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: Campaigns and Conversions Intern (2 positions available)
Company: University of Plymouth
Location: Plymouth
Hours: 37hours/week
Salary: £16,289-£18,412/year
Role Description: Under the direction of the Campaigns and Conversions Team Leaders and as a member of the team, you will contribute to the delivery of dynamic, creative, customer focused and cost effective student recruitment campaigns. You will work across both teams and will be expected to develop a clear understanding of the function of the teams and the wider department, enabling you to assist in activities and the internal and external promotion of the department to a variety of audiences.
Closing Date: 15th May 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2ohj28u
Job Title: Copywriter
Company: Spinwell
Location: Bristol
Hours: Full time (6 month contract)
Salary: Not disclosed
Role Description: Copywriters work alongside the creative department of an advertising, media or full-service agency. They work with client briefs to conceive, develop and produce effective campaigns providing verbal or written ‘copy’. This may include creating slogans, catchphrases, messages and straplines for printed adverts and leaflets or involved in writing text for web advertising, as well as scripts.
Closing Date: Not specified (so apply sooner rather than later!)
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2nSamTw
Job Title: CTL for Visual Arts
Company: Cotham School
Location: Bristol
Hours: Full time
Salary: MPS + TLR 1A
Role Description: Required for September 2017, a highly skilled and passionate teacher of Visual Arts to lead this successful and thriving curriculum team at our high attaining and oversubscribed school in north central Bristol.
Closing Date: 9am, 24th April 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2oMxtSX
Job Title: Digital Marketing Executive
Company: Rocking Zebra Recruitment
Location: Bristol
Hours: Full time
Salary: £30,000/year plus benefits
Role Description: Rocking Zebra Recruitment is looking for an experienced Digital Marketing Executive to join this successful business at a time of exciting growth. A well-known brand and working as part of a dynamic marketing team, this is an opportunity to develop your digital marketing expertise at pace.
Closing Date: Not specified (so apply sooner rather than later!)
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2oa1gDW
Job Title: Early Help Co-ordinator
Company: Cornwall Council
Location: St. Austell, Cornwall
Hours: 37hours/week
Salary: £32,001-£39,177/year
Role Description: Under the direction of the Early Help Team Manager the Early Help Co-ordinator will promote the Integrated Working Agenda across all partners within the locality, with a particular focus on the use of the Early Help Assessment/Common Assessment Framework. They will manage a team of Senior Family Workers/Family Workers and have extensive links with other professionals in the locality who deliver services to vulnerable children and Young People who are in need of support.
Closing Date: 18th April 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2nSXg7D
Job Title: Education Welfare Officer
Company: Cornwall Council
Location: Wadebridge, Cornwall
Hours: 37hours/week
Salary: £23,238-£30,152/year reduced pro-rata
Role Description: Wadebridge School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic, well qualified, self-motivated and conscientious Education Welfare Officer to work within our current Student Support Team alongside a number of external agencies, providing professional support to students from all Key Stages and their families. The successful applicant will need excellent communication, organisational, recording and reporting skills, along with the ability to act on their own initiative as well as being a team player.
Closing Date: 27th April 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2pjXDJs
Job Title: Graduate Research Assistant
Company: University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Hours: Full time (6 months fixed term contract)
Salary: £26,052/year pro rata
Role Description: The College of Humanities and the Business School wish to recruit a Graduate Research Assistant to support the work of Professor Alan Booth (History), Professor Gareth Shaw (Business School) and Professor Mairi Maclean (University of Bath), on the ESRC-funded project, “The Rowntree Business Lectures and the Interwar British Management Movement.” The successful applicant will be involved with an extensive collection of archival material linked to interwar management in various archives across the country.
Closing Date: 8th May 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2oi8RyI
Job Title: Head of Dance Drama
Company: The Education Alliance
Location: Driffield, Yorkshire
Hours: Full time
Salary: £34,340-£42,664/year
Role Description: We are looking for an innovative and experienced outstanding teacher to be Head of Dance and Drama to commence September 2017. The successful candidate will develop and lead this important area, ensuring the highest standards of teaching and learning are achieved in a stimulating environment. You will be an excellent leader and highly motivated, forward thinking and confident individual, passionate about learning and who is ready for a challenge.
Closing Date: 9am, 28th April 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2nZtizw
Job Title: Head of Finance
Company: Hotcha Ltd
Location: Bristol
Hours: Full time
Salary: £73,000/year
Role Description: This is a newly created role, due to increased volumes, and in need to a very specific Finance Strategy, where the successful applicant will be expected to manage the smooth transition of the company into public domain and control all finance issues, by building a long term strategy. This is an exciting opportunity for a confident, outgoing and well organised Head of Finance, who thrives in a busy and diverse work environment. Adaptability will be a plus.
Closing Date: 12th April 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2nLiCDI
Job Title: History/RE Teacher
Company: Cornwall Council
Location: Falmouth, Cornwall
Hours: Full time
Salary: TPS (Exact amount not disclosed)
Role Description: We are looking for a dynamic, ambitious and energetic teacher who can motivate and inspire pupils across both Key Stage 3 and 4, to join our forward-thinking Humanities Faculty. You will have a good track record of excellent classroom practice, be committed to high standards of learning and student progress, with the energy and vision to build on current progress and have ambitions for yourself and our school.
Closing Date: 18th April 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2ohE0Ef
Job Title: HR Assistant
Company: Kier Group
Location: Plymouth
Hours: Full time
Salary: Not disclosed
Role Description: Kier Western and Wales are looking to recruit a HR Assistant to provide HR and L&D support to the HR function.
