What Jobs are available for Full Time in Tunbridge Wells?

Work with Sense and make a real difference to the lives of the people we support and their families.

Come and join our amazing Supported Living Service located in Aylesford, Kent. 

We are offering you £2.50 per hour with enhanced rates for overtime and annual pay reviews/ rises.

You will work over 3 units in the same home, working flexibly and reliably providing support in every aspect of life, such as shopping, housework, cooking, laundry etc. You will also support to go out on into the community for activities and work! Join the friendly supportive staff and bring new ideas to our team.

Early shifts start from 7am, late shift finishes at 10pm - we have part time and full time roles available with varied shifts across the week. 

• Positive, with a can-do attitude.
• Caring, patient and empathetic.
• Good communicators and listeners
• Have Caring/ Support Work experience desirable
• Have Right to work in the UK
• BSL skills desirable
• Knowledge of multi-sensory impairments / learning difficulties is beneficial.
• Passionate about enhancing other people’s lives.
• Willing to attend training as needed to support you in your role.

• Everyday tasks like cooking and cleaning.
• Personal care and hygiene.
• Finances.
• Medication and wellbeing.
• Going into the community for shopping or other trips.
• Their social life and nightlife.
• Everyone we support is an individual, so their care is as unique as they are. You can see a more detailed description of duties in the job description attached at the bottom of this advert.

We believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Sense is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader .

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

• 32 days of annual leave including Bank Holidays pro rata
• Matched pension contributions up to 5%.
• Free life assurance policy.
• Cashback and discounts on high street brands (and 10% off at Sense charity shops!).
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Travel season ticket loans.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Wisdom app  - free access for all employees to mindfulness application
• Free DBS check if your role needs one.
• A £350 r er-a-friend scheme.
• Free access to over 100 online and face-to-face training courses, including the care certificate.
• Ongoing development opportunities  

Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly.  We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on or

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: 

KS2 Teacher - Small Primary School (Near Ashford)

Location: Just outside Ashford, Kent
Contract: Full-time or Part-time
Start Date: As soon as possible

About the Role

Simply Education are working with a lovely small primary school located just outside of Ashford who are looking to appoint a passionate and dedicated KS2 Teacher to join their team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced teacher or an enthusiastic ECT who enjoys working in a close-knit school community where every child is valued and known.

The successful candidate will play an important role in delivering engaging lessons, fostering curiosity, and supporting pupils' academic and emotional development. The school offers a welcoming and collaborative environment, where staff work together to create an inspiring learning experience for all.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver creative and engaging lessons in line with the KS2 curriculum.
• Assess and track pupils' progress, identifying and supporting areas for development.
• Create a positive and inclusive classroom environment.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, parents, and support staff.
• Contribute to the wider life of the school and uphold its values.

What We're Looking For

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent.
• Experience teaching within Key Stage 2 (KS2).
• Strong classroom management and communication skills.
• A passion for inspiring young learners and promoting a love of learning.
• Flexibility to work on a full-time or part-time basis.

What We Offer

• Competitive pay rates.
• Flexible working options to suit your availability.
• Support from your own dedicated consultant.
• Access to a wide range of free CPD and training opportunities.

Why Join Simply Education?

At Simply Education, we pride ourselves on connecting dedicated educators with schools where they can truly make an impact. We work closely with schools across Kent to match teachers with roles that suit their experience, preferences, and lifestyle.

Ready to Get Started?

If you're an enthusiastic KS2 Teacher looking for a rewarding role in a friendly small primary school near Ashford , we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today or contact your local Simply Education team for more information.

• Developing electrical designs from concept through to detailed construction drawings and specifications.
• Producing calculations for lighting, power distribution, emergency systems, and earthing.
• Selecting appropriate electrical equipment and components, ensuring compliance with standards.
• Using CAD software (e.g., AutoCAD, Revit MEP) for design development and drawing production.
• Conducting site surveys and inspections to verify design integrity and resolve site issues.
• Managing electrical design aspects of projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget.
• Collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary design teams and external stakeholders.
• Ensuring designs comply with current BS 7671 (IET Wiring Regulations) and relevant building standards.
• Providing technical guidance and support to junior engineers and technicians.
• Keeping up-to-date with new technologies and industry best practices in electrical engineering.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or working towards it is highly desirable.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in electrical building services design.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit MEP, and relevant electrical design software.
• Comprehensive knowledge of BS 7671 and other relevant electrical standards.
• Experience with load calculations, single-line diagrams, and panel schedules.
• Strong project management and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a hybrid environment.
• Experience with low-carbon and sustainable design principles is an advantage.

Join the Energy at Freedom Leisure – Do Good Feel Good!

If you feel driven to inspire people to be more active, improve their wellbeing and would like a job that will make a real difference to local people’s lives then Freedom Leisure is the place for you!

