Job Vacancies

We are the county’s leading recruiter when it comes to placing candidates into rural and sporting employment.

Land and Sporting Agency Positions

JM Osborne Rural and Sporting are always looking for enthusiastic, committed and talented individuals to join our expanding team. Whether you are an experienced professional or looking for your first position, please do get in touch with us to discuss your next career move.

In doing so, please send your covering letter and CV to jobs@jmosborne.co.uk

Sporting and Rural Employment

We are heavily involved in the employment of Gamekeepers and other rural estate employees throughout the country. We regularly recruit Gamekeepers in particular to some of the Country’s most prestigious Estate’s.

We are always looking for highly motivated individuals, so please do send your covering letter and CV to jobs@jmosborne.co.uk

Sporting and Rural Employment

Grouse Moor Beatkeeper – Scottish Borders

Location: Scottish Borders

Date posted: 11 April 2024

Salary: POA

An experienced Beatkeeper is sought to join an expanding team on one of Scotland’s most prestigious Grouse Moors. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate with an attractive package offer including a competitive salary, high-quality accommodation and an Estate vehicle. Apply with detailed CV to: JM Osborne Rural & Sporting, Unit 11 & 12, Vantage ...

Sporting and Rural Employment

Gamekeeper / Estate Person – Wiltshire

Location: Wiltshire

Date posted: 4th April 2024

Salary: POA

We are looking to fill a very attractive position on a modest sized Wiltshire Estate which has been recently purchased. The successful applicant will have good gamekeeping experience as the owner wants to establish and run a modest sized family Shoot with Pheasants and Partridges. In addition, the successful candidate will do general maintenance work around the Estate ...

Sporting and Rural Employment

Partridge Keeper – Marrakech, Morocco

Location: Marrakech, Morocco

Date posted: 27th March 2024

Salary: POA

This is possibly the most exciting keepering job which has come on to the market for a very long time. We have been asked to find a new Keeper for an outstanding High Bird Partridge Shoot in Morocco, approximately 15 miles outside of Marrakech. You will be expected to live and work out there between the months of September and February each season, but for the rest of th...

Sporting and Rural Employment

Grouse Moor Beatkeeper

Location: Moorfoot Hills, Scotland

Date posted: 26th February 2024

Salary: POA

A Beatkeeper is required for a prestigious Grouse Moor in the Moorfoot Hills. This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate. They will be joining a highly motivated team and will be responsible for running a prominent beat. A very attractive package together with the best possible opportunity of advancement. Apply with detailed CV to: JM ...

Sporting and Rural Employment

Grouse Moor HeadKeeper

Location: North of England

Date posted: 7th February 2024

Salary: POA

We require a new Headkeeper for an 8,000 acre Grouse Moor with two Beatkeepers. This is a very exciting opportunity to further improve this Moorland Estate, working for extremely keen owners. You will need to be an experienced Grouse Keeper with a track record of producing Grouse, hard working, very forward thinking, proactive and able to work well with others. ...

Sporting and Rural Employment

Beatkeeper – Scottish Highlands

Location: Scottish Highlands

Date posted: 14th January 2024

Salary: POA

An experienced Beatkeeper is sought for this highly respected Moorland Estate. The successful candidate would join the existing very motivated keepering team and be responsible for the running of their own beat. Excellent housing and renumeration are provided. Apply with detailed CV to: JM Osborne Rural & Sporting, Unit 11 & 12, Vantage Business Park, Bloxham Roa...

Sporting and Rural Employment

Pheasant and Partridge Keeper – Moorfoot Hills

Location: Moorfoot Hills - East Central Scotland

Date posted: 4th January 2024

Salary: POA

We are looking for a very high-quality and experienced pheasant and partridge keeper for a prestigious Scottish Estate located in the Moorfoot Hills. The successful applicant will be responsible for the pheasant and partridge shoot but will report to the overall Headkeeper. They will need to be able to work alone as well as with the grouse keepers. The positi...

Land and Sporting Agency Position

Sporting Agent – William Powell Sporting

Location: Banbury

Date posted: 3rd January 2024

Salary: POA

Due to significant growth on the Sporting Agency side of our business, we are looking to recruit another Sporting Agent for William Powell Sporting. The work is very varied and will include assisting with the sale and running of shoot days. However, you will also be involved in a wide range of other sporting-related work. This will include assisting with the running of Game...

Land and Sporting Agency Position

Administrator

Location: Banbury

Date posted: 18 December 2023

Salary: POA

JM Osborne Rural & Sporting and William Powell Sporting are an independent firm of Rural Surveyors, Land and Sporting Agents, operating throughout the UK. Job description We are seeking a highly capable Administrator who has strong administration experience to include working with Microsoft Office 365 products, managing multiple email accounts, composing and sending ...

Sporting and Rural Employment

Beatkeeper – Scottish Borders

Location: Scottish Borders

Date posted: 2 November 2023

Salary: POA

An experienced Beatkeeper is sought to join an expanding team on one of Scotland’s most prestigious Grouse Moors. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate with an attractive package offer including a competitive salary, high-quality accommodation and an Estate vehicle. Location: Scottish Borders Apply with detailed CV to: JM Osborne Rural & Sporti...

