Applying for Childcare Roles When applying for roles, whether through Pembury Partners or elsewhere, it is always necessary to provide clear, concise information about yourself. This is especially important with childcare roles, for example nannies and governesses, where your experience and vetting is paramount. With any roles involving children, a valid DBS (Disclosure and Barring…
Living and Working in Saudi Arabia Seen by many as the heart of the Middle East, Saudi Arabia (or KSA as it’s also known) has long enjoyed a fruitful relationship with the UK. Over 30,000 British nationals live there as expats, and there are more than two hundred current joint ventures between British and Saudi…
Private Portfolio Manager A family office is, as you are no doubt aware, essentially a private consultancy firm that provides wealth management and associated services to an individual and their family. Often there will be a small team of people involved (although of course this varies – some family offices might be larger, and others…
Wimbledon & Sports Performance Chefs We at Pembury Partners are always delighted to be justified in breaking out the strawberries and cream, finding our sun hats (and umbrellas: this is, after all, England) and preparing for that unique racquet-hits-ball sound to reverberate around the leafy London suburb of SW19. Wimbledon is upon us once again.…
Travelling Roles One of the perks, in many people’s eyes, of working within a private household is the possibility of travel with the principals. This of course varies a good deal from household to household, with some residences having their staff in one place at all times, and others travelling as an entourage. Depending on…
Household Staff of the Future – Part 2 Not the sequel to a superhero movie, but following directly on from last week’s piece about household staff roles we take a look at butlers, chauffeurs and house managers. This is intended to provide a very brief guide to each role, for those candidates who think they…
Household Staff of the Future This is not, as you may think from the title, a new Marvel movie, but the first piece in an occasional series providing guidance for those candidates who think they might like to work in private households. We thought it might be helpful to take a brief look at the…
The Benefits of Employing a Governess A governess, as we’ve mentioned before, is someone employed within a private household to teach the family’s children. The role is not to be confused with that of a nanny – a governess focusses on education, rather than caring for the development of young children. The male equivalent is…
Recruitment Conduct: Help Us to Help You We receive hundreds of applications for the roles for which we recruit, and deal with many, many people as a result. Those that tend to be successful in the application process often have a number of attributes in common – not necessarily in terms of their skills, but…
What Kind of Chef is Right for You? How do you decide what kind of chef is right for your home? One size does most definitely not fit all when it comes to food, so it naturally follows that there is a veritable smorgasbord of chefs to prepare it. Some people might require a full…
