Job vacancies and volunteering opportunities

Other council job opportunities:

• Election and canvass staff vacancies

• Apprenticeship opportunities
• Expressions of interest

• Work experience placements and policy

• Volunteering opportunities
• Volunteer with Worthing Theatres
• Volunteer with Worthing Museum & Art Gallery

Other job opportunities:

• Jobs in our leisure centres
• External job adverts
• County Council jobs and teaching vacancies
• Job vacancies at other neighbouring local councils
• Job vacancies at local universities and colleges
• Other jobs may also be available - Police, Fire, NHS, etc ...

See also:

• Job advice

• Benefits of working for Adur & Worthing Councils
• Job centres / Jobcentre Plus
• Programmes

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Apprenticeship opportunities

We occasionally carry adverts for apprenticeship opportunities. If we have any they will be listed here:

• No current apprenticeship opportunities

You may be interested in: Work experience placements

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Expressions of interest

We occasionally carry adverts for expressions of interest. If we have any they will be listed here:

• No current expressions of interest opportunities

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Volunteering opportunities

To find out more about about volunteering - see:

• Volunteering and being active in your community

You may also be interested in:

• The Community Works website lists, and helps you find, local volunteering opportunities
• Volunteering at Worthing Theatres (below)
• Volunteer with Worthing Museum (below)

We occasionally carry adverts for volunteering opportunities. If we have any they will be listed here:

• Sorry, none at the moment ...

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Volunteer with Worthing Theatres

Love Theatre and Film?

Looking to develop a career in the industry?

Fancy doing something rewarding with your spare time?

Why not volunteer with Worthing Theatres?

For full details see volunteering - on the Worthing Theatres website

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Volunteer with Worthing Museum & Art Gallery

We are looking for Front of House volunteers to provide a friendly welcome to our museum.

Volunteers provide a warm, cheerful welcome to our visitors when they arrive.

They are the first point of contact for visitors in the museum and provide basic information about the visit, highlight points of interest and promote events and activities.

For full details see volunteering - on the Worthing Museum & Art Gallery website

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Jobs in our leisure centres

Leisure centres in Adur are run by Impulse Leisure - please see:

• Jobs at Adur's Leisure Centres
  (on the Impulse Leisure website)

Leisure centres in Worthing are run by South Downs Leisure - please see:

• Jobs at Worthing's Leisure Centres
  (on the South Downs Leisure website)

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External job adverts

We occasionally carry adverts for outside organisations. If we have any they will be listed here, otherwise this section will be blank:

Job adverts are sorted by closing dates: with the nearest closing date first/top, down to the furthest closing date last/bottom.

Take Home and Settle/Relative Support Coordinator
Age UK, West Sussex

• Salary: £9,285 (£20,821.13 full-time equivalent)
• Hours: 16.5 per week: Monday 11am to 6pm: Wednesday & Friday 1pm to 6pm
• Location: St Richards Hospital

Closing date: 10am on Friday 15th January 2021

Interviews: Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend interviews week commencing 25th January 2021.

For more information, job description, person specification and details on how to apply (or if you just want to chat to someone about the post) please see the full details on:

• Age UK West Sussex website - jobs section

Development Manager
Age UK, West Sussex

• Salary: £28,000 per annum (£13,621 per annum, actual pro-rata)
• Hours: 18 hours per week, (Mon to Wed) job share
• Location: Brighton, East Sussex

Closing date: 5pm Friday 15th January 2021

Interviews: Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend interviews on Friday 22nd January 2021

For more information, job description, person specification and details on how to apply (or if you just want to chat to someone about the post) please see the full details on:

• Age UK West Sussex website - jobs section

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County Council jobs and teaching vacancies

Adur & Worthing Councils can be found in the 'south eastern corner edge' of the area covered by West Sussex County Council, which is based in Chichester (about 20 miles west of Worthing).

East Sussex County Council is the neighbouring county and it is based in Lewes (about 15 miles east of Adur).

Brighton & Hove City Council immediately abuts to the east of the Adur District.