An outstanding opportunity has arisen to join our team at Freedom Leisure, one of the fastest growing and successful leisure and cultural trusts in the UK. We are seeking an experienced and inspirational Area Manager to lead our Leisure Partnerships in Kent & Tandridge.

Your responsibilities will be varied and include:

• Business & Sales Management - Accountability for the business, budgetary and cost centre performance across sites in your area. Ensuring that sales are driven forward, developing the business plan and leading a staff team to achieve key performance targets.
• Operational Management - Ensuring the day to day management and running of the leisure services and events is of the highest standard.
• People Management - Ensuring that work standards and performance are at the highest level through the effective recruitment, day to day leadership, management and development of all staff.
• Partnership Management – Freedom Leisure operate leisure contracts on behalf of local authority Partners, as such you will develop outstanding working relationships and liaise regularly with the partners to ensure delivery of their objectives and compliance with the contract.

Hours: 37 hours a week - Flexible to meet the demands of the business

Requirements

You may already be an Area Manager or an experienced leader in a public / private sector organisation looking for the next step. The person we are looking for will have the ability to manage a number of priorities at the same time; will be able to lead and motivate staff and have a passion for the leisure services and events. In addition to this you will demonstrate the following in your application:

• Previous experience in a senior operational leisure role
• Proven track record of leading and managing a change in culture
• Experience of leading a multi-site operation that include large scale events
• Outstanding commercial awareness with experience of managing and delivering sales targets and income performance
• Excellent IT skills to be able to produce and interpret reports and data
• Awareness of industry developments and trends
• Problem solving, project management, customer service and staff management experience

Benefits

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind, so what can we offer you?

• My Staff Shop, our very own staff benefit scheme, gives employees access to a great range of benefits. Get discounts on cinema tickets, travel bookings, high street e-vouchers, gift cards, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending.
• Discounted Staff membership (including family members)
• Incremental holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 confidential, independent and professional counselling.
• Company pension
• Various insurance and saving schemes
• Financial advice
• Cycle-to-work and Car Leasing tax-efficient schemes (salaried staff only, depending on earnings).
• All this as well as fully funded training and career progression opportunities in a team working environment supporting your local community to improve lives through leisure.

Closing date: 31st October 2025

Salary: up to £55,000 per annum + car allowance

Join the Energy at Freedom Leisure – Do Good Feel Good!

At Freedom Leisure, we’re all about positive vibes, great people, and making a real impact. Yes, we run leisure and cultural facilities, gyms, and swimming pools—but at the heart of it all, it’s our people who make the difference.

As one of the UK’s leading charitable leisure trusts, we’re proud of our mission of Improving Lives Through Leisure.  We’re here to help communities live healthier, happier lives by making our centres welcoming, inclusive, and accessible to everyone - because everyone deserves to feel good.  We’re all about delivering amazing customer service with a smile—every single day. We create spaces where people feel at home, supported, and inspired.

If you’re passionate about helping others and love creating great experiences, you’ll feel right at home with us.  You don’t need to be an expert to get started - we’ll give you all the training and support you need. With over 130 centres across England and Wales, there’s loads of room to grow.  Many of our team have built amazing careers doing what they love, helping customers day-to-day and making people feel good.

We’re proud to be a workplace where everyone is welcome, valued, and supported to thrive—because when our team reflects the communities we serve, we all grow stronger together.

In the role of Lifeguard, you will ensure the best levels of service are achieved for our customers through offering a friendly, clean and safe facilities.

We’re not looking for the next Duncan Goodhew but you will need to be able to swim competently. If you need extra coaching to get to the level needed to become a lifeguard, don’t worry as one of our excellent swim teachers will be able to support you to improve.

If you want to progress further, we will support this through additional training, both formal and on the job will be key. However, we also appreciate that not everyone wants to ‘move up the ladder’ and that’s absolutely fine with us. What is really important is that you are happy in your work.

In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday - Sunday (rota basis)

Requirements

• NPLQ qualification (training can be provided to the successful applicant)
• First Aid at Work (training can be provided to the successful applicant)
• Enhanced DBS check
• An ability and understanding of how to relate to customers of all ages and abilities and also to all levels of staff
• Well developed interpersonal skills
• Team orientated approach, able to work across organisation boundaries and demonstrate interest and be supportive of the work of staff and colleagues
• To be able to work flexibly and understand instructions from managers
• Demonstrated passion and energy for the leisure industry
• Regular cleaning, maintenance and preparation of areas and equipment as appropriate

Benefits

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind, so what can we offer you?

• My Staff Shop, our very own staff benefit scheme, gives employees access to a great range of benefits. Get discounts on cinema tickets, travel bookings, high street e-vouchers, gift cards, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending.
• Discounted Staff membership (including family members)
• Incremental holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 confidential, independent and professional counselling.
• Company pension
• Various insurance and saving schemes
• Financial advice
• Cycle-to-work and Car Leasing tax-efficient schemes (salaried staff only)
• All this as well as fully funded training and career progression opportunities in a team working environment

Closing date: 31st October 2025

Salary: up to £23,555 per annum

What’s important to us…

Customers – we have no business without them so we need to make sure they want to come back after each visit. This can only be achieved through our team delivering great service.

