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We are hiring

We are looking for a Community Hub Assistant to cover front desk at our busy community hub on King Street in Pateley Bridge.  The job is very varied and involves welcoming and assisting residents and visitors to Nidderdale with a wide variety of enquiries.  The job also requires helping to run our busy community transport service, running our jigsaw library and ordering and maintaining an up-to-date series of leaflets in our Tourist Information area.
 
We are also looking for a Digital Champion and Minibus Days Out Coordinator. The Coordinator will manage our successful Digital Champion programme which has now been running for over 4 years. The programme aims to address digital exclusion by helping people get online and improve their digital skills. The Coordinator will also manage our Minibus Days Out programme where we are helping to overcome social isolation by taking people on a varied range of day trips on our community minibus throughout the year.
 
Recruitment Timetable:
Applications open until closing date of Friday 22nd May
Interviews will take place week beginning 1st June
 
Finally, we are looking for a Project Officer to lead on delivering the successful project we submitted to the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Vibrant & Sustainable High Streets Fund. This will be a fabulous, 16-month-contract role, where the successful candidate will be out in the Nidderdale community talking to local businesses and working with them to devise events and a new Nidderdale Business Association and Nidderdale brand. Please see the job description and an application form below.
 
Recruitment Timetable (Project Officer)
Applications open until closing date of Monday 1st June
Interviews will take place week beginning 8th June
 
To download the job descriptions and the application forms, please click on the boxes below.  To find out more about the jobs, please call 01423 714953, or pop into the hub to have a chat.  Paper copies of the application form and Job descriptions will also be available to be picked up from the hub at the front desk.
 
Community Hub Assistant Job Description
Digital Champion and Minibus Days Out Coordinator Job Description
Project Officer (VSHS Bid)
Application Form

Our Staff

We have dedicated staff team and a small army of volunteers here at Nidderdale Plus working hard to offer advice, support and information on a vast array of topics. They also coordinate and recruit our growing team of volunteers who do a vast amount of work in keeping all of our services running.

Helen, our Chief Executive Officer, carries out all the development work at Nidd Plus, making sure that we remain responsive to local community needs, and manages all partnerships. She also has day to day management responsibility for the hub.

Helen Flynn

Chief Executive Officer

Helen is a former Harrogate Borough Councillor, serving residents of Nidd Valley ward (2012-2016), and is a former entrepreneur and businesswoman.  She has been a trustee, board director and governor for various organisations across all sectors—public, private and third sector—for over 17 years.  She lives on an active smallholding in Darley and very much enjoys living in and serving the larger community of Nidderdale.

Sandra Walker

Community Hub Coordinator

Sandra Walker, our Community Hub Coordinator, is involved in all aspects of volunteer recruitment, training and organising. Sandra joined Nidderdale Plus in 2015 and has been a key member in establishing the community library, tourist information point and community office. Assisting residents and visitors alike, meeting their needs on a daily basis including managing the community car, she is passionate about excellent customer service and works tirelessly with an amazing team of volunteers to provide this.

Angela Raw

Community Hub Assistant

Angela joined Nidderdale Plus in March 2022 as a Community Hub Administrator. She was born in Pateley Bridge and after living outside the area, retuned to Nidderdale in 2009 with her family. She worked in education as a Teaching and Student Support Assistant for 8 years.

She enjoys working locally, assisting visitors to the area, helping the community, and promoting beautiful Nidderdale!

Tracey Dawson

Business Support Officer

Tracey Dawson has worked within the Nidderdale community since re-locating to Bewerley in 2015; in addition to working at Nidderdale Plus as the Business Support Officer, she is an exam invigilator at Nidderdale High School and was formerly Clerk to Bewerley Parish Council and Hartwith cum Winsley Parish Council. 

Carole Cottrill

Community Hub Assistant

Originally from Essex, Carole moved to Nidderdale in 1987 and brought up her three children in Darley. After being a stay-at-home mum for several years she held a variety of Youth Work and Office Administration roles, mainly within the charity sector. Carole worked as a volunteer at Nidderdale Plus before the pandemic and has now become one of the staff members working on the front desk. She really enjoys meeting members of the local community and those from further afield who are wanting help with Tourist Information. She also coordinates our Meals on Wheels service. She enjoys supporting the local community and is pleased to be part of the Team.

Zoe Crossley

Befriending Coordinator and Services Navigator

Zoe is our Befriending Coordinator. She passed her Mental Health Nursing degree in 2024 with Teesside University and enjoys supporting people in the Nidderdale area who are experiencing loneliness. Zoe has previously spent a lot of time in Pateley Bridge, particularly in the surrounding rural areas, where she used to work with her friend in a butty wagon at trials events.

Jacqueline Baker

Charity Shop Administrator

Jacqueline moved to Nidderdale in 2005, after years living abroad and down south and has an extensive background working with children and young people. With varied experience in managing training, she is comfortable working with a wide range of people and has a passion for assisting them to succeed. This led to her joining Nidderdale Plus as a volunteer over a year ago, firstly as a community driver and subsequently as a Digital Champion. She now undertakes research for the Hub and acts as administrator for The Nidderdale Chairty Shop on Pateley Bridge High Street.

Dave Bothamley

Finance Officer

We moved to Darley in Nidderdale four years ago to be closer to family.

For the past few years, I have worked part time providing accounting and financial management services to a small business and a couple of local charities. Prior to that I ran my own sign making company in York and had previously worked in financial management in the power industry and a national charity.

I enjoy leisure activities focussed on family, keeping fit, sport and music (usually with a blues flavour).We also enjoy visiting all of the wonderful attractions we are surrounded by in North Yorkshire as well as travelling more widely.