Graduate Level Roles (graduate, due to graduate or relevant experience)
TPP – Software developers, Account Managers, Analysts, Comms & Marketing, Commercial Managers
Mazars – Audit, Risk Assurance, Admin, Graduate Trainee Programmes
Capgemini – Data Engineer, Business Analyst, Project Manager, Analysts, Graduate Schemes – plus many more
HMRC – Compliance casework, full and part-time customer service consultants (evening work available)
Linklaters – ‘Making Links programme’ (coaching, mentoring and paid work experience and ‘Virtual Experience Programme’
Telford Mann – Trainee Paraplanner and Trainee Financial Planner
Southwark Council – Project & Business Support Officers
Suffolk County Council – Support Workers – Home First
Teach First – Teacher Training and Reconnect to Teaching programmes
To find out more about graduates schemes that are currently open or check upcoming opening dates, visit https://www.brightnetwork.co.uk/graduate-career-advice/choosing-a-career/application-deadlines-graduate-schemes/
Health and Social Care (no previous experience necessarily required)
There is currently a huge demand within the sector and many organisations are offering both full-time, part-time or flexible working hours. There are also opportunities for both permanent and temporary roles. Here’s just a few of the organisations we work with who are urgently recruiting:
Community Integrated Care – Support roles and volunteers urgently required – various locations
Mencap – urgently recruiting for Support Workers plus a wide range of volunteering roles available
Marie Curie – Healthcare Assistants and Registered Nurses – various locations
Outcomes First – Support Workers, Teaching Assistants, Therapeutic Support Worker
Homeworking paid and volunteering opportunities
Sports Scotland - OU exclusive Virtual Internship as a Digital Learning Specialist
Shout – Volunteer text service supporting people in crisis
Taurho Transcribes – part-time paid TranscribersSurrey Translation Bureau – Freelance Translators & proof-readers
Surrey Translation Bureau – Freelance Translators & proof-readers
Volunteering Roles
With many charities receiving unprecedented demand for their services your help and support has never been more important. It’s worth remembering that some organisations are able to offer home-based opportunities. A great starting point to search for opportunities in your area is
https://do-it.org/
Here’s a few of the national charities we work with who have told us they need your help:
NSPCC (incorporating Childline), Mencap, Leonard Cheshire, British Red Cross, Macmillan Cancer Support, Alzheimers Research, MS Society, OU Students Association.
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