Land and Sporting Agency Position

Land Agent / Rural Assistant

Location: Based in Banbury

Date posted: 4 October 2023

Salary: POA

JM Osborne Rural and Sporting are a specialist firm of Rural Chartered Surveyors and Land Agents, who specialise in private client work in the rural environment. Our young and energetic office are involved in work throughout the UK, specialising in Estate Management and Sporting Work. We are seeking an engaging individual who wants to work in a diverse Rural business enviro...

Sporting and Rural Employment

BEATKEEPER

Location: Phoines Estate, Scotland

Date posted: 22 September 2023

Salary: POA

An experienced Beatkeeper is sought for this highly respected Moorland Estate in the Highlands. The successful candidate would join the existing very motivated keepering team and be responsible for the running of their own beat. Excellent housing and renumeration are provided. Location: Scotland Apply with detailed CV to: JM Osborne Rural & Sporting, Unit 1...

Sporting and Rural Employment

Beat Keeper on an exceptional Islay Estate

Location: Island of Islay, Southern Hebrides on the West coast of Scotland

Date posted: 8 September 2023

Salary: POA

We are looking for a Beatkeeper to help on a family Estate on the Island of Islay, extending to 55,000 acres. The Shoot comprises wild pheasant, woodcock, duck, grouse and deer. This is a wonderfully varied role for someone wanting to experience keepering at its very best. This is truly a wild bird Shoot meaning predator control and the creation and maintenance of ric...

Sporting and Rural Employment

WILLIAM POWELL GUNROOM ASSISTANT

Location: Banbury, Oxfordshire

Date posted: 16 August 2023

Salary: POA

William Powell are looking for a bright, personable and hardworking individual very interested in guns and shooting, to work in our Gunroom and Showroom. You will work in a friendly and customer focussed retail environment, helping with gun and cartridge sales and repairs, the testing of guns, as well as the sale of shooting accessories and clothing. Working a 5-day work...

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TRAINEE GROUSE KEEPER

Location: North Pennines

Date posted: 11 October 2022

Salary: POA

A Trainee Grouse Keeper is required for one of England’s finest Grouse Moors. The successful applicant will join an exceptional team and spend time with each of the current Keepers as part of their training. This is a superb opportunity for a first-rate person to work on a prestigious Estate. Excellent accommodation and an attractive renumeration package together wi...

Sporting and Rural Employment

Headkeeper

Location: Island of Islay, Southern Hebrides on the West coast of Scotland

Date posted: 23 March 2023

Salary: POA

We are looking for an exceptional experienced Keeper, to take charge of perhaps the most exciting, varied as well as one of the most productive wild bird Shoots in the country. The Islay Estate extends to approximately 55,000 acres on the Island of Islay, with grouse, woodcock, snipe, wild pheasants, ducks and geese as well as significant stalking and fishing. It is a veritabl...

Land and Sporting Agency Position

Rural Assistant

Location: Banbury, Oxfordshire

Date posted: 27 February 2023

Salary: POA

We are a firm of Land Agents, heavily involved in Sporting but also a wide range of other work, operating throughout the UK. We are a very busy office, with a staff of 10, overwhelmingly young. We are also closely associated with our sister businesses, William Powell and William Powell Sporting. We are looking for a bright, energetic assistant, who wants to work...

Sporting and Rural Employment

Single Handed Pheasant Keeper – Southern Scotland

Location: Edinburgh - Southern Scotland

Date posted: 23 March 2022

Salary: POA

Gamekeeper Required for Prestigious Family ShootThis is an outstanding position for an experienced and ambitious keeper.Offering a significant remuneration package including accommodation. Location: Southern Scotland Apply with detailed CV to: JM Osborne Rural & Sporting, Carrs House, Tramway, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 5TD email: jobs@jmosborne.co.uk ...

Sporting and Rural Employment

BEATKEEPER – Highland Estate

Location: Scottish Highlands

Date posted: 23 March 2022

Salary: POA

A Beatkeeper is sought for one of the Scottish highlands premium grouse moors. They will join the existing highly motivated team and have responsibility for the running of their own Beat. This is a superb opportunity to work on this prestigious Estate with excellent accommodation and an attractive remuneration package, together with the best possibility of advancement ...

Sporting and Rural Employment

Grouse Beatkeeper – North Pennines

Location: North Pennines

Date posted: 21 March 2022

Salary: POA

An experienced Beatkeeper is sought for a highly respected Moorland Estate in the North Pennines. The successful candidate would join the existing very motivated keepering team and be responsible for the running of their own beat on this very famous and prestigious Grouse Estate. Excellent housing and renumeration are provided. Apply with detailed CV to: JM Osborne Ru...

Land and Sporting Agency Positions

In doing so, please send your covering letter and CV to jobs@jmosborne.co.uk

Sporting and Rural Employment

We are always looking for highly motivated individuals, so please do send your covering letter and CV to jobs@jmosborne.co.uk