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• Statistical Methodologist – Office for National Statistics
  Closing Date: 20/11/2025Location: England – North East.,England – North West.,Wales.,UK Nationwide.Location: Newport, Titchfield (Fareham), Manchester or DarlingtonSalary: £42,999Working pattern: Adaptable working, Full-time, Job share, Part-timeClosing date: Apply before 11:55 pm on Thursday 20th November 2025Person specificationEssential criteria:A mathematical and statistical awareness of a broad range of topics, especially in methods related to […]
• Frontline – Graduate Trainee Social Worker – Graduate Recruitment Bureau
  Closing Date: 02/12/2025Location: UK Nationwide.Frontline – Graduate Trainee Social WorkerLooking for a career with purpose and a clear path for development? As a social worker, you’ll work directly with children and families to make sure children are safe, supported and able to thrive. It’s a career that offers stability, progression and the chance […]
• Reserve Officer – The Army
  Closing Date: 31/03/2026Location: UK Nationwide.The biggest team you’ll ever join, the most important work you’ll ever do. Becoming an Army Reserve Officer is more than a hobby. It’s adventure, with purpose. It’s action, with responsibility. It’s a great challenge, with exceptional rewards.It’s a chance for you to do what really matters, in […]
• Reserve Soldier – The Army
  Closing Date: 31/03/2026Location: UK Nationwide.The biggest team you’ll ever join, the most important work you’ll ever do. Becoming an Army Reserve Soldier is more than a hobby. It’s adventure, with purpose. It’s action, with responsibility. It’s a great challenge, with exceptional rewards.It’s a chance for you to do what really matters, in […]
• Dentist – The Army
  Closing Date: 31/03/2026Location: UK Nationwide.Practice with independence.As a qualified Dentist, you have the skills, training and knowledge needed take care of our troops’ dental health. No two days look the same here and no two practices do either. With the chance to travel the globe, you could be working on huge Army […]
• HR Officer – The Army
  Closing Date: 31/03/2026Location: UK Nationwide.Be part of something bigger.As a HR Officer – Detachment Commander, you are given significant responsibility from day 1. You'll command, lead and manage 18 highly motivated and bright soldiers in the delivery of personnel administration. Joining our Staff and Personnel Support (SPS) Branch, you’ll deliver personnel administrative […]
• Communications Troop Officer – The Army
  Closing Date: 31/03/2026Location: UK Nationwide.Be the one others turn to. Be responsible. Be trusted with the safety of the nation. Become a Communications Troop Officer in the British Army, and you’ll be doing something that really matters. Leading a troop of key military players in our national defence. Helping to make the […]
• Graduate Leadership Programme – The Army
  Closing Date: 31/03/2026Location: UK Nationwide.Learn to lead.Are you a quick thinker? Calm under pressure, with a curious mind? Officers are at the heart of everything the Army does – making split-second decisions in critical situations, commanding some of the best soldiers in the world on the front line, on land, sea or […]
• Army Undergraduate Bursary – The Army
  Closing Date: 31/03/2026Location: UK Nationwide.Always taking the first step. Making the tough calls. Keeping heads up and hope high. Being a leader isn’t always easy, but, at the British Army, it’s worth it. As an Army Officer, you’ll push yourself and your team further than you thought possible. At the centre of […]
• Nurse – The Army
  Closing Date: 31/03/2026Location: UK Nationwide.Provide general and specialist nursing care to soldiers and civilians while working in a range of locations. This role allows you to join either as a soldier or an officer, when you're fully trained or while you're a student nurse.Army Nurses can find themselves working in a variety […]
• Pharmacist – The Army
  Closing Date: 31/03/2026Location: UK Nationwide.Deal with the unexpected.As an accredited Pharmacist, you’ll have the medical knowledge and experience to advise senior commanders on the use and management of medications. You’ll give guidance on distributing medical supplies and pharmaceutical care in Defence Medical Group Hospital Units (DMG), advise GPs in primary care and […]
• Legal Officer – The Army
  Closing Date: 31/03/2026Location: UK Nationwide.Deliver leadership advice in challenging environments.Joining the Army Legal Services (ALS is a challenging and varied role and as a Legal Officer, you could be involved with anything from prosecuting soldiers charged with offences at courts martial to advising senior commanders on rules of engagement during operations abroad. […]
• Technical Specialist – Cyber-Physical Multi-Agent Systems – Waterstons Ltd
  Closing Date: 23/11/2025Location: England – Greater London.About ARIAARIA is a new kind of R&D funding agency. We fund scientists and engineers to pursue research at the edge of the possible. From climate change to AI, society faces enormous challenges and opportunities that can be uniquely addressed by science and technology. ARIA was […]
• Graduate Management Trainee – Graduate Recruitment Bureau
  Closing Date: 14/12/2025Location: UK Nationwide.Graduate Management TraineeImpact: The Local Government Graduate Programme is a fast-track graduate programme for bright and passionate individuals who want to make a difference while excelling in their career. It offers the chance to work directly with communities, but also to influence policy at a senior level. All […]
• Research Analyst/Writer – Birmingham – Chambers and Partners
  Closing Date: 30/11/2025Location: England – West Midlands.Join our Insight team at Chambers and Partners as a Research Analyst/Writer, based in our Birmingham office.We are actively seeking talented individuals to join our Insight team at Chambers and Partners. As a Research Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in transforming commentary compiled by […]
• Reserve Volunteer – Martin Mere Wetland Centre WWT
  Closing Date: 17/01/2026Location: England – North West. About The RoleAt WWT we believe the best way to inspire people to protect wetlands is to let people experience them up close. At Martin Mere we support over 500 Acres of stunning habitats including wet grassland, reedbed and woodland! Our reserve volunteers are crucial […]
• Driver Apprenticeship – Royal Air Force
  Closing Date: 31/03/2026Location: UK Nationwide.Want to become an RAF Driver? You will be fully trained to operate many vehicle types and gain professional qualifications and licenses at no cost. From cars to cranes and articulated trucks to specialist vehicles (such as aircraft refuellers) you will ensure RAF personnel, equipment and commodities are in […]
• RAF Chef Apprenticeship – Royal Air Force
  Closing Date: 31/03/2026Location: UK Nationwide.Can you stand the heat? Then get into the kitchen as an RAF Apprentice Chef.As a chef in the RAF, you will have a varied role, preparing food at five-star themed banquets one day and cooking in the field the next.Once fully trained you will have organisational and […]
• RAF Regiment Gunner – Royal Air Force
  Closing Date: 31/03/2026Location: UK Nationwide.Who are we. RAF Regiment protect and defend RAF platforms, RAF installations and the people who operate them, to enable the unrestricted delivery of Air and Space power. As an RAF Regiment Gunner, you will specialise in combat tactics, weaponry, fieldcraft and force protection. You will be part of a […]
• Weapon Technician – Royal Air Force
  Closing Date: 31/03/2026Location: UK Nationwide.As a Royal Air Force Weapon Technician, you will be responsible for arming our aircraft with weapons. You will also make sure all the weapons management and release systems are in full working order. Most weapons technicians spend their first tour of duty on a flying squadron helping […]