Could you help the King to manage his Norfolk estate?

Charles III is looking for a buildings manager to look after properties at Sandringham.

The royal estate's website says: "The Sandringham Estate is looking to recruit an experienced buildings manager with a strong understanding and proven record of operational efficiency in maintaining, improving and developing an extensive mixed property portfolio."

Eastern Daily Press: The King inherited the Sandringham Estate after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II passed away in September, 2022 Picture: Ian BurtThe King inherited the Sandringham Estate after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II passed away in September, 2022 Picture: Ian Burt (Image: Ian Burt)

The monarch inherited the 20,000-acre estate five miles from King's Lynn after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died on September 8 last year.

It includes tenanted farms and a country park, along with pine woods, marshland and nature reserves. 

It also includes rented cottages in surrounding villages including West Newton, Wolferton and Anmer, the former Park House hotel, the Royal Stud and social clubs.

Eastern Daily Press: A view of Sandringham House from across the park A view of Sandringham House from across the park (Image: Newsquest)

There is also a gift shop selling Sandringham-branded gifts and souvenirs and a restaurant in the visitor centre.

The King has been managing the running of the estate since he took over the management from his late father, the Duke of Edinburgh, in 2017.

One of the first changes he oversaw was to turn it over to organic farming methods.

Eastern Daily Press: The King is a keen supporter of conservation at Sandringham, including a scheme to bolster numbers of the curlew Picture: Martin Hayward-SmithThe King is a keen supporter of conservation at Sandringham, including a scheme to bolster numbers of the curlew Picture: Martin Hayward-Smith (Image: Martin Hayward-Smith)

He has also been the driving force behind a programme of "ecological delivery" which includes hedge and tree planting, along with leaving wide margins around fields to encourage insects for birds to feed on.

The King has also become a leading light in the programme to bolster numbers of the threatened curlew.

Sandringham's extensive gardens have also been under renovation, with an emphasis on protecting rare and native plants.

Eastern Daily Press: The topiary garden which will replace the lawn at Sandringham Picture: Sandringham EstateThe topiary garden which will replace the lawn at Sandringham Picture: Sandringham Estate (Image: Sandringham Estate)

The lawn in front of Sandringham House is being replaced by a topiary garden more suited to the shift towards hotter, drier summers.

Queen Victoria first acquired the estate in 1862, when she bought the then Sandringham Hall as a country residence for Prince Albert.