London:
Attention: Job seekers! Wanted: A Royal gardener for the British Queen. Workplace: Buckingham Palace. Salary: 17,000 pounds. Accommodation: Free.
In fact, the Buckingham Palace has advertised for the position for the second time in three months and is offering a higher salary in the hope of attracting more applicants for the 39-hours-a-week job.
In October, the vacant post of "senior gardener" was advertised on the Royal Household website. The position, which involved maintaining the royal lawns to the highest standards, came with a salary of 15,750 pounds, plus accommodation. But despite the prestige of the role and rising rates of unemployment, few takers for the position forced the Queen to advertise for the job again on the royal website -- this time offering a salary of 17,000 pounds, an increase of 7.9 per cent, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.
The new job comes with accommodation in central London and involves heading a team of three to four gardeners, maintaining the palace lawns and tending to shrub, herbaceous and rose borders.
The applicant must be willing to conduct wildlife surveys, and will have to carry out "leaf clearing operations on all surfaces, paying particular attention to the shrub beds by not using machinery, which will encourage the development of the wildlife", according to the advertisement.
The new gardener must hold a formal qualification in horticulture and have "substantial relevant horticultural experience" preferably including ornamental lawns or sports grounds, its says.
In fact, the Buckingham Palace has advertised for the position for the second time in three months and is offering a higher salary in the hope of attracting more applicants for the 39-hours-a-week job.
In October, the vacant post of "senior gardener" was advertised on the Royal Household website. The position, which involved maintaining the royal lawns to the highest standards, came with a salary of 15,750 pounds, plus accommodation. But despite the prestige of the role and rising rates of unemployment, few takers for the position forced the Queen to advertise for the job again on the royal website -- this time offering a salary of 17,000 pounds, an increase of 7.9 per cent, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.
The new job comes with accommodation in central London and involves heading a team of three to four gardeners, maintaining the palace lawns and tending to shrub, herbaceous and rose borders.
The applicant must be willing to conduct wildlife surveys, and will have to carry out "leaf clearing operations on all surfaces, paying particular attention to the shrub beds by not using machinery, which will encourage the development of the wildlife", according to the advertisement.
The new gardener must hold a formal qualification in horticulture and have "substantial relevant horticultural experience" preferably including ornamental lawns or sports grounds, its says.
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