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Careers & Volunteering

Careers and volunteering

Find out about our latest vacancies and volunteering opportunities. Join a dynamic team, dedicated to maintaining and improving Swarthmoor Hall.

We do not have vacancies at the moment.

Volunteering

We’re always looking for volunteers to help us run the Hall. There’s plenty to do on such a large site and any help is welcome.

We’re currently on the lookout for passionate volunteers to help with our reopening. We especially need volunteers to assist with our historic house tours, in our café and in our gardens. So, whether you’re a history enthusiast, a café connoisseur or you have green fingers, we have a place for you!

We’re open Wednesday to Friday, 10am to 4pm. You can give as much or as little time as you like. Half-day volunteers enjoy complimentary tea/coffee and biscuits, while those here over lunch receive a free meal. Perks include shop discounts, exclusive social events and free passes to other historic houses!

Please contact us at info@swarthmoorhall.co.uk to find out more.

Benefits provided by Quiet Company

Holiday – 27 days a year plus bank holidays and three days for Christmas closure.
Subsidised Café – We have an on-site café which provides subsidised meals.
Cycle to Work Scheme – We offer a cycle to work scheme which helps you save money on a new work bike and spread the cost of the bike over monthly tax-free instalments.
Annual Season Ticket Loan – We will provide with a loan of up to £7,500 to cover the cost of your season ticket repayable in 11 monthly instalments.
Sabbatical Scheme – Staff are able to take a nine-month unpaid sabbatical leave after five years’ continuous service.
Pension Scheme – Quakers have a generous pension scheme where we contribute 8% of your salary and you contribute 3% of your salary. You have the option to increase your contributions should you wish and to pay your contributions via salary sacrifice.
Sick Pay Scheme – We have a very generous sick pay scheme:

  • If you have less than 12 months service, you are entitled to full sick pay for 3 weeks followed by three weeks at half pay.
  • After 1 years’ service, you are entitled to full sick pay for 3 months followed by 3 months at half pay, subject to a maximum of six months since the start of your service
  • After 4 years’ service you are entitled to full sick pay for six months followed by six months at half pay, subject to a maximum of 12 months.
Private Health Insurance – If you are off work due to sickness for more than 52 continuous weeks you will be eligible, subject to requirements of the scheme, to sick pay.
Employee Assistance Programme – Quakers offers access to an independent, confidential employee assistance programme, which is available 24 hours a day.
Family Friendly Policies – Our family friendly policies give enhanced maternity and adoption leave:

  • All staff with more than 26 weeks service will receive 16 weeks full pay, followed by 18 weeks half pay and 5 weeks SMP consecutively
  • Parents expecting multiple births will receive an additional two weeks parental leave,
  • Staff undergoing IVF treatment will receive 10 days paid leave to attend the appointment and up to 5 days paid leave for staff who wish to accompany their partner to appointments who are receiving IVF treatment in any 12 months period.