Fibre Splicing Technician
FiCOM Networks Ltd - Devon
from £32,000 a year
Field-basedPermanentFull time
Key ResponsibilitiesSplicing & Termination: Perform precise fusion splicing on single-mode and multi-mode fibre optic cables inside various enclosures, splitter nodes, joints, and customer premises.Network Preparation: Prepare external network joints, strip cable sheaths, clean optical fibres, and route tubes neatly into splice trays according to network schematics.Testing & Fault Finding: Conduct end-to-end optical testing using OTDR (Optical Time-Domain Reflectometers), Visual Fault Locators (VFL), and Light Source/Power Meters. Inspect and clean connectors using video probes.Documentation: Interpret network blueprints, straight-line diagrams (SLDs), and splicing matrices. Complete, update, and upload test results and "as-built" documentation via digital field apps.Maintenance & Repair: Locate, diagnose, and rectify network faults, micro-bends, or fiber breaks on live or newly built infrastructures.Health, Safety & Compliance: Set up safe traffic management systems (signs, cones, barriers) in compliance with street works laws. Safely operate in confined spaces (manholes) and at heights (ladders/hoists).
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Fibre Splicing Technician
FiCOM Networks Ltd - Devon
from £32,000 a year
Field-basedPermanentFull time
Key ResponsibilitiesSplicing & Termination: Perform precise fusion splicing on single-mode and multi-mode fibre optic cables inside various enclosures, splitter nodes, joints, and customer premises.Network Preparation: Prepare external network joints, strip cable sheaths, clean optical fibres, and route tubes neatly into splice trays according to network schematics.Testing & Fault Finding: Conduct end-to-end optical testing using OTDR (Optical Time-Domain Reflectometers), Visual Fault Locators (VFL), and Light Source/Power Meters. Inspect and clean connectors using video probes.Documentation: Interpret network blueprints, straight-line diagrams (SLDs), and splicing matrices. Complete, update, and upload test results and "as-built" documentation via digital field apps.Maintenance & Repair: Locate, diagnose, and rectify network faults, micro-bends, or fiber breaks on live or newly built infrastructures.Health, Safety & Compliance: Set up safe traffic management systems (signs, cones, barriers) in compliance with street works laws. Safely operate in confined spaces (manholes) and at heights (ladders/hoists).
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Assistant Service Leader
Beyond Limits - South West
£30,000 to £32,000 a year
Field-basedPermanentFull time
Beyond Limits, rated OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission, is looking for an Assistant Service Leader to join our passionate and dedicated team. This exciting development opportunity is ideal for someone who is committed to person-centred support, thrives on leadership, and wants to make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Location: Devon and Somerset - Frequent travel around these areas is necessary and having a full UK drivers licence and access to a car is essential. Important Information: Though our headquarters is in Plymouth, we are looking for premises for a branch around the Axminster area. Hours: 37.5 per week Contract Type: Initial 12-month appointment. Internal applicants will retain their substantive post.
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Regional Driver - South West
Post Office Ltd - South West
from £35,700 a year
Field-basedPermanentFull time
Contract Type: Permanent, Full time, Onsite and covering other depots within the Region Location: This is a regional based role covering Exeter, Swansea, Southampton and London, based from our Bristol Depot Closing Date: 27/10/26 Please note, if successful in this role, your contractual job title will be Regional Reserve - Cash Carrying Crew What To Expect Join our Cash in Transit (CViT) team and play a vital role in delivering one of the UK’s most trusted services. As a Regional Driver, you’ll help ensure the safe, secure and timely movement of cash and valuables, enabling Post Offices and our customers to continue serving communities across the country. Working across your designated areas (Bristol, Exeter, Swansea, Southampton and London), you’ll provide operational support wherever it’s needed most. From transporting valuable consignments and operating secure vehicles to supporting depot activities and maintaining the highest safety and compliance standards, no two days are the same. Every day, you’ll play an important part in protecting the movement of cash and valuables across our network, helping Post Offices continue delivering the trusted services that communities rely on.This role is ideal for someone who enjoys variety, takes pride in delivering excellent customer service and thrives in a fast-paced operational environment. As a Regional Driver, flexibility is essential, and you’ll be expected to travel within your designated area, with overnight stays when required. All overnight accommodation and reasonable expenses will be covered.
