Jobs

Thank you for your interest in working for the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.  These pages tell you about the types of employment opportunities that we offer and how to apply for current vacancies.

For information about the Authority and our statutory purposes, read our website pages about The Authority.

The Authority's staff - around 140 of them in total - work mainly from two offices, one in Bainbridge in Wensleydale and one in Grassington in Wharfedale.

For information about the organisational structure, please visit our staff section.

Types of job within the Authority are wide-ranging and include: planning officers and technicians, countryside management professionals (rangers and rights of way experts), ecologists, archaeologists, building conservation experts, farm and conservation advisors, researchers, administrative staff, tourist information advisors, education and communications staff and qualified profiessionals in the field of personnel, finance, IT and legal services. You can read about some of these roles in job profiles.

Current vacancies

• Conservation Support Officer (Wildlife) - 15 hours per week

To download a copy of our application form and equal opportunities monitoring form and to find out more about applying for jobs visit the How to Apply page.

For details of vacancies at other National Park Authorities, visit the National Park Portal website.

Terms and conditions

The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority offers competitive salaries and benefits packages. Specific terms and conditions will be issued for each post as it becomes vacant but you may find it useful to read our general terms and conditions of employment.

• General Terms and Conditions - Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (opens Document Library)