Private Residence Butler
Residential hospitality service is a growing employment sector for skilled and experienced hospitality and customer service trained employees who wish to practise their trade in the private residences of successful, high net worth individuals.
For people who work harder and longer than ever before, for whom leisure time is precious, having someone to manage their personal life is no longer a luxury, indeed it's a necessity.
Rising numbers of professional couples are combining a variety of outsourced personal services into the single role of a butler as they seek to elevate standards of presentation and service in their homes.
The job of a butler / house manager is demanding, challenging, stimulating, frustrating, mundane, rewarding and exciting. No other job is quite like it.
One minute you might be organising the wardrobe of designer labels or making beds with luxury percale bed linen, the next you're on a helicopter on your way to the private yacht, beach house or country retreat and the next shopping for crystal and porcelain. One day you're organizing a formal function for one hundred guests and the next day an intimate family barbecue.
Today's butler is a jack of all trades - IT expert, financial whiz, organiser extraordinaire, psychologist, dog-walker, chauffeur and chef. The service provided may be formal or informal – but it must be, at all times, professional and discreet.
Employment Opportunities
Increased global wealth and demand for luxury products is driving an upward trend in lifestyle management services. Opportunities for a career as a professional service provider exist in:
- private residences
- government houses and diplomatic residences
- luxury hotels and five star resorts
- private yachts and cruise ships (requires additional training)
- executive jets (requires additional training) and luxury trains
- corporate offices and event organisations
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A career with benefits
With so much hard work and commitment required, what are the attractions of this as a career?
- Supporting the lifestyle of high profile individuals
- Challenges and opportunities for creative thinking
- Daily variation in work tasks and routine
- Opportunities for project management
- International travel
- Luxury surroundings
- Excellent salary packages for experienced career butlers
The salary range of a modern butler
Salary is based on a combination of factors including experience, range of skills, formal training and the duties and hours included in the specific job description. Butlers usually earn a salary between AU$60,000 and AU$100,000 annually plus benefits. For a generous remuneration, the modern butler must be flexible in duties, working hours and locations.