Hospitality Graduate Programme

Daniel Thwaites Graduate Programme

Daniel Thwaites is a diverse hospitality business made up of hotels, spas, inns, pubs, and a craft brewery located across England. With an eye for quality, our purpose is to make people feel at ease through real hospitality, delivered by friendly faces in our outstanding properties in great locations. The business was founded in 1807 and continues to be family-run, with over 215 years of history. The Company is proud of its heritage, but is also progressive, always looking to innovate to offer the best guest experience.

About the Graduate Programme

We’re looking for graduates to join our business, and over 18 months on an operational programme develop from supervisor into a department manager. You will experience the world of both hotels, spas, and inns, rotating through operational departments to gain a detailed understanding of our business and the industry. You will be able to learn from your peers through mentoring and coaching, develop your commercial knowledge and leadership skills all with the view to enhancing your career and becoming an inspirational leader. By the end of the programme, you will have gained hands-on experience with a career pathway to move into an operational management role.

The qualities we are looking for:

We’re looking for enthusiastic, positive and personable people who are passionate about developing their career and becoming future leaders; team players who are naturally hospitable and enjoy being with other people. You will most likely have recently graduated from university with a hospitality degree although this is not essential and will have proven experience of working in a hospitality environment, ideally to a supervisory level. The next 18 months will see you relocate to any two of our properties, working in places like the beautiful Lake District to York and the Yorkshire Dales, Leeds, Bristol, Cirencester, Hampshire, and the South Coast - the Company has properties across the country.

Telephone interviews and assessment centres:

Telephone interviews will take place on Monday 9th March. You will need to be available for assessment centres on the weeks commencing 23rd March 2026, or 30th March 2026.

Please note we're unable to provide sponsorship to overseas candidates at this time.

In return, we are offering a rewarding role with scope for career progression along with:

• A competitive salary
• Stream - the ability to draw down up to 40% of your monthly wages as you earn them each week
• Staff accommodation
• 28 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Healthcare cash plan with access to discounted perks and high street discounts
• Long service awards, including free meals and free stays with your friends or family
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted accommodation, food, and drink in our beautiful properties
• Pension and Life assurance
• Bespoke training programmes accessible to all
• An engaging supportive work environment

Established for over 200 years, Daniel Thwaites is a diverse hospitality business which owns hotels, inns, and pubs across the country, as well as its very own craft brewery. Head office is located in Mellor Brook where a dedicated team work to deliver continued growth for the managed and tenanted venues from Penrith to the Solent. The modern office provides team members with a spacious working environment looking out over greenery at the foot of the Ribble Valley. On site you’ll also find the craft brewery and the Thwaites Shire Horse team. Easily accessible from the M6, head office is within an easy commute of much of Lancashire as well as northern Manchester and western Yorkshire.