Work with us

We have a great team who help celebrate, protect and develop this much loved National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site.

If you are innovative and enthusiastic, with a flexible 'can do' attitude, then we want you to come and join our team.

Annual pay award 2023

The local government annual pay award for 2023/2024 is currently being negotiated and this will be applied and backdated to the start date of the successful candidates once agreed.

Lakeshore staff helping customers with boats on Lake Windermere

Jobs at Brockhole on Windermere

We also have job vacancies at Brockhole on Windermere, a family attraction with boat hire, activities, shop, cafe and restaurant on the shores of Windermere between Bowness and Ambleside. Our Learning and Engagement Team are based here, offering school visits and nature-inspired family activities.

Current job vacancies

Halloween Event Assistants (Brockhole)

Salary: £11.78 per hour (including holiday pay)

Closing date: Tuesday 31 October 2023

The Brockhole Halloween Experience is a one of the largest and best Halloween events in the Lake District and we’re now hiring extra staff to join our teams to make this annual spooktacular an event to remember. This is fun and enjoyable way to earn extra cash, and whatsmore, you'll be paid in November, so get in touch soon!

Casual Car Park Operative

Salary: £11.78 per hour (including holiday pay)

We're hiring Casual Car Park Operative to join our small and friendly car park team, based at the Coniston Boating Centre, but working throughout the National Park. We manage up to 40 car parks stretching from Buttermere to Windermere, and Ravenglass to Scouts Scar.

Farming in Protected Landscapes Monitoring Officer

Salary: £23,143-£26,459 per annum pro rata* (pending pay award)

Closing date: Sunday 01 October 2023

We are looking for an experienced project administrator to provide coordination and supporting the monitoring, evaluation and organisation of our Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) programme.

Farming Officer

Salary: £30,274 to £35,726 per annum (pay award pending)

Closing date: Sunday 01 October 2023

We’re looking for a Farming Officer to be a friendly farmer communicator and support Lake District farmers through the agricultural transition.

Casual Kitchen Porters (Brockhole)

Salary: £11.78 p/h (including holiday pay)

We’re hiring Casual Kitchen Porters (KPs) to join our friendly catering team at Brockhole on Windermere. You’ll work flexibly throughout the year, providing additional cover such as during staff holidays or during busy periods.

Let's talk about flexible working

Flexible working options include reduced and compressed hours and can be temporary or permanent. Or you can change your start and finish times if you have other commitments.

Many of our staff also enjoy hybrid working, so they can chose to balance working from home with our office bases in the Lake District. Whats more, you’ll be provided with a laptop to enable you to access our secure IT network if your post is a hybrid role.

Job Applicant Privacy Notice

As part of any recruitment process, the Authority collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The Authority is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

Our Job Applicant Privacy Notice sets out the data we collect about you, how we collect your personal data, the purposes for which we use your data, details of organisations to whom we may send your data, how we keep your data safe, what you can do with your data and how you can exercise your privacy rights.

Recruiting from outside the UK

It is very unlikely that we will be able to sponsor candidates from outside the UK (due to the costs involved and as we are a small organisation so would be under resourced to manage the process) and the final decision will rest with the hiring manager.