Do jobs to fit in with school hours actually exist ?

[LIZS]

Hello! Mumsnet Jobs team here. We've noticed this thread is fairly old now, and some of the information is out of date. We've put together this article of advice, tips and tricks to finding a job that will allow you to work within school hours. We hope it's helpful!

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An opportunity has come up to do a start and end of day job at dc's school. However it would mean dd doing longer hours than at present with the after school club and it isn't that many hours a week so remuneration is limited and I'd be restricted timewise as to what else I could do. I was therefore wondering if it is really viable and whether the alternative , part- time , say 9-3, term times , actually exists, in which case I feel I could contribute more financially to the household than with the other one. Do places like temp agencies cater for such short term , part time roles, for example ?

[LotusLeigh]

Hiya!

Have you thought about starting your own business? What skills do you have? For example, if you have office admin skills you could set yourself up as a Virtual Assistant.

Best wishes

Leigh

[MrsBadger]

the NHS is pretty good for this - my local trust offers 9-3 termtime only contracts for admin / clerical staff. Worth checking out.

[Dior]

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[Miaou]

I've just got one - Senior Playleader at the nursery attached to the school - but I guess that unless you really want to do hands-on stuff with children then choices are limited.

[SueW]

I have just resigned from my job at DD's school. It is 20 hours per week, flexible as long I turned up for enough time to do the menus in the morning every weekday although I mostly have done 8.30ish to 12.30ish, (private school) term time only with occasional holiday work and overtime by negotiation. £6.53 per hour - don't all apply at once for the cash! It was advertised last week and we had over 50 enquiries.

Before I did that, I did some temping but that didn't fit particularly well with school hours - 2-5pm or 2-8pm or 5-8pm.

What irritates me is students I know seem to have no trouble getting temp work in the holidays although I suppose they are usually willing to work longer hours. Students and mums should be able to job share. I think Asda lets them.

[southeastastra]

yes they do exist but are quite hard to find. i used to work 9.30 to 2.30 daily as an administrator and had to take holidays same time as the school. i then took a job 2 full days a week. i found agencies quite helpful but i had to register with them. local paper has jobs p/t too.

i now do a couple of a/s clubs and have to get a babysitter, but if you could take your child to the clubs too she may enjoy them>?

[oliali7]

Look in your local paid-for paper. ask at the school gates. Local, small fimily run companies are the ones to look at - they are more willing to take on part-time and recognise that Mums are hardworking!.

I found my 9-3, term time if i want , job in my local paper and believe it or not was the only applicant.

stick in there and look around and mention to as many people as possible that you want a job - something will turn up and it will make your life stress and guilt free!

[Tinker]

They do exist but you usually have to be in place first before you can re-negotiate your hours. Public sector is usually very flexible.

[Gobbledigook]

LotusLeigh has a good idea.

Do you have typing skills - you can do office work from home, transcription of taped interviews or letters. I work from home and it fits really well with school hours - I can be flexible about when I do the work so if a child is ill at school I can go and get them and just catch up on the work in the evening if I have to.

[nailpolish]

nightshift is [perfect

get home, take children to school, go to bed, sleep, get up, collect children, make tea, go to work,...

[xoxo]

Local authority jobs are fab. They offer flexitime and term time working.
pay's not so good, pension is ok but generally it works around kids.

[LIZS]

Lots of ideas here, thank you. Seems perhaps I should investigate alternatives further before jumping into the other one. Unfortunately my typing is n't great(not that I couldn't work on it) and as I'm a little deaf audio work could be awkward , how does a "Virtual Assistant" work ?

[DebitheScot]

How about a teaching assistant? The ones that work in my school leave as soon as school finishes and don't have to take work home with them.

[nikkie]

Depends where you work to be a TA like that though Debithescot, I work about 30-45 mins a day extra, lots of meeting/training and take paper work home occasiionally (not as much as some.