Welcome to your weekly round up of new full time and graduate job openings in Plymouth and the surrounding region. Vacancies are listed in alphabetical order, with a link to a more detailed description of each role provided also. Some positions may only be for a fixed-term, but don’t disregard them as they can help you to gain valuable experience and get your foot in the door.
Please note: The UnderGround receives vacancy information in good faith from employers, but cannot be held responsible for its accuracy or authenticity. Please contact us if you have any doubts or queries about any of these adverts. If you are interested in any vacancies, you are advised to check the full details of the role to ensure that they are suitable before applying for jobs. Some vacancies are submitted to us without a closing date. If no date is provided please check in the first instance that the vacancy is still available. If you are looking for a part-time role to support your studies, it is worth contacting the employer before applying to find out if the hours will suit your needs.
Job Title: Camp Leader (Coach)
Company: Kingswood
Location: Nationwide (UK)
Hours: Seasonal summer hours
Salary: NMW/NLW
Role Description: As Camp Coach you will have the responsibility for the pastoral care, social wellbeing, supervision and safety of a group of young people at key times. This will include keeping them entertained during their meal and free times being ready to inspire, motivate and above all creating a caring and safe environment! You will be responsible for observing and supervising them to ensure they are happy and enjoying their time with us dealing with/escalating any concerns and acting as a role model.
Closing Date: Not specified (so apply sooner rather than later!)
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2qSKSLd
Job Title: Counselling Coordinator
Company: Young Devon
Location: Plymouth
Hours: Full time
Salary: £20,482/year
Role Description: As part of a Young Devon team you will coordinate a designated hub area, in a cluster of schools, delivering face to face counselling and small group work; working in partnership with Kooth (on line support), providers of CAMHS and the whole school approach.
Closing Date: Not specified (so apply sooner rather than later!)
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2rseNIY
Job Title: Education Manager
Company: Wildwood Escot Ltd
Location: Ottery Saint Mary, Devon
Hours: Full time
Salary: Not disclosed
Role Description: We are looking for an experienced educator to plan, organise and deliver an exciting range of outdoor education activities designed to enthuse and inspire. You will be expected to manage a small, dedicated team of educators, liaise with staff from other departments, parents and teachers; thus, excellent leadership and communication skills are a must.
Closing Date: Not specified (so apply sooner rather than later!)
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2svhojQ
Job Title: Festival Assistants
Company: The Dartington Hall Trust
Location: Totnes, Devon
Hours: Full and part time hours available (fixed term)
Salary: £8.45/hour
Role Description: Roles available in food & beverage, housekeeping and the kitchen. You will be able to work well as part of a team, use your initiative to deliver a high level of customer service and be able to commit to the contract term (27th June 2017 – 11th September 2017).The role is busy, physically demanding, hard work but rewarding with a great team in a great environment. You will be flexible, punctual, reliable and well presented.
Closing Date: 12 noon, 12th June 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2rK48cV
Job Title: Head of School
Company: Cornwall Council
Location: St. Austell, Cornwall
Hours: 37hours/week
Salary: £38,984-£40,958/year
Role Description: Polruan is on the coast, right at the top of the hill, with fantastic views of the estuary from the playground and views of the sea 100 metres away. We are positioned in a small community where most people know each other very well. We currently have 29 pupils on role. We are looking for a dynamic leader who can drive the school forward, working with our team of practitioners. If you are the person to do this, please read on.
Closing Date: 15th June 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2s8yne5
Job Title: Income and Arrears Officer
Company: BCHA
Location: Plymouth
Hours: 37.5hours/week (fixed term)
Salary: £21,002-£24,824/year
Role Description: BCHA are looking for an experienced worker to assist with income and arrears management. The ideal candidate will have a background in finance, rent or debt management and it is essential to have an eye for detail, enjoy working with numbers and an ability to communicate professionally.
Closing Date: 11th June 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2rVFvuZ
Job Title: Marketing Manager
Company: Alderwood Education
Location: Plymouth
Hours: 40hours/week
Salary: £30,000-£35,000/year
Role Description: You will be responsible for creating & executing the annual marketing plan in line with the business objectives. Creation and development of the company brand, materials and image is another important function in the marketing manager’s role, in ensuring they key company messages are communicated to stakeholders.
Closing Date: Not specified (so apply sooner rather than later!)
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2qOVff6
Job Title: Medical Writer
Company: Not disclosed
Location: Berkshire
Hours: Full time
Salary: Not disclosed
Role Description:
One of the world’s most creative healthcare advertising agencies has an exciting new opportunity for an experienced writer with a medical communications background to join their multi award winning creative department as a medical writer. This is an extremely varied role that will see you writing traditional sales aids, interactive dosing tools, slide kits, IPad sales tools, SEO content etc. Your role will be to research and analyse data to accurately write content for various target audiences.
