The Baronscourt Estate, Newtownstewart. Combining both great historical and architectural interest within a landscape of outstanding natural beauty, Baronscourt is a private, vibrant Estate operating a mix of modern and traditional business activities.

Hours of work: Monday – Friday, 8am to 2pm (occasional evening & weekends)

Salary: £11.00 per hour

Abercorn Estates is seeking to recruit a new River Watcher/Ghillie to assist with the management of the Estate’s fishery.

The fishery, enjoyed by a mixture of private, syndicated and day rods, offers some of the best angling experiences and opportunities in the region, with many of its beats renowned for the quality of fishing on offer. As a result of sustained investment by the Estate, the fishery today benefits from excellent river access and high-quality facilities in the form of vehicular access and parking, and two fishing huts with associated facilities.

The successful applicant will be responsible for maintaining the Estate’s fishery (such as strimming, cleaning, property maintenance and repairs), guiding guests and bailiffing its waters, as well as assisting the Estate Office with the administration and delivery of bookings.

An application form, Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded using the button links below. Interested candidates will be asked to complete and submit the application form, along with a covering letter, by no later than 1700h Friday 24th February 2023.

Baronscourt Estate is seeking to appoint a full-time deerstalker to manage the Estate’s wild deer herd.

Baronscourt Estate, situated in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, extends to 5,500 acres and is a diverse, mixed rural business. The successful applicant will be responsible for delivering the Estate’s deer management objectives, principally ensuring deer numbers are in balance with the Estate’s wider land management objectives.

This is an exciting opportunity for the successful applicant. Baronscourt Estate is renowned for its long history of professional deer management. The Estate is equipped with a high-quality Approved Game Handling Establishment and an extensive network of high seats and deer lawns.

The Estate has a highly successful venison business, achieving sustained success through the internationally recognised Great Taste Awards. A popular BASC Exclusive Deerstalking Scheme has been in place since 2015 and the Estate regularly hosts DSC 1 and other deer management courses. The Estate adopts a comprehensive and modern approach to deer management – alongside annual deer counts, detailed record keeping and statistics and herbivore impact assessments, it has more recently adopted the use of thermal drone technology to better inform its deer management strategy.

Baronscourt has a significant and expanding commercial forestry business and is in the process of converting its entire forested estate to Continuous Cover Forestry, at the heart of which is a reliance on the natural regeneration of trees. The successful candidate will join the Estate at a crucial and exciting point in its history as they will work with the existing team to deliver the transformation in the management of not only its forestry but its wider land holding.

At times the successful candidate will also be required to assist the Game Department with the requirements of the Estate’s driven gamebird shoot.

Due to the nature of the position, the candidate must live on or in very close proximity to the Estate and accommodation can be provided by the Estate.

An application form, Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded using the button links below. Interested candidates will be asked to complete and submit the application form, along with a covering letter, by no later than 1700h Friday 3rd March 2023.

Baronscourt Estate is seeking to appoint a full-time resident underkeeper to assist the Head Gamekeeper in all sporting and wider Estate activities.

The Baronscourt shoot consists of both family, syndicated and let driven gamebird shooting. The renowned shoot is professionally run to the highest standards and the Estate is seeking a motivated, competent individual to join its experienced and dedicated gamekeeping team. As well as having experience in game bird management, the successful applicant will be required to assist with the management of the Estate’s herd of wild Sika Deer, therefore applicants should ideally have deerstalking experience and possess the DSC Level 1 qualification.

An application form, Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded using the button links below. Interested candidates will be asked to complete and submit the application form, along with a covering letter, by no later than 1700h Friday 24th February 2023.