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Business Systems Analyst
University of Plymouth - Plymouth
£35,608 to £38,784 a year
HybridPermanentFull time
Shape the ongoing development of our new Student Records System (SRS)! About the role: We are seeking a skilled and detail-orientated Business System Analyst to support the ongoing development and optimisation of the University’s Student Records System. You will: • be central to enhancing business processes and ensuring the effective use of SITS across the University. • routinely engage with stakeholders to gather and define requirements. • act as the bridge between business needs and system capability. • configure the system, test and document changes that enhance service delivery and improve user experience. For this role, you will need to be on site 3 days a week. Although we can accommodate working from home for this role, flexibility to be on-site will be expected due to business needs. For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Juliette Sodergren: by email at juliette.sodergren@plymouth.ac.uk
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Financial Accounts Manager
Rainbow Plants Ltd - Devon
£45,000 to £45,000 a year
HybridPermanentFull time
The Financial Accounts Manager will take responsibility for the efficient and effective management of the company's financial and customer accounts. The role combines customer account management, credit assessment, establishment and monitoring of credit terms, credit control, debt recovery, sales and purchase ledger management, general accounting and financial administration. The position will provide the successful candidate with broad practical experience in financial accounts management within a growing commercial wholesale business, while supporting their continued development towards a professional career in finance and accounting.
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Strategic Programme Manager
University of Plymouth - Plymouth
£47,389 to £56,535 a year, pro rata
HybridTemporaryFull time
Help shape and deliver the University of Plymouth's refreshed strategy, turning ambitious priorities into programmes that make a lasting difference for our students, staff, research and wider communities. About the role: As a Strategic Programme Manager, you will: • work with Strategy Strand Leads and senior stakeholders to shape and coordinate delivery of major strategic programmes aligned to the University's refreshed strategy. • report to the Strategic Change Manager. • help translate priorities into deliverable programmes. • maintain oversight of progress, risks and dependencies. • support effective decision-making to achieve strategic outcomes and benefits. • partner with Strategy Strand Leads and senior stakeholders to shape strategic programmes, define priorities, and establish clear outcomes and benefits. • lead oversight of one or more complex strategic programmes, maintaining a clear view of progress, risks, dependencies and delivery confidence. • work across programme and organisational boundaries to manage interdependencies, align activity and support delivery of shared strategic objectives. • support the balancing of demand, priorities and resources across a dynamic portfolio of work where requirements and expectations continue to evolve. For this role, you will need to be on site 3 days a week. Although we can accommodate working from home for this role, flexibility to be on-site will be expected due to business needs. This is a full time, fixed term role, working 37 hours per week for 2 years due to funding. For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Tom Berkien: by email at Thomas.berkien@plymouth.ac.uk
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Human Resources Partner
University of Plymouth - Plymouth
£39,906 to £46,049 a year
HybridPermanentFull time
Are you an experienced and proactive HR professional? Join our high-performing HR Partnering team! About the role: As HR Partner, you will: • work in partnership across a portfolio of departments, providing strategic insight, managing people-related risks, and developing effective workforce solutions. • be responsible for delivering expert, professional HR advice and will work closely with managers to support all aspects of the employee lifecycle, including recruitment and selection, performance management, and employee relations. • lead on wider activities across HR such as policy and process development in line with employment legislation and best practice, job evaluation and taking an active role in upskilling managers across the University. For this role, you will need to be on site 3 days a week. Although we can accommodate working from home for this role, flexibility to be on-site will be expected due to business needs. For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Kate Murray: by email at kate.murray@plymouth.ac.uk
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Director of the National Centre for Marine Autonomy
University of Plymouth - Plymouth, Devon
Senior Manager
HybridTemporaryFull time
We are seeking an exceptional senior-level individual to provide strategic leadership to establish the NCMA and Plymouth as the UK’s nationally recognised centre of excellence for marine autonomy. About the role In June 2025, Plymouth was announced as the National Centre for Marine Autonomy (NCMA), a reflection of the significant investment by partners in capabilities and capacity to support the development, testing and deployment of autonomous marine technologies. Reflecting this and the government’s priority to support the development of autonomy as a fundamental pillar of its Defence Investment Plan, the NCMA is a cornerstone of the city’s Defence Growth Deal, through which significant MoD investment will be made in the NCMA’s capabilities to support both defence and civilian applications of autonomous systems. You will lead through a “team of teams” model, bringing together Defence, industry, academia, regulators, local government, investors and national partners into a coherent ecosystem that can accelerate research, experimentation, assurance, testing, trials and operational adoption at pace. A key requirement is to develop and deliver a nationally and internationally significant programme of trials, testing and innovation exercises, including a major dual-use autonomous maritime exercise in 2028. This will support SME’s access to world class facilities and demonstrate Plymouth’s ability to rival leading international experimentation environments. By providing a permissive, safe and operationally relevant environment that enables Defence, industry and academia to develop, assure and scale autonomous capabilities in support of national security, economic growth and the Royal Navy’s aspiration for a Hybrid Navy. The role will be employed by the University of Plymouth but will work within a partnership governance framework, providing visible leadership across the NCMA, in support of the Team Plymouth and Defence Growth Deal delivery structures. You will be expected to maintain confidence across partners by providing clear direction, transparent reporting, effective risk management and a relentless focus on delivery outcomes. • Lead the establishment and ongoing development of the NCMA as a safe, agile and reliable ecosystem for marine autonomy, using a coherent “team of teams” approach across Defence, industry, academia, regulators, local and national government and partners. • Work with Partners to provide the vision, leadership and delivery discipline required to design and deliver a nationally significant programme of trials, testing and experimentation for uncrewed and autonomous maritime systems in and around Plymouth. • Create a visible and investable national ecosystem for autonomous maritime capability by connecting Plymouth’s research base, testing facilities, operational expertise, waterfront assets, commercial partners and innovation strengths. • Establish effective governance, accountability and delivery mechanisms for the NCMA and the 2028 exercise, including clear partner roles, transparent decision-making, risk management, safety assurance, regulatory coordination and alignment with national Defence priorities: • Provide senior national and international advocacy for the NCMA, ensuring it aligns with and influences Defence innovation, the Defence Industrial Strategy, maritime autonomy assurance, regulatory reform and the Royal Navy’s Hybrid Navy ambition.
