over 5 days. Salary dependant on relevant experience. Principle responsibilities include: Processing orders, stock takes & invoices through our POS system and Sage. Managing a system of filing, correspondence, records and documents relating to the business. Preparing weekly reports for the management team. Reconciling cash, daily takings, floats and petty cash. Answering the telephone and dealing with calls in an efficient manner. Closing Date 31st July 2010. Please apply in writing, enclosing cv to: Jenny Reeves. Doddington Farm Shop & Cafe, Doddington, Lincoln. LN6 4RU Schools officers Sorry, we do not require any schools officers at present.
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