Experienced Bench Jeweller

Company

Tessa Metcalfe Jewellery

Location

6 Laystall Street, Hatton Garden EC1R 4PA

Salary

Starting salary: £27,450 per annum pro rata (£22 per/hour)

Type

Part time - 3 days per week

Published

Deadline

Experienced Bench Jeweller

Tessa Metcalfe Jewellery

6 Laystall Street, Hatton Garden EC1R 4PA

Type: Part time - 3 days per week

Starting salary: £27,450 per annum pro rata (£22 per/hour)

I am looking for an experienced jeweller to join our small workshop team to lovingly handmake my jewellery from start to finish in small batches.

You need to have a minimum of three years workshop experience and be proficient in both cast and handmade jewellery making techniques.

You need a sentiment that enjoys getting your head into a repetitive task like cleaning up a pile of castings or soldering chain, completing each to a high standard. Everything is made in our small workshop from start to finish so we require a full range of jewellery making skills to assist in creating both collection and one-off jewellery designs.

But this is not just a bench work job, I am looking for someone with the ability to understand jewellery production at every level, to oversee workflow and create efficient change where needed.

I am looking for someone that would love the challenge of working out the best way to create a new and complicated design that I’ve come up with. That would relish thinking through how best to make things discussing all the possibilities together.

You need initiative and good problem solving skills, we are a really small team so you need to be both enthusiastic, calm and self lead.

As one woman running this company, designing and making everything in house, I rely heavily on a few people to support me to make this all work.

The position is well paid and only three days a week to support you within your own creative process also. I am looking for someone that this suits long term, if that’s not you for whatever reason then please do not apply.

Skills Required

Proficient at cleaning up castings quickly and accurately to a high standard
Soldering gold and silver
Filing and finishing
Pre-polish prep and polishing
Sizing and resizing rings
Wax working skills
Good time management and production planning
Quality control and communication skills
Organised and self-lead, reliable with a very keen eye for detail
Enjoy working as part of a small team

Extra Skills (not essential but worth mentioning)

Stone setting
Gemmology knowledge
Confident and experienced handmade skills; making collets etc
... Please mention anything else that might be useful

The Details

Part time - 3 days per week
Starting salary: £27,450 per annum for 3days per week incl. holiday and sick pay.
(£22 per/hour)
Optional PAYE salary including pension after trial period

To Apply

Applications should be sent in one email including:

your full name,
telephone number,
attachments
and answers.

Part One

Photos of three pieces of work you have made that show the breadth of your skillset. Please state if any elements or processes were not done by you, ie: stone setting, polishing.
Links to a website or social media for your work where we might see more examples if needed.
A list of your professional jewellery making experience with dates for each. Also any jewellery making qualifications/education/apprenticeship that you have completed.

Part Two

Within the same email please type your answers to the following questions numbered as they are here:

Why do you want to work for a small company and what challenges do you think that could bring?
What do you enjoy most about jewellery making? What do you think you would enjoy most about working with us?
What experience do you have that you think makes you most suitable for this role and what did you learn there?
How does working a three day week fit in with your other commitments? What else do you do?

Application Process

I have designed a blind application process so it is important that everyone follows the same format as described above. All answers to questions and pictures of work will we reviewed separately to remove any unconscious bias that might occur. If your work is exceptional, I won’t be swayed by lack of fancy experience. If you’re my mates sister and we had a pint one time, I won’t know, you’ll be judged on your skills only.

Successful applicants will be asked to come for an in person interview.
Following that we will hold a limited number of paid practical workshop trial shifts.

Looking forward to hearing from you and seeing all the lovely things you make!

Application Deadline

Applications should be sent in one email including all information and attachments by midnight on the 1st of April, 2026 in a single PDF document.

APPLY HERE

www.tessametcalfe.co.uk/pages/job-application-jeweller

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

About Tessa Metcalfe Jewellery

Cast from pigeon's feet Tessa’s work creates jewellery objects and wearable artworks that celebrate the undesirable. Tessa Metcalfe Jewellery is a small independent company with self taught roots that has now been going for over 15 years. We have a beautiful workshop situated just round the corner from Hatton Garden on Laystall Street where we handmake both the collection and one of a kind designs using both traditional and experimental techniques.

www.tessametcalfe.co.uk

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