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Senior Lecturer - Journalism
Plymouth Marjon University - Plymouth
from £44,746 a year
HybridPermanentFull time
Marjon is a small university, with a strong sense of community, centred on student success. We believe that each staff member contributes directly to the university’s growth and success, with our values at the heart of everything we do. We believe that diversity provides the talent and contribution that delivers the greatest impact on our continuing success and realising every individual’s potential. Marjon’s Journalism programmes are innovative and forward-thinking, and we are looking for a new member of our teaching team to help us continue to develop our reputation for excellence in journalism and media education. Our revalidated provision is delivered through a single programme framework with two distinct pathways: BA (Hons) Journalism and Media and BA (Hons) Sports Media. Both pathways combine a shared foundation in journalism, research, storytelling, digital production and professional practice with opportunities for specialist development. Journalism and Media focuses on contemporary journalism and multi-platform content creation, while Sports Media develops expertise in sports reporting, live production, sports analysis, marketing and communications. Who we’re looking for: • Someone who can inspire students to find, investigate and tell compelling stories across platforms and to diverse audiences. • You will contribute to practical teaching in areas such as news production, audio and video journalism, digital storytelling and live broadcasting. • Help students develop the critical judgement, research, verification and ethical awareness required for accurate, independent and impactful journalism. • Have the ability to connect professional practice with critical and reflective learning will be central to the role. Our practical broadcast teaching is based at The Workshop, in the site of the former BBC radio and television studios in the heart of Plymouth, next door to the current Broadcasting House. The facilities include a radio studio, podcast suites and a versatile television studio. Working with these facilities and our industry contacts, you will help students develop professional portfolios, collaborative production skills and the confidence to pursue careers across journalism, sports media, broadcasting, digital content and communications. We foster a collaborative environment for research, scholarly activity and knowledge exchange, alongside opportunities for ongoing personal and professional development. We welcome applicants who can bring complementary expertise, fresh ideas and a commitment to inclusive, practice-informed journalism education. Application Process: To apply for the position, please apply online at https://jobs.marjon.ac.uk/ and provide a supporting statement that demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, and experience sections of the job description. Key Dates: Closing date: 25 October 2026 (at 11:59pm) Interview date: 10, 11 & 13 November 2026 Supporting our people: At Marjon, we are deeply committed to supporting every member of our staff. Our values sit at the heart of everything we do, and we hope you will take pride in becoming part of our community. We offer a wide range of staff benefits, depending on eligibility, which you can explore, here. We’re big believers in the importance of work/life balance. Many of our employees work flexibly and they are able to apply for parental leave and time off for dependants. As well as this, Academic staff enjoy 35 days’ holiday, plus Christmas closure days and eight bank holidays. This equates to 45 (full-time equivalent) days. To view the full range of benefits we offer, please click here. We warmly welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, reflecting our strong commitment to inclusion. As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Mike Baker, Programme Leader, on mbaker@marjon.ac.uk PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted. On occasions where we receive high interest in a vacancy, we may use AI to initially screen anonymised applications. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process, please contact the People Team on peopleteam@marjon.ac.uk. We are currently unable to offer sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route for this position. We therefore welcome applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK. This includes individuals on alternative visa routes that permit employment, such as the Graduate visa.
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