These are some of the temporary jobs with immediate starts in Lancashire right now
Most businesses might be on lock-down, but the Government has identified a number of sectors employing key workers whose roles are still vital.
Some sectors are also experiencing a sharp rise in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, including funeral directors and the NHS.
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Hide AdWhether it's picking fruit or delivering parcels, working at a funeral home or even helping build a brand new hospital, these are some of the top temp jobs in Lancashire.
1. Funeral service crew, Co-Op
Pay: £9.13 per hour
Location: Lancashire-wide
- Collect the deceased from a range of locations and scenarios in a professional, empathetic and dignified manner
- Form part of the funeral service – bearing coffins and driving funeral vehicles in a dignified and professional manner
- Prepare coffins and engrave name plates according to clients’ needs
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Hide Ad- Prepare the deceased in our care for both viewings and the funeral
2. Operation Nightingale Hospital in Manchester city centre
Pay: To be confirmed
Location: Manchester Central Convention Complex (formerly G-MEX Centre)
- A number of 3-person teams are needed urgently to help transform the centre into an overflow hospital for coronavirus patients.
- Roles include Maintenance/installation electrician, commercial gas maintenance engineer, skilled handy-person (to work with engineers)
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Hide AdHours: 8am - 4pm, 4pm - 12pm and 12pm - 8am (four days on, four days off)
For more information email [email protected] or call 01745772218
3. Pickers and packers at veg and fruit farms
Pay: £8.21 - £10.47 per hour
Location: Tarleton
- Picking, packing and planting fruit
Call 0151 319 2188 for more information.
4. Care assistants
Pay: £8.50 - 12.88 per hour
Location: Preston
- To provide person-centred care to clients at local residential and nursing homes in Preston and surrounding areas.
For more information, email [email protected]
5. Registered nurses
Pay: £18 - £35.00 per hour
Location: Preston
- Providing holistic, person-centred at local nursing homes and residential homes, learning disability units, mental health units and private hospitals in Preston and surrounding areas.
For more information, email [email protected]
6. Prescriptions delivery driver
Pay: To be confirmed
Location: Lancashire-wide
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7. Home shopping picker
Pay: £9.00 per hour
Location: Blackpool
You'll be responsible for:
- Picking products for online customers, finalising and checking out customers' orders, bagging and preparing for collection/delivery.
8. Amazon Warehouse Operative
Pay: £9.50 per hour (Days) to £10.50 per hour (Nights) plus £2.00 per hour until April 30
- Excellent Overtime Rate between £14.25 to £19.00 per hour
- Full-time shifts available
Location: Leyland
You'll be responsible for:
- Fulfilling Amazon orders by receiving & sorting parcels into the correct postcodes, lifting and moving products up to 15kg in weight
9. Royal Mail delivery driver
Pay: £10.00 per hour
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Hide Ad- Full-time and part-time roles, shifts available between 11am and 9pm.
Location: Preston central
You'll be responsible for:
Supporting the Easter peak period, delivering mail and parcels to houses and businesses within a set area.
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