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Pub kitchenThe Bell & Anchor

Line cook, kitchen porter, trainee chef and a night porter — four roles across one high-street kitchen.

CareMeadowbank Care Home

Healthcare assistants on day shifts and an activities coordinator, with training paid for.

OutdoorsHollowfield Estate

Grounds and garden work, private gardens, and the Christmas tree season from November.

TradesDoyle & Sons Electrical

A four-year apprenticeship, plus labouring and painting work on refurbishment jobs.

LogisticsCaldwell Supplies

Warehouse picking, multi-drop van driving and class 2 HGV work from the industrial estate.

HospitalityFern & Filter

A new 30-seat cafe in the old post office, hiring front of house, baristas and a sous chef.

SchoolsSt Cuthbert's Primary

Teaching assistant for KS2 and a playgroup assistant in the pre-school room.

AccountsRavensworth Accountancy

Bookkeeping, a graduate training contract and an office junior role above the square.

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47 jobs
Part-timeTransport & Logistics[£13 per hour plus mileage]

Delivery driver, evenings

Townsend Farm Shop · Depot on the bypass

Evening deliveries of veg boxes and prepared meals to households in town, 4pm to 8pm, Monday to Friday. Around twenty drops a night on a route built for you. Own…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeOffice & Admin[£22,000, study support available]

Office junior, accounts

Ravensworth Accountancy · Market Square

A first job in an office for someone who is organised and numerate: filing, data entry, chasing paperwork, answering the phone, and helping the bookkeepers when…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeHospitality & Retail[£24,000, rising as you learn]

Trainee chef, no experience needed

The Bell & Anchor · High Street

We will teach you to cook. This is a proper training role for someone who wants a career in kitchens but has not had a way in yet. You will start on prep and the…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
SeasonalAgriculture & Outdoors[£13 per hour]

Weekend groundskeeper

Town Allotment Trust · The Allotments, Back Lane

Saturdays and Sundays through the growing season, keeping the allotment site in order: strimming the paths, emptying the communal water butts, mending the odd fence…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeHealthcare & Care[£24,000–27,000 depending on qualification]

Dental nurse, trainee considered

Mill Lane Dental · Mill Lane

Chairside nursing across two surgeries, plus some reception cover and stock management. We are a friendly, unhurried practice and we would rather do the work…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeOther[£13 per hour]

Caretaker, community hall

Town Allotment Trust · The Old School, Back Lane

Looking after the community hall: opening and locking up for the groups that hire it, setting out tables and chairs, small repairs, and keeping the building and the…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeTransport & Logistics[£32,000]

Warehouse team leader

Caldwell Supplies · Industrial estate

Leading a team of eight pickers and packers on the late shift, 2pm to 10pm. You will plan the shift, manage the pick rates, sort out problems before they become…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeEducation[£12.21 per hour]

Playgroup assistant

St Cuthbert's Primary · Church Lane

Mornings in our pre-school room with two and three year olds: setting up the activities, helping at snack time, supporting children who are finding it hard to…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeHospitality & Retail[£13 per hour plus night rate]

Night porter

The Bell & Anchor · High Street

Two nights a week, 11pm to 7am, looking after the six rooms we let above the pub: checking in late arrivals, setting up breakfast, and being the person on call if…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeAgriculture & Outdoors[£26,000 plus van]

Gardener, private clients

Hollowfield Estate · Town and surrounding villages

Looking after eight private gardens on a fortnightly rota, from a small courtyard to a two-acre plot with a pond. Mowing, hedging, pruning, planting and the…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeHospitality & Retail[£25,000]

Sales assistant, hardware

Caldwell Supplies · Trade counter, industrial estate

Serving on the trade counter: taking orders from builders and the public, picking stock, pricing up jobs and keeping the displays in order. You do not need to know…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeTransport & Logistics[£13.50 per hour]

Community transport driver

Town Youth Project · The Old School, Back Lane

Driving the minibus that gets people to the things they would otherwise miss: the lunch club on Tuesdays, the health centre on Thursdays, and the youth club in the…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeHospitality & Retail[£15 per hour]

Weekend breakfast cook

The Wheatsheaf · Market Place

Saturdays and Sundays, 8am to 1pm, cooking breakfast for the pub: full English, eggs benedict, and the vegetarian options that have become more popular than we…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
ContractTrades & Construction[£130–150 per day]

