Jobs on the Isle of Harris
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Processing Team
AdPosted by Scottish Sea Farms LtdUp to £25,028 per annumFull TimeWe have an exciting opportunity to join our processing team at our Shian processing plant.
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Office Manager/Senior Administrator
Ad Work from home PopularPosted by NWMCWC LtdPart TimeWe are seeking an experienced office manager/senior administrator. Come and join a dynamic, hardworking, and committed volunteer team. We are looking for a self-motivated person to assist the Board and to run our office.
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Environmental Clerk of Works/Environmental Advisor
PopularPosted by Redstart UK£30,000 to £40,000 per annumFull TimeWe are delighted to be supporting our client, Stagfire Ecological Surveys, to recruit an experienced Environmental Clerk of Works/Environmental Advisor with an ecology and/or construction background.
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Relief Laundry/ Domestic Assistants, Harris House (3065) - CNS04698
Posted by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar£13.57 per hourFull TimeAdvert Relief Laundry/ Domestic Assistants, Harris House £13.57 per hour, inclusive of £1.42 per hour Distant Islands Allowance The Care Home requires staff to cover periods of annual leave and sickness absence. You will have...
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Domestic Assistant, Harris House (0873) - CNS04688
Posted by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar£26,182 to £27,030 per annumFull TimeAdvert Domestic, Harris House (0873) 19 hours Per Week, Permanent post £13,444 - £13,583 per annum, inclusive of £1,408 per annum Distant Islands Allowance Required for 19 hours per week at Harris House. You will...
Living on Harris
You will often hear Harris referred to as ‘the Isle of Harris’; though strictly it is part of the same island as ‘the Isle of Lewis’, Lewis and Harris have two distinctly separate communities.
It is also the birthplace of that famous Scottish cloth, Harris Tweed which is beloved by crofters and haute couture alike. So it is no surprise to hear that Harris has its own tartan designed by a group of sixth-year pupils at its Sir E. Scott secondary school in Tarbert. The school serves the whole of Harris and neighbouring Scalpay with a primary and secondary department to sixth year. Ferries sail from Tarbert to Uig on Skye or there is the option to travel via Stornoway on Lewis for a ferry to Ullapool and or catch a flight from its airport which is linked to Glasgow and Inverness.
Neighbouring Lewis is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, the Western Isles Council, and NHS Western Isles and the main hospital for the Outer Hebrides.
This is the Gaelic heartland and the language and culture and especially its music feature strongly across island life.
For a small island the variety of landscapes on Harris is mind-boggling. In places the craggy boulder-strewn landscapes looks almost lunar, then you reach the west coast of the island and the miles of white sand beach and turquoise seas look like they have been stolen from the Caribbean.
Needless to say Harris attracts a good number of tourists and the hospitality sector, crofting, fishing and public sector account for the major part of employment.