Partners – we work on behalf of our Council partners to deliver their services to the local community. We can’t do this without our colleagues.

Green Matters – we are fully committed to being the most Environmental and Sustainable leisure operator we can be and we know we all have a part to play to reduce the impact on the environment.

Colleagues – our teams are the service! We can’t achieve anything without them and hopefully this could be YOU!

If you care about delivering great customer experiences, want to give something back to the community where you live and want to help our environment, we would love for you to join our team at Freedom Leisure.

In the role as a Lifeguard, you will be key to supporting all of our objectives and in many ways. This will start with ensuring our centres are welcoming, clean and safe environment for all of our customers.

A full training programme will be provided and for those that want to go further, we will work with you to develop a career path with us.

In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday - Sunday (Rota basis)

Requirements

• NPLQ qualification or equivalent
• First Aid at Work
• An ability and understanding of how to relate to customers of all ages and abilities and also to all levels of staff
• Well developed interpersonal skills
• Team orientated approach, able to work across organisation boundaries and demonstrate interest and be supportive of the work of staff and colleagues
• To be able to work flexibly and understand instructions from managers
• Demonstrated passion and energy for the leisure industry

Benefits

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind, so what can we offer you?

• My Staff Shop, our very own staff benefit scheme, gives employees access to a great range of benefits. Get discounts on cinema tickets, travel bookings, high street e-vouchers, gift cards, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending.
• Discounted Staff membership (including family members)
• Incremental holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 confidential, independent and professional counselling.
• Company pension
• Various insurance and saving schemes
• Financial advice
• Cycle-to-work and Car Leasing tax-efficient schemes (salaried staff only)
• All this as well as fully funded training and career progression opportunities in a team working environment

Closing date: 16th February 2024

Salary: up to £20,102 per annum

Join the Energy at Freedom Leisure – Do Good Feel Good!

At Freedom Leisure, we’re all about positive vibes, great people, and making a real impact. Yes, we run leisure and cultural facilities, gyms, and swimming pools—but at the heart of it all, it’s our people who make the difference.

As one of the UK’s leading charitable leisure trusts, we’re proud of our mission of Improving Lives Through Leisure.  We’re here to help communities live healthier, happier lives by making our centres welcoming, inclusive, and accessible to everyone - because everyone deserves to feel good.  We’re all about delivering amazing customer service with a smile—every single day. We create spaces where people feel at home, supported, and inspired.

If you’re passionate about helping others and love creating great experiences, you’ll feel right at home with us.  You don’t need to be an expert to get started - we’ll give you all the training and support you need. With over 130 centres across England and Wales, there’s loads of room to grow.  Many of our team have built amazing careers doing what they love, helping customers day-to-day and making people feel good.

We’re proud to be a workplace where everyone is welcome, valued, and supported to thrive—because when our team reflects the communities we serve, we all grow stronger together.

Our Centre Management Team help to provide the services and activities that have a hugely positive impact in our local communities. To achieve this we are recruiting Duty Managers on a full-time basis to work at our Leisure Centre. As an integral part of the site team your work will support the delivery a huge variety of services and ensure our customers receive an excellent experience at our centre.

The role will be busy and varied, no two days will be the same. You will have a good level of autonomy and we’ll be interested in your ideas and suggestions. You will be involved in managing a motivated staff team, organising events and activities, helping customers, making plans for the centre and contributing to genuinely improving peoples’ lives through leisure.

In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Sunday (rota basis)

Requirements

• To actively manage and develop and motivate a team of operational staff
• To be responsible for the day to day duty management and running of the leisure centre to the highest standard
• To contribute to and understand the business and budgetary performance of the centre
• To be a proactive member of the leisure centre team
• A passion for the industry demonstrated through continuous professional development
• Experience of problem solving, customer service and staff management
• 2 years prior experience working in a Duty Management or similar role

• To be able to work flexibly with a level of autonomy and decision making confidence
• Able to think on your feet and respond to variable demands
• RLSS Nation pool qualification, desirable as training an be provided
• DBS check

Benefits

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind, so what can we offer you?

• My Staff Shop, our very own staff benefit scheme, gives employees access to a great range of benefits. Get discounts on cinema tickets, travel bookings, high street e-vouchers, gift cards, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending.
• Discounted Staff membership (including family members)
• Incremental holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 confidential, independent and professional counselling.
• Company pension
• Various insurance and saving schemes
• Financial advice
• Cycle-to-work and Car Leasing tax-efficient schemes (salaried staff only, depending on earnings)
• All this as well as fully funded training and career progression opportunities in a team working environment

Closing date: 17th October 2025

Salary: Up to £24,384 per annum