If you enjoy varied work, a friendly team, and the chance to spend your breaks surrounded by nature, this could be the perfect casual role for you.

Field Studies Council Blencathra is seeking Casual Hospitality & Catering Assistants to support our busy outdoor learning centre.

Why join us?

- Work flexibly – we’ll offer you shifts as they come up, and you can choose to accept or decline based on your availability. It’s the perfect way to fit work around your life.
- Enjoy varied work in a supportive team.

- Spend your working hours in one of the most inspiring landscapes in the Lake District.

- Pay: £12.71 per hour

- Location: Blencathra, Threlkeld, Keswick (CA12 4SG)

Love where you work

At the Field Studies Council we promise to get people outdoors, provide high quality learning and encourage positive wellbeing. We’re all about creating outdoor learning experiences and opportunities that inspire everyone to be curious, knowledgeable, passionate and caring about the environment.

In this role, you’ll help us create a warm, welcoming setting for the schools and groups who stay with us, by ensuring our spaces are clean, comfortable, and welcoming for every visitor.

Your attention to detail will help create safe, relaxing environments where learners of all ages can focus, feel at home, and fully immerse themselves in the natural world.

What you’ll be doing

- Cleaning bedrooms, bathrooms, and communal areas
- Preparing rooms for guests, including making beds, providing towels, and restocking tea/coffee facilities
- Ensuring public areas, such as corridors and classrooms are neat, tidy, and well-presented
- Setting up the dining room for breakfast, lunch, and dinner service
- Working in the kitchen, assisting with food preparation
- Serving food to our visitors

Further info regarding the full responsibilities can be found in the vacancy pack attached to the advert on our careers website.

Where you’ll be working

Field Studies Council Blencathra sits in a spectacular position on the lower slopes of Blencathra,



surrounded by some of the Lake District's most iconic fells, sparkling lakes and far-reaching mountain views. It feels wonderfully immersed in nature, yet Keswick is just a short drive away, offering easy access to shops, cafés and local amenities.

The surrounding landscape provides an inspiring setting to work, with walking routes beginning right from the centre's doorstep. The outdoors isn't just a backdrop here, it's part of everyday life and one of the things that makes Blencathra such a special place for guests and staff alike.

We ask that you have:

- A positive, can-do attitude

- Ability to work independently and with others

- Valuable customer service skills

- Flexibility and willingness to support different areas of the centre

Sound like the role for you? Come and be part of the team! We look forward to your application.

Applications will be considered on arrival

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we’re in receipt of sufficient applications. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Interviews are scheduled to take place at Field Studies Council Blencathra on a rolling basis

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and we expect all team members to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will only be confirmed following the successful completion of rigorous pre-employment checks, including appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks The Company

We want to create a world where everyone feels connected to the environment so they can enjoy the benefits it gives and make choices that help protect it.

As an Investors in People charity, we realise that to achieve our vision we need diverse teams of staff who have a wide range of skills, a real passion for the work of the charity and pride in their role within it. No matter what role you perform at the Field Studies Council, everyone can make a difference and every role is vital to delivering our mission and vision…if this inspires you, we would love to hear from you.

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📌 Hospitality and Catering Assistant - Casual (Keswick)
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