Labourer, groundworks

Doyle & Sons Electrical · Sites around the county

General labouring on groundworks and refurbishment jobs: digging, mixing, moving materials, keeping the site safe and tidy. CSCS card preferred but we can help you…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeOffice & Admin[£24,000]

Receptionist and administrator

Harper Veterinary · Mill Lane

Full-time front desk role at a busy two-vet practice: booking appointments, managing the diary, taking payments, ordering stock and keeping the clinical records…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeHospitality & Retail[£32,000]

Sous chef

Fern & Filter · The Old Post Office

Working with our head chef to build the all-day menu for a new 30-seat cafe: breakfast, lunch, cakes and a small evening offer on Fridays. You will help write the…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeEducation[£15 per hour]

Youth worker, evenings

Town Youth Project · The Old School, Back Lane

Two evenings a week running the youth club for 11 to 16 year olds: opening up, setting out the games and the tuck shop, and being a steady adult in the room for…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeTransport & Logistics[£16 per hour plus overtime]

HGV driver, class 2

Caldwell Supplies · Industrial estate

Class 2 work delivering bulk materials to sites across the region, with occasional runs further afield. Start times vary between 5am and 7am and you are home every…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeHospitality & Retail[£12.21 per hour]

Farm shop assistant, weekends

Townsend Farm Shop · Depot on the bypass

Saturdays and Sundays on the shop floor: serving on the deli counter, restocking the veg, weighing and pricing, and talking to customers about what is good this…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeOffice & Admin[£30,000–34,000]

IT support technician

Wren & Co · Town centre, hybrid

First and second line support for a 60-person company: laptops, phones, the printer that everyone blames, and the handful of systems we run the business on. You…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
SeasonalOther[£14 per hour]

Cleaner, holiday lets

Northgate Lettings · Town and villages

Changeover cleaning for six holiday cottages between April and October. Work comes in on Fridays and Mondays mostly, and you will need your own car to get between…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeHospitality & Retail[£28,000–31,000]

Chef de partie

The Wheatsheaf · Market Place

Running your own section in a pub kitchen that does proper food: pies, fish, Sunday roasts and a changing specials board. Forty to sixty covers on a good weekend.…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeEducation[£12.21 per hour]

Saturday library assistant

Town Library · Civic Centre

Saturdays 9am to 4pm on the front desk: issuing and returning books, helping people use the computers, running the children's story hour at 11am and shelving. You…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
ContractTrades & Construction[Day rate, negotiable]

Painter and decorator

Doyle & Sons Electrical · Various sites

We are taking on more refurbishment work and need a reliable painter to work alongside our electricians on domestic and small commercial jobs. Own tools and…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeHealthcare & Care[£14 per hour]

Activities coordinator, care home

Meadowbank Care Home · Station Road

Three days a week planning and running things for our residents to do: the choir that meets on Tuesdays, the gardening club, quizzes, visits from the mobile library…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeTransport & Logistics[£13.50 per hour]

Van driver, multi-drop

Caldwell Supplies · Industrial estate

Delivering building materials to sites and merchants across the county in a 3.5-tonne van. Around fifteen drops a day, starting at 7am from the depot. You need a…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeHospitality & Retail[£12.50 per hour plus tips]

Barista, mornings

Fern & Filter · The Old Post Office

Weekday mornings, 6.30am to 11am, opening up and running the espresso bar through the commuter rush. You will dial in the grinder, keep the bar clean and get to…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeOffice & Admin[£24,000, study support included]

Trainee accountant, graduate

Ravensworth Accountancy · Market Square

A graduate training contract with full support through ACA or ACCA: paid study leave, course fees and a mentor who has done it themselves. You will start on…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
SeasonalAgriculture & Outdoors[£12.50 per hour]

Seasonal Christmas tree assistant

Hollowfield Estate · Two miles north of town

Late November to Christmas Eve, selling and netting trees from our plantation. You will help customers choose, cut and carry trees, keep the yard tidy and load…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeHealthcare & Care[£12.60 per hour plus sleep-in rate]

Support worker, supported living

Lark Rise Support · Two houses in town

Supporting four adults with learning disabilities to live independently in their own homes: help with cooking, budgeting, appointments and getting out and about,…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeHospitality & Retail[£12.21 per hour]

Kitchen porter, weekends

The Bell & Anchor · High Street

Friday and Saturday evenings, 5pm to midnight, washing up, keeping the kitchen clean and helping the cooks with basic prep before service. It is a hot, fast job and…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
ContractOffice & Admin[£26,000]

