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Bendrigg needs you

Creating change, one adventure at a time.

At Bendrigg, we have the setting and the scenery, the equipment and the expertise, the people and the passion. Together we have a limitless supply of adventure, with a limitless determination to improve people’s lives.

Working at Bendrigg

At Bendrigg, our visitors feel ‘celebrated’ rather than just ‘accommodated’ and we want no different for our staff. We understand that everyone is different and try to be as flexible as possible. We are proud to offer a caring and supportive working environment with a number of benefits including:

  • Holidays: Staff receive 30 days paid holiday plus bank holidays (FTE, part-time pro-rata).
  • Lunch: Lunch and refreshments are provided for anyone working on-site from our amazing catering team.
  • Training: Personal and professional development is actively encouraged and rewarded. Staff are provided with opportunities for external training as well as internal training sessions throughout the year.
  • Pension: All employees can take advantage of our pension arrangements whereby contributions of 5% from the employee are matched by 5% from Bendrigg.
  • Sick pay: Company sick pay starts at one week’s full pay for the first six months of employment, rising to six months full pay for five years’ or more of employment.
  • Maternity & Paternity Pay: Statutory Maternity & Paternity Pay
  • Parental leave: We understand that you may need time to settle children into a new school, or you may want to spend more time with a child. Bendrigg offers flexible working as well as 18 weeks unpaid leave for each child up to their 18th birthday (maximum of 4 weeks per year).
  • Emergency Dependant & Compassionate leave: Up to 5 paid days per year.

Current Vacancies

Our current vacancies are listed below. If there are no roles advertised, please do consider looking at our volunteer pages, or getting in touch about freelance opportunities. 

Bookings Co-ordinator

Salary:

£24,434 – £26,688 FTE

Hours:

29 hours per week (0.8FTE) over 4 days to include Fridays

Location:

Bendrigg Lodge, Old Hutton, Kendal LA8 0NR

Closing Date:

9am Tuesday 15th April 2025

Job Description:

We are seeking a Bookings Co-ordinator with a passion for our mission, who will act as the first point of contact for our visitors. This is an established role where you will work within our Income and Engagement Team to create, develop and maintain positive customer relationships.

Working alongside our Bookings and Customer Engagement Lead, the successful candidate will administer the enquiry and bookings procedures for all courses at Bendrigg and liaise with other departments to ensure the best stay possible for our visitors. A typical week could involve meeting with prospective new visitors to give them a site tour, confirming bookings information for the coming weeks, responding to customer enquiries, and reviewing customer feedback for ways that we can improve our service.

This is an exciting opportunity for an approachable and friendly person to join a forward-thinking and inclusive team.

This is an office-based, permanent, 0.8FTE position, worked over four days a week to include Fridays (8.45am-5pm).

To apply, please download the full job description below and send your CV and a covering letter detailing how you fit the person specification to vacancies@bendrigg.org.uk

We welcome informal enquiries so please do contact us if you have any questions. All enquiries relating to this post should be made to: Sarah Garman, Head of Income and Engagement, sarah@bendrigg.org.uk, 01539 723766