(see also map of councils below)

West Sussex County Council jobs and
teaching job vacancies

For details of West Sussex County Council (WSCC) jobs, including teaching, social services & caring services, and fire & rescue services vacancies, please refer to the:

• West Sussex County Council website - job vacancies section

East Sussex County Council jobs and
teaching job vacancies

For more information about East Sussex County Council (ESCC) jobs and also teaching and teaching job vacancies in East Sussex please refer to the:

• East Sussex County Council website - job vacancies (including teaching jobs)
• East Sussex County Council services 2 schools website - job vacancies

Brighton & Hove City Council (unitary)
jobs and teaching job vacancies

For more information about Brighton & Hove City jobs and also teaching and teaching job vacancies in Brighton and Hove please refer to the:

• Brighton & Hove City Council's jobs webpage(teaching jobs are listed under 'schools' in their job search section)

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Job vacancies at other neighbouring local councils

Job vacancies may be available in our neighbouring local authorities:

• To the east of Adur & Worthing:
  Brighton & Hove City Council's jobs webpage
• To the north of Adur & Worthing:
  Horsham Council's jobs webpage
• To the north-east of Adur & Worthing:
  Mid-Sussex District Council's jobs webpage 
• To the west of Adur & Worthing:
  Arun District Council's jobs webpage

• Other councils in West Sussex:
  • Chichester District Council
  • Crawley Borough Council

• Other councils in East Sussex:
  • Eastbourne Borough Council
  • Hastings Borough Council
  • Lewes District Council
  • Rother District Council
  • Wealden District Council

Map showing council across East and West Sussex:

(go back to County Council jobs and teaching vacancies)

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Job vacancies at local universities and colleges

Local universities:

• University of Sussex (based at Falmer, Brighton)
• University of Sussex - Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
• University of Brighton
• Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) - Universities of Sussex & Brighton
• University of Chichester

Local colleges:

• Lancing College - vacancies
• MET - Greater Brighton Metropolitan College
• Greater Brighton Metropolitan College, Worthing (was Northbrook College)
• Worthing College
• Plumpton College
• Chichester College

For information about jobs in other regional or national universities and colleges see also the following external websites:

• Universities in England - Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
• Universities in Wales - Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW)
• Universities in Scotland - Scottish Funding Council (SFC)
• UCAS
• Jobs.ac.uk (academic, research, science and related professions)
• The Open University

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Other jobs may also be available ...

It can be hard to know where to start when you are looking for a new job. Whether you want to try a different career or are just looking for a change, here is a list of useful web resources to help you begin your search.

Other external job websites or information and advice sites are listed below :

Police job vacancies on external websites:

• Sussex Police recruitment
• Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner - Job vacancies
• Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner - Volunteering opportunities
• British Transport Police (BTP) recruitment
• Metropolitan Police (The Met) recruitment

Fire Brigade job vacancies on external websites:

• West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service recruitment
• or find out about West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service

• East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service

• Fire Service website - recruitment and how to join the fire service

NHS job vacancies on external websites:

• Jobs in the NHS
• To find out about a career in the NHS visit Health Careers

• South East Coast Ambulance Service

Other external job vacancy websites:

• SEE Jobs (South East Employers)

• The Guardian newspaper - Jobs - particularly popular for vacancies in education, social care, government and charities
   
• Jobs Go Public - Public sector jobs and careers
• Local Government Association (LGA) job search
• Local Government Jobs (IDeA)
• Public Sector Careers
• LocalGov - UK Local Government jobs
• Civil Service Jobs
   
• gov.uk Jobseekers: the government's jobs site
• Wired Sussex: specialises in IT vacancies in Sussex
   
• See also our Jobcentre Plus webpage

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Job advice

Advice for younger people

• Citizens Advice Bureau website: What work can you do

Applying for a job

• BBC One Life: advice on work experience
• Advice on looking for work on the GOV.UK website: including tips on writing applications and help with job interviews

Financial help

• What benefits you are entitled to and how to claim - on the GOV.UK website
• Inland Revenue / HMRC: Tax credits calculator on-line - on the GOV.UK website

Careers advice

• BBC One Life: Careers advice
• The Mix: Advice on careers and how to apply for jobs - comprehensive advice
• gov.uk: Careers helpline for teenagers
• Barclays Life Skills website

Working abroad

• BUNAC: Short-term work abroad: Work and Volunteer programmes abroad for students and young people
• Overseas Jobs: International employment opportunities: sections on teen work permits and internships

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