Marketing assistant, twelve-month contract

Wren & Co · Town centre, hybrid

A twelve-month maternity cover contract supporting our small marketing team. You will write the newsletter, keep the website and social channels updated, and help…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeOther[£12.21 per hour]

Cleaner, offices and clinic

Bright & Tidy Contractors · Various sites in town

Early morning cleaning rounds across three sites in the town centre: two offices and a dental clinic. Start at 5.30am, finish by 8.30am, Monday to Friday. All…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeHospitality & Retail[£30,000–34,000 depending on experience]

Duty manager, town pub

The Wheatsheaf · Market Place

We are a wet-led pub with a small food offer and a busy weekend trade. We need a duty manager to run shifts, manage the cellar, do the ordering and hold the keys on…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeAgriculture & Outdoors[£13 per hour]

Community gardener, two days a week

Town Allotment Trust · The Allotments, Back Lane

We look after 60 allotment plots and a community orchard, and we need someone two days a week to keep the shared areas in order and support plot holders who are new…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeTransport & Logistics[£12.90 per hour plus shift allowance]

Warehouse picker, early shift

Caldwell Supplies · Industrial estate

Picking and packing trade orders for builders' merchants across the region. Shift is 6am to 2pm, Monday to Friday, with overtime available most weeks. You will be…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeOffice & Admin[£12.21 per hour]

Weekend receptionist

Harper Veterinary · Mill Lane

Saturday 8.30am to 1pm and Sunday 10am to 12pm on our emergency line, plus cover for holidays. You will book appointments, take payments, and be the calm voice on…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeTrades & Construction[£30,000 plus van]

Handyman, maintenance rounds

Northgate Lettings · Town centre and villages

We manage 180 rental properties and need someone to handle the small jobs that come up between tenancies and during them: leaking taps, sticking doors, replacing…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeHospitality & Retail[£12.50 per hour plus tips]

Front of house, new cafe opening

Fern & Filter · The Old Post Office

We are opening a 30-seat cafe in the old post office building and building the team from scratch. We need two people who can run a counter, make good coffee and…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeHospitality & Retail[£12.21 per hour]

Weekend shop assistant

Pennine Cycles · Bridge Street

Saturdays 9am to 5.30pm and Sundays 10am to 4pm in our workshop shop. You will serve customers, take in repairs, price accessories and keep the floor tidy. You do…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeEducation[£23,000–25,000 term-time]

Teaching assistant, KS2

St Cuthbert's Primary · Church Lane

Supporting two Year 5 classes, mostly in small-group literacy and numeracy interventions, plus general classroom help and lunchtime supervision. Term time plus five…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
ContractTransport & Logistics[£1.10 per drop plus mileage]

Delivery driver, own van

Townsend Farm Shop · Depot on the bypass

We deliver veg boxes and farm produce to about 200 households across the town and the surrounding villages, Tuesday to Saturday mornings. You need your own van,…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeOffice & Admin[£28,000–32,000 pro rata]

Bookkeeper, three days a week

Ravensworth Accountancy · Market Square

We look after the books for around ninety small local businesses, mostly sole traders and shops. You would take ownership of a portfolio of about twenty-five of…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
ApprenticeshipTrades & Construction[Apprentice rate, reviewed each year]

Apprentice electrician

Doyle & Sons Electrical · Unit 4, Old Mill Yard

A four-year apprenticeship with day release to the technical college one day a week. You will start on domestic rewires and consumer unit replacements, then move…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Full-timeHealthcare & Care[£12.80 per hour, rising after probation]

Healthcare assistant, day shifts

Meadowbank Care Home · Station Road

We are looking for two healthcare assistants to join the day team on our 32-bed unit. You will support residents with washing, dressing, meals and mobility, and…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
SeasonalAgriculture & Outdoors[£12.50 per hour]

Grounds and garden assistant

Hollowfield Estate · Two miles north of town

Six-month seasonal role from March to September, working with the head gardener across the walled garden, the orchard and the two miles of hedgerow that border the…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply
Part-timeHospitality & Retail[£13–15 per hour]

Line cook, evening service

The Bell & Anchor · High Street

We run a 40-cover kitchen with a short, seasonal menu that changes every six weeks. You would work the grill and the pass on Thursday to Saturday evenings,…

Posted 8 Oct 2026View & apply

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