Grow a GREAT Career with us!
If you’re looking for somewhere you can learn quickly, make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced business, and grow your career, you’re in the right place.
Join our GREAT teams
Our team will always be at the forefront of our business and we are grateful for all their efforts on our journey so far, which started of in 2015 at Tong Garden Centre, the largest of our retail destinations.
In 2022 we built our new Centre in Leeds (Tingley) which hosts a family of experiences that our customers have come to know and love. It is home to all of your favourites including Hearty’s Food Hall, Grass Hoppers play and Bloom’s Kitchen, as well as Mission Out, an active family day out where children and adults can experience epic challenges in the great outdoors!
Long established, Otley and Bingley Garden Centres were formerly known as Stephen H Smith and joined the family in 2022.
In 2024 we took over Dean’s Garden Centres at York and Scarborough, expanding our Centre numbers to six!
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive, supportive, GREAT Yorkshire employer, offering a fast moving, dynamic and welcoming team environment. We are continuing to grow and develop, so we have career opportunities for the right people – mainly those who demonstrate our Values daily. The team has grown rapidly from 45 to now over 600 people, and we have built a strong reputation as being a part of the local communities in which we operate.
As well as roles in Retail, Play and Catering, we have Head Office roles across Commercial, Finance, Marketing and People & Culture.
Our GREAT Values…
If you’re thinking of joining us, then have a read through our Values and what each of these mean in terms of behaviours. These are crucial when it comes to our recruitment process – so make sure you’ve done your homework before applying!
Positive
Honest
Respectful
Team
Excellence
Accountable
Climate & Community
Is this the right place for me?
If we were to tell you that our aim is to be one of the best employers across the UK, then hopefully that goes some way to demonstrate our commitment to our People and Culture, which is why we have a dedicated People and Culture team.
Their purpose is to attract, recruit, engage and develop the best people into our business.
Our People & Culture are aiming to ensure we have a GREAT culture as we continue to grow. Check out what it’s like ‘working for us’ in this video.
What's in Store?
We have a host of benefits open to our team, here is a selection of what you can expect from us when working at Yorkshire Garden Centres
Great Feedback
Check out some feedback from our team, which is taken from our quarterly net promoter score (employee survey). We are currently averaging a NPS result of +17. Results can range anything from -100 to +100, so an average of +17 helps paint a picture for you of what it’s like to work for us, here is what some of our team say about working for us
Great Feedback
“The people I work with and the wider team are some of the best that I have worked with. It is clear that everyone wants the best for the business despite challenges that are faced. There is always someone you can turn to for advice and support making it an enjoyable and supportive place to work”. TINGLEY, PLAY, Team Member.
Great friends and colleagues
“Great friends and colleagues. Supportive, positive, respectful and fun. Feel very lucky to work here. TONG, RETAIL, Team Member“.
It's fun and friendly
“The company always involve their staff by providing information about what’s happening in the store and are always ready to show their appreciation. Its a friendly, fun and fair place to work”. OTLEY, RESTAURANT, Team Member.
GREAT Award Winners
Our award wins go some way to help demonstrate our commitment to creating a GREAT place to work. It’s helps us benchmark ourselves against some other GREAT employers across the UK and locally.
We are so proud to have been recognised for these ‘people’ focused awards:
- Retail Company of the Year (2024)
- SME Business – Yorkshire Sustainability Excellence Awards (2024)
- Retail Company of the Year (2023)
- Community Award – Yorkshire Post Excellence Business Awards (2023)
- Sustainability Employer of the Year (2022)
- ‘Outstanding Employer’ (2021)
You deserve the GREAT, so join a GREAT company, check out our vacancies below.
Our GREAT team events
Each month we celebrate with themed events for our team to get involved in and enjoy. Typical themes include Healthy Minds, Pride, Men’s and Women’s Health and many more. Here are some of our team enjoying themselves throughout the year…
Our Recruitment Process:
We want to be as open and honest (demonstrating one of our Core Values) as we can when it comes to our recruitment processes. We appreciate it can be a daunting process to apply for a new role, but rest assured, our aim is to make our application process as smooth as possible.
If you need any help, support or us to make any adjustments to help you with your interview, then just let us know and we’ll do what we can to help.
To help you on your way, here is an overview of the stages we typically go through:
