Want to work for the Queen?

With unemployment on the rise in the U.S., there may be help across the pond - Queen Elizabeth II is hiring!

Do you want to add the British monarchy to your resume? Take a look at what jobs are open and what traditional roles are still in place. Do you have what it takes to work for Queen Elizabeth II?

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Ever wonder what it's like to work for Queen Elizabeth II? Well if you have a green thumb, your curiosity just might be rewarded! The queen is seeking a chief gardener to look after the grounds of Balmoral Castle, her Scottish retreat.

What does the job entail?

The position offers prestige, challenges and a chance to live on the castle's extensive grounds. According to the ad, the queen is seeking someone who is self motivated, has good management skills and requires minimal supervision.

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Scottish heather grows on the queen's Balmoral Estate on September 7, 2008. The Balmoral Estate is in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and is the private residence of the queen. Beloved by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Balmoral Castle has remained a favorite residence for the queen and her family during the summer holiday period in August and September.

The castle is located on the large Balmoral Estate, a working estate which aims to protect the environment while contributing to the local economy.

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The royal warrant is seen on the wall outside Chalmers Bakery in Balleter on September 7, 2008 in Ballater, Scotland. Royal warrants of appointment have been issued for centuries to those who supply goods or services to a royal court or certain royal personages.

The warrant enables the supplier to advertise the fact that they supply to the royal family, so lending prestige to the supplier. Shops and business in the town of Balleter have historically supplied the Balmoral Estate and display their warrants with pride.

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It takes a small village to run the royal grounds. That's why there's the royal household.

The royal household employs 1200 staff across a wide range of professions with varied skills including catering and hospitality, gardening, finance, secretarial, media relations, marketing, human resources, IT, property surveying and maintenance, equine management, visitor management and retail, furniture restoration, curatorship and strategic planning and research.

Pictured are members of the household brigade stand guard in front of Buckingham Palace, in London, on April 28, 2011.
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There are five main departments of the the royal household:

The Private Secretary's Office, which organizes the queen's official program, coordinates royal travel, handles media relations, undertakes official correspondence and manages records and archives.

The Privy Purse and Treasurers Office includes many of the organization's support functions, such as: Finance, human resources, IT and telecoms, internal audit and property services.

The Master of the Household's Department provides catering, hospitality and housekeeping for official state purposes as well as for individual members of the royal family.

The Lord Chamberlain's Office organizes ceremonial events and the distribution of honors, and includes the Royal Mews.

The Royal Collection is custodian of royal art and artifacts, and organizes the opening of the royal residences to the public.

Want to travel like royalty? Some employees get the chance to travel with the queen on overseas visits and during her visits to her private residences at Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House, according the to British monarchy's official website.

There's no shortage of music played when it comes to serving the queen.

The position of queen's piper is one of the highest accolades available to a piper serving in the armed forces. The piper is a member of the royal household whose principal duty is to play every weekday at 9 a.m. for about 15 minutes under the queen's window when she is in residence at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, the palace of Holyroodhouse or Balmoral Castle.

The current queen's piper, Pipe Major Derek Potter, is also responsible for the co-ordination of the twelve army pipers who play around the table after state banquets.

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The Keeper of the Privy Purse is head of the Privy Purse and Treasurer's Office and has overall responsibility for the management of the sovereign's financial affairs. He/she looks after the management of revenues which come to the sovereign from the Duchy of Lancaster.

The current Keeper of the Privy Purse is Sir Alan Reid who was appointed to his role in 2002.

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If you are a master of rhyme and prose, the queen takes notice.

The post of poet laureate is a special honor awarded to a poet whose work is of national significance. Originally the office involved writing court odes to mark occasions such as the sovereign's birthday, but nowadays the position is purely honorary. It is up to the individual poet to decide whether or not produce poetry for national occasions or royal events such as weddings and funerals.

Pictured is Queen Elizabeth II receiving the incoming poet laureate, Professor Carol Ann Duffy, inside Buckingham Palace in on July 9, 2009 in London. The post will be held for a fixed ten-year period.

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Queen Elizabeth II presents poet Gillian Clarke (right) with her gold medal for poetry watched by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, at Buckingham Palace on March 3, 2011 in London, England.

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Are you a science buff? The title Astronomer Royal is an honor awarded to a renowned scientist working in the field of astronomy. There are two officers, the senior being the title Astronomer Royal, which dates from 22 June 1675, and the second the post of Astronomer Royal for Scotland, which dates from 1834.

The position of Astronomer Royal is nowadays largely honorary, though he remains available to advise the sovereign on astronomical and related scientific matters.

Pictured: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks on as her grandson, Prince William (right) is conferred a Fellowship by President of the Royal Society Martin Rees, during the Royal Society's 350th anniversary convocation at the Royal Festival Hall, on June 23, 2010 in London.

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Maintaining the royal art collection is no easy feat - not only does it require extensive artistic knowledge and excellence - it requires a lot of security as well!

Established in 1987, the Royal Collection department manages the public opening of the official residences of the queen and of the official London residence of their royal highnesses, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. It is also responsible for the care of the royal collection, one of the world's greatest art collections.

Pictured: Staff at The Queen's Gallery at the Palace of Holyrood view "The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew" by Caravaggio on November 12, 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II walks with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge as they view the exhibitions for the summer opening of Buckingham Palace on July 22, 2011 in London, England.

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Members of the royal family don't stay put for long. They carry out nearly 3,000 official engagements in the United Kingdom and overseas every year. During five decades as sovereign, the queen has used every conceivable form of transportation - from elephant to barge.

Nowadays, there are more conventional forms of transportation, which include traditional carriages for ceremonial occasions, and state cars, the royal train and helicopter for engagements and visits in the U.K., and airplanes for overseas visits.

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Do you love animals? Well so does Queen Elizabeth - especially horses, and they too work for her and need upkeep. For centuries, horses have been a symbol of pomp and circumstance as well as strength throughout the bloodiest of battles.

In an official capacity, working horses are an important part of the day-to-day life of the royal household. They transport ambassadors to their audiences at Buckingham Palace, carry royal passengers and visiting heads of state, and on occasions such as Trooping the Colour and the state opening of parliament.

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The Queen feeds Joshua and Tinker, two donkeys rescued from slaughter who undertook a 702-mile royal donkey walk, as Holly Smith (left) and Rachel Dancer, their trainers, look on, on June 12, 1998.

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The British monarchy has kept a variety of pets and working animals for centuries, including the Corgi, the animal most famously associated with the Queen.

Her majesty is often accompanied to her residences across the U.K. and even occasionally to public events by her Corgis and Dorgis.

Pictured: Queen Elizabeth II arrives at King's Cross railway station in London on Oct. 15, 1969 with her four Corgis after holidays in Balmoral Castle in Scotland and before welcoming the U.S astronauts of Apollo 11 who walked on the Moon.

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