About The Wigtown Ploughman
In March 2025, the Wigtown Community Inn Community Benefit Society formally reopened the building at 30 South Main Street after three years of closure to the public, with the help of a large asset grant awarded by South of Scotland Enterprise. The Wigtown Ploughman Ltd, the commercial company set up for pub, hotel and food-service trading, now employs 4 part-time bar staff and is run with the help of a 10-person volunteer Management Committee.
The Wigtown Ploughman is a community-owned building with over 440 members. The vision for it to be an inn and a Community Hub can only be achieved by working together as a cohesive unit consisting of both volunteers and paid staff. That’s where we need your help.
We’re hiring
- Pay: £12.60 per hour. We are a Real Living Wage Employer
- Employer: The Wigtown Ploughman Ltd
- Start date: As soon as possible
- Job type: Part-time
We expect this role to involve roughly 4-6 hours per week to start off with, but cleaning requirements may increase on busier weeks with additional opening hours or food events held on-site.
When we are ready to start opening up our accommodation offering, we will be looking to increase the hours attached to this role to service guest turnovers. Candidates will be considered based on suitable experience and a willingness to increase their hours over the summer and festival season.
Shift and schedule: Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings, start times negotiable.
Location: The Wigtown Ploughman, 30 South Main Street, Wigtown
Overview
We’re looking for a reliable cleaner to join our team at The Wigtown Ploughman on South Main Street in Wigtown.
Our ideal candidate is a dedicated and detail-oriented person who can be flexible and responsive to changing needs as the business develops. You will have previous experience, preferably in cleaning commercial premises. This will involve knowledge of hygiene standards, safe cleaning practices, hazards and safe waste disposal. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact with customers, team members and suppliers, and strong time-management skills.
Duties will include general cleaning of the bar, lounge, beer garden, floors, toilets, and any/all other seating/public access areas.
As this role increases to cover the guest accommodation, cleaning duties will include thorough turnover cleans of a three-bedroom self-catering flat, and eventually four additional hotel rooms along with the guest stairwell and landing space.
All cleaning products and equipment will be provided for this role.
Contract information
This role will be offered subject to suitable references on a guaranteed hours basis, with pro-rata holiday pay and statutory pension requirements. A permanent contract will be offered upon the satisfactory completion of a three-month probationary period.
Further Information
Community, respect, and excellence are the foundations of The Wigtown Ploughman. We pride ourselves on listening to the needs of the community and doing the right thing. That naturally extends to being an inclusive, equal opportunities employer and endeavouring to provide you with the tools, training and support that you need in order to thrive.
How to apply
Please send an email to jobs@thewigtownploughman.co.uk telling us why you’d like to be considered for the position. If you have a CV, please attach that to the email too, and provide contact details of two references. Thank you.