Jobs in Matlock

Matlock is a town of around 10,000 on the River Derwent, at the southern edge of the Peak District in the Derbyshire Dales. It is the administrative seat of Derbyshire, and that fact shapes the local jobs market more than anything else: Derbyshire County Council runs its headquarters from County Hall on Smedley Street (DE4 3AG), which makes it by some way the biggest employer in the area, with several thousand staff across administrative, professional, social care and technical roles. Derbyshire Dales District Council adds another tier of local-government work in the town centre.

Beyond the council, the economy splits between manufacturing to the north and tourism to the south. Forged Solutions Group on Dale Road North in Darley Dale (DE4 2JB), the former Firth Rixson works, forges critical rotating parts such as turbine and fan discs for the aerospace and gas-turbine sectors, and is the area's main skilled-engineering site. The Enthoven (Ecobat) lead reclamation smelter at Darley Dale, a few miles up the valley, accounts for roughly 200 jobs. The YHA's national office sits at Trevelyan House on Dimple Road (DE4 3YH), a steady source of charity and head-office posts. To the south, Matlock Bath — the Heights of Abraham cable cars, Gulliver's Kingdom and the riverside strip — drives seasonal hospitality, retail and visitor-attraction work that peaks over summer and bank holidays.

Live vacancies lean towards care, public-sector administration, retail and hospitality, with fewer engineering and manufacturing roles concentrated around Darley Dale. Recruitment agencies in Derby and Chesterfield cover most of the professional and industrial hiring, and a lot of the seasonal tourism work is filled directly. Transport is the main constraint: Matlock station is the terminus of the Derwent Valley Line, with roughly hourly trains to Derby taking about 34 minutes, then onward connections towards Nottingham. There is no motorway nearby; the A6 is the main road south to Derby and north to Bakewell and Buxton. Postcodes are all DE4, covering the town, Matlock Bath and the surrounding Dales villages.