Heart of Helmsley Coordinator

Grade: F

Vacancy Hours: 18 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed term till the 31st December 2027

Weekend and Evening Working: Yes

The role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced co-ordinator to lead on delivery of the Heart of Helmsley project.

This £150,000 project will deliver access improvements to make Helmsley’s High Street, town and facilities more welcoming and accessible for all, and particularly for multi-generational families and those with restricted mobility or other additional accessibility needs.

Working with project partners, the Heart of Helmsley Coordinator will be responsible for managing delivery of several priority initiatives to improve accessibility across the town centre, enhance public toilet facilities and organise delivery of a programme of events for residents and businesses, designed to strengthen community connection and boost the local economy.

This post is mainly based in Helmsley with the opportunity for some home working. You should be capable of travelling to meetings and to deliver a range of evening and weekend events outside of normal office hours.

What you will bring

Reporting to the Howardian Hills Manager, you will be self-motivated, self-managing and capable of organising your own time. You will develop and manage relationships with key project partners, stakeholders and the community, to ensure that the project is delivered to time and on budget.

You will be able to demonstrate experience in project management and delivery including contractor supervision, management and monitoring of budgets and project spend including use of spreadsheets, presenting verbal and written information in a format relevant to differing audiences and excellent interpersonal skills.

Local knowledge of Helmsley is an advantage. A full driving license and access to a car is preferred.

Employment contract

Funded by the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayoral High Street Fund and hosted by the Howardian Hills National Landscape team, you will be employed by North Yorkshire Council on a fixed term contract to 31 December 2027.

As an organisation, North Yorkshire Council strongly believes in promoting a work life balance, with flexible working opportunities and modern technology. You will have access to some great benefits via our everybody benefit’s scheme such as shopping discounts, home technology and green car salary sacrifice schemes, financial wellbeing and health assured and our employee assistance programme to assist with your health and wellbeing. You will also have access to the local government pension scheme. For more information on the benefits we offer please see our Total Rewards Brochure.

If you are an existing North Yorkshire Council employee, applying for this post as a secondment opportunity, please ensure that you discuss and seek permission from your line manager before applying. Approval will be sought from the releasing authority to ensure that any secondee can be released on a secondment basis.

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier. These include:

• a local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution
• salary sacrifice schemes
• employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
• travel loans
• Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing

Key dates

Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 4 October 2026

Interview Date: Friday 9 October 2026

Venue for Interview: Howardian Hills National Landscape Office, The Old Vicarage, Bondgate, Helmsley YO62 5BP

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.