Vacancies

Caretaker

Wirksworth Town Council are looking for a reliable, trustworthy and flexible individual to join their team.

The caretaker’s role is to be part of a team ensuring the cleaning, gardening & maintenance of the Town Council buildings & grounds.

Duties include:

Opening & closing of the Town Hall, Memorial Hall, Barmote Croft Toilets & Tuesday Market.
Dealing with the general public, ensuring rooms are ready for hire.
Inspections of buildings and play areas.
Some cleaning of Town Council buildings
Some light gardening and maintenance (skills dependant)

The Town Council buildings are operated 7 days a week (limited bank holidays). The caretaking team work on a rota basis during the week providing cover. In addition, caretakers work one weekend in 3 and there are occasional late finishes. There is flexibility around shift times and a generous pension contribution.

SCP Pay Scale: 3 15-21 hours per week (to be agreed) £12.45 per hour + enhancements and overtime

Application & job description can be downloaded here: Job Specification Application form

or collect from the Town Council Office at the Town Hall, Coldwell St, Wirksworth DE4 4EU

For further information please call: 01629 823408

Closing date for applications is 10 July 2025

Stoney Wood

Stoney Wood is Wirksworth’s Millennium woodland planted in the area recovered from Stonecroft Quarry. The land on which the wood is planted was donated by Tarmac Ltd to Wirksworth Town Council. The original planting was started by Tarmac but later sections were planted by local adults and children in a project …

Hiring the Hall

We have two buildings with rooms to hire on an hourly basis, and the newly renovated Fanny Shaw’s Community Building (FSCB) which is operated on a key loan system.

Town Hall:- The Main Hall is large, suitable for a variety of uses – dance, exercise, large meeting space, wedding reception, family parties, musical events, etc, whilst other rooms – the Club Room, Ante Room, Council Chamber, are suited to smaller classes/groups. All rooms are available for hire during the day & evening during week days & weekends.

Memorial Hall:- the Hall & Kitchen are available to hire for meetings, parties, fayres, events and classes/groups, during the day & evening during week days and weekends.

Fanny Shaw’s:- Community building key available free of charge for use by groups such as: parents, schools, nurseries, scouts & not-for-profit groups holding events on the park.

Council Meetings

Environment & Town Affairs
(Usually held on the first Monday of the month)
Finance, Buildings & Personnel
(Usually held on the second Monday of the month)
Town Council Meeting
(Usually held on the third Monday of the month)