Closing Date: Not specified (so apply sooner rather than later!)
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2ooXxTD
Job Title: Junior Executive, Quality Control
Company: Telum Media
Location: Plymouth
Hours: Full time
Salary: TBC (dependent on experience)
Role Description: The primary focus of the role is to monitor and verify that all data uploaded into the central Telum database is accurate and up-to-date. This is turn helps ensure customers have a high-quality experience when using our system. The successful candidate will work as part of a team to support the overall database effort by verifying work from our projects and contents teams across the Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney and London offices.
Closing Date: Not specified (so apply sooner rather than later!)
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2ohluMi
Job Title: Maths Teacher
Company: Teaching Personnel
Location: Mid Cornwall
Hours: Full time available
Salary: Not disclosed
Role Description: Teaching Personnel work with a number of primary schools in mid Cornwall and are expecting a high demand for additional teachers after the Easter break. As one of the largest supply agencies in the UK and the only education specialists in Cornwall, we are prioritised by lots of primary academies when looking for help in finding members of staff. Easter is one of our busiest times for finding candidates long term positions, so we are looking to recruit teachers who are looking for a role to start ASAP!
Closing Date: Not specified (so apply sooner rather than later!)
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2pk5nv9
Job Title: Marketing Officer
Company: ShelterBox
Location: Truro
Hours: 37.5hours/week
Salary: £20,000-£25,000/year
Role Description: This is an exciting time to join the marketing team, to help achieve our ambitious income targets and grow our reach to key UK audiences. Working closely with the Individual Giving Manager you will help to develop and deliver ShelterBox’s Individual Giving strategy, recruiting new supporters as well as developing long-term meaningful relationships with existing supporters. This will involve managing a busy and varied workload of national campaigns, with specific responsibility for project managing donor recruitment, retention and development across a variety of traditional and digital channels.
Closing Date: 9am, 18th April 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2nLfYOd
Job Title: Project Support Officer
Company: University of Plymouth
Location: Plymouth
Hours: 37hours/week
Salary: £24,565-£28,452/year
Role Description: The University is now seeking to appoint a Project Support Officer within the Project Management Office. This post will report into the Head of PMO Manager and will be part of a dynamic Project Management Office. The post will provide project and organisational support to the PMO, Project Managers and the project teams across a number of projects.
Closing Date: 3rd May 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2ooVIGr
Job Title: Senior Content Designer
Company: Land Registry
Location: Plymouth
Hours: Full time (minimum 30hours/week)
Salary: £34,313/year
Role Description: Its an exciting time to join HM Land Registrys digital team. We have ambitious plans to become a world-leading digital registration business and to do this were increasing our user-centred design capabilities. Working within cross-functional digital delivery teams, as an experienced content designer, youll see yourself as an expert wordsmith; comfortable developing content strategy and solutions for large-scale problems and high profile events.
Closing Date: 30th April 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2o5fGDH
Job Title: SEN Services Support Assistant
Company: Cornwall Council
Location: Truro, Cornwall
Hours: 37hours/week
Salary: £16,302-£20,138/year
Role Description: Many different activities take place to ensure that children and young people with special educational needs access the education they need. The Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support Assistant works with the SEN Services Support Officer across the Council’s SEN services. The wide range of activities undertaken relate to information, data, finance and contracts. There are opportunities to engage with staff across the Council, external service providers such as schools and health professionals, other local authorities, independent providers, and young people and families.
Closing Date: 27th April 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2nZvxmq
Job Title: Special Educational Needs and/or Disability (SEND) Local Offer Officer
Company: Cornwall Council
Location: Cornwall
Hours: 37hours/week
Salary: £20,737-£24,964/year
Role Description: The Special Educational Needs and/or Disability (SEND) Local Offer Officer is new role that requires creativity, clear thinking and an excellent range of communication skills.
Closing Date: 27th April 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2nZtW05
Job Title: Strength and Conditioning Coach
Company: English Institute of Sport
Location: EIS Loughborough or EIS Manchester
Hours: Full time, minimum 37hours/week
Salary: £25,749–£32,582/year
Role Description: This role will provide the delivery and development of strength and conditioning services for World Class Programme athletes, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to create a world class high performance training environment.
Closing Date: 24th April 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2opBVX9
Job Title: Supply Teaching Assistant
Company: Opus-ABC
Location: Cornwall
Hours: 32.5hours/week
Salary: £47-£55/day
Role Description: Opus-ABC are working with a school in Cornwall who are looking to appoint a KS2 teaching assistant to start in April 2017. At this time we do ask that all interested teaching assistants have a minimum experience of 1 year within KS2. However if you have 1 year experience working within primary education we would still like to hear from you.
Closing Date: Not specified (so apply sooner rather than later!)
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2oWfQ3b
Job Title: Unqualified Forest School/Outdoor Learning Teacher
Company: Cornwall Council
Location: Falmouth, Cornwall
Hours: Not specified
Salary: £16,298-£25,776 pro rata
Role Description: Aspire Multi-Academy Trust are seeking to recruit a Forest School and outdoor learning specialist for Penryn Primary Academy. This role offers an exciting opportunity to build on the predecessor’s work and further develop our area to create a vibrant, innovative space for exciting learning opportunities. It involves working with children each day to deepen their environmental knowledge, understanding and skills, enriching the curriculum with inspiring learning.
Closing Date: 30th April 2017
For more information and to apply visit: bit.ly/2ohuocz