Closing Date: Not specified (so apply sooner rather than later!)
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2rJs1Sa
Job Title: Participation Worker (Mental Health Projects)
Company: Young Devon
Location: Newton Abbot, Devon
Hours: 37hours/week
Salary: £19,051/year
Role Description: This is an exciting opportunity to work across the South West to develop and implement appropriate participation models to engage Children and Young People (CYP) in the design and delivery of health services. You will work with a wide range of CYP and support CYP who have experience of mental health services to have a voice about the services available to them, to identify gaps in provision and improve services overall. A part of this role will be to support the delivery of training that embeds the principles of participation in voluntary and public sector organisations. This is a great opportunity to work with leaders in the field of mental health and have an opportunity to develop new skills and knowledge. The successful candidate will be flexible and adaptable to change, have a good knowledge of mental health, safeguarding, health and safety and risk assessment procedures. They will be enthusiastic, creative, positive and a team player.
Closing Date: 12:00, 16th June 2017
For more information and to apply: Contact hr@youngdevon.org for an application pack (job ref 17-16) or for an informal discussion contact Clarise Pattison on 07525225557.
Job Title: PE Teacher
Company: Teaching Personnel
Location: Tavistock, Devon
Hours: Full time or part time available
Salary: Not disclosed
Role Description: The successful P.E teacher needs to have strong classroom control and create a positive atmosphere throughout the faculty and the classroom. Enthusiastic and organised candidates wanted.
Closing Date: Not specified (so apply sooner rather than later!)
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2rVNuYY
Job Title: Registered Children’s Manager
Company: Compass Associates
Location: Tavistock, Devon
Hours: Full time
Salary: £29,000-£32,000/year
Role Description: The ideal candidate will have worked closely within children’s services in a residential setting specialising in Behavioural, emotional and social difficulties along with other Complex needs. A positive, driven and very approachable personality is needed and most importantly, someone who has a real passion for quality care.
Closing Date: Not specified (so apply sooner rather than later!)
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2sHvPAy
Job Title: Student Services Assistant
Company: Plymouth College of Art
Location: Plymouth
Hours: Full time
Salary: £17,836-£19,917/year
Role Description: Your core role will be to manage the Student Service reception area, booking appointments, signposting students and providing administrative support for the Student Services team.
Closing Date: 16th June 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2rJITrH
Job Title: Student Welfare (Wellbeing) Advisor
Company: Plymouth College of Art
Location: Plymouth
Hours: Full time
Salary: £20,440-£22,446/year
Role Description: Student Support Services as our Student Welfare (Wellbeing) Advisor. You will deliver high quality support to students through both informal assessments of emotional wellbeing needs, advising and referring to specialist external/internal services when appropriate. You will also develop and deliver a range of workshops/online information for both staff and students on emotional/mental health issues.
Closing Date: 21st June 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2rrTDdY
Job Title: Team Manager Children’s Services
Company: NSPCC
Location: Plymouth
Hours: 35hours/week
Salary: £34,000-£44,880/year
Role Description: We are looking for an exceptional and experienced social work manager, to lead a well-established and experienced team of children’s services practitioners providing a range of services to children and families focusing on the prevention of sexual abuse. To be the right person for this role, you should be able to demonstrate ability to manage complex safeguarding services in multi-disciplinary settings and be experienced in delivery and supervision of a range of child protection services. You will have a strong track record of keeping children at the centre of your practice, take pride in the quality of your services and be able to motivate and empower staff.
Closing Date: 14th June 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2qW3l6q
Job Title: Visitor Experience Officer
Company: National Trust
Location: Yelverton, Devon
Hours: Full time
Salary: £18,731/year
Role Description: As a Visitor Experience Officer, you’ll be responsible for the delivery of effective interpretation and engaging programming to deliver a year round offering of events at the property. Working alongside the Visitor Experience Manager, you’ll develop engaging and meaningful interpretation that can teach, move and inspire our visitors.
Closing Date: 12th June 2017
For more information and to apply visit:
Job Title: Year 5/6 Teacher
Company: Cornwall Council
Location: St. Austell, Cornwall
Hours: Full time
Salary: Mainscale
Role Description: Bishop Bronescombe Primary School is a friendly and welcoming C of E primary school situated in St Austell with 313 children on roll. The school is part of the St Piran’s Cross Church of England Multi- Academy Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced person to work as a Year 5/6 Teacher commencing in September 2017. This will be a fixed term position until 31st August 2018.
Closing Date: 9th June 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2qScWyd
