Château du Tertre
An impressive 19th Century Château, now our specialist French language centre in Normandy. Located in the village of Ambrières-les-Valées with grounds bordered by the River Varenne.
What jobs can I do here?
- Assistant Chef
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Aiding with the preparation and cooking of meals for our guests and staff, this role offers plenty of variety and challenge.
- Administrator
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To ensure our centre offices run like clockwork. Opportunities in the UK and for French and Spanish-speakers at our overseas centres.
- Group Leader / Activity Instructor
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The most popular job at PGL! If you're full of energy then this is the role for you: combining instructing and group leading, you'll lead activity sessions, organise evening entertainments and ensure your group enjoys the best stay possible.
- Catering Manager
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As a Catering Manager you will ensure the catering provision for guests and staff meets and exceeds their expectations at our centres.
- Chef
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Providing first class nutritious meals for our guests and staff team is no easy task, especially when you realise at some centres this could involve the preparation and serving of more than 3,000 meals a day!
- Chief Instructor
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As a Chief Instructor you will lead by example. You'll be an excellent team manager and have a passion for making sure that session and activities are delivered to the highest possible standard.
- General Assistant
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Combining several different roles on a rota basis, General Assistants take responsibility for the presentation of the centre and the organisation, storage, issue and care of all PGL's activity equipment.
- Catering Assistant
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Help to prepare and serve meals for our guests. Fantastic training opportunities available - no previous experience is required! Many of our Head Chefs joined us in this role, progressing on our Apprenticeship programme.
- Groundsperson
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Taking responsibility for the presentation of the centre, the Groundsperson role is vital to ensuring the appearance of our centres exceeds our guests' expectations.
- Head Chef (Overseas)
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Take charge of the catering operation at our centres in France and Spain, heading up a team of Chefs and Catering Assistants and preparing meals for our guests.
- Head Group Leader
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If you've got first class customer service skills and can demonstrate a passion for multi-tasking then this is for you. You'll lead a team of Group Leaders and oversee everything from evening entertainments, morning wake ups and keeping the kids busy between sessions.
- Language Rep
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Build on and perfect your language skills at our Château in Normandy! You'll deliver a mixture of classroom and practical language lessons, plus take your group on excursions to the local area and deliver our core land-based activities.
- Maintenance Assistant
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Keeping on top of things when there are hundreds of children passing through your centre week after week is certainly a challenge. You could be painting rooms, building fences, fixing leaky taps and changing plugs ... all in the same day!
- Maintenance Manager
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We're looking for suitably experienced maintenance specialists to oversee the facilities at our centres across the UK and France.
- Retail Supervisor
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This senior position oversees the retail functions of the centre - the bar, gift shop and vending units around the site to ensure profits are maximised.
- Senior Group Leader
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Responsible for the day to day running of our guest care department, this role involves close liaison with teachers, overseeing the evening entertainments programme and managing a team of Group Leaders.