Totally flexible zero hours jobs

[MegBusset]

What kind of jobs allow you to work only the hours you want to? Eg working through the winter or periods of bad weather to then go travelling / pursue hobbies etc. a job where you are under no obligation whatsoever but can pick up days / hours as and when you want to, but no penalty if you have days / weeks / months when you don’t work.

The ones I’ve thought of so far are taxi driver and Deliveroo courier. Possibly bank staff for care homes, school cover supervisor?

Does anyone else work in this way and what kind of thing do you do?

I have a friend that does admin for an agency.

I know someone who works for an outdoor shop, like this - but they do tend to use people who use the time not working, to go mountaineering / water sports / ski season / climbing etc so they bring that experience to the advice they give customers.

I know someone who works as bank / agency staff in the NHS doing admin too

Lifeguarding can be like this too - although of course you need to be able to swim well / quickly / strongly and you need to qualify, and then re-do it every 3 years

Schools are always looking for exam invigilators but obviously that is a certain times of year.

If you want to travel, you can do outdoor adventurous stuff / sports such as sailing or skiing for the season, then go to the southern hemisphere and do their season, so you follow the Summer (or Winter if sno sports are your thing) all year round.

I'm a healthcare assistant bank staff. Long as I pick up one shift every six months I can work whenever. Though shifts are little low currently as lot of areas just recruited. But if I'm not fussy on wards I can work almost whenever.
But I did some months where I was given shifts before I was signed off as bank staff

Anything which can be done through a temp agency, such as driving, construction (DH is a roofing carpenter and pretty much works whenever he wants), admin, warehouse work.

Author?

I'm interested in this too. 16yo DS could do with a flexible job to fit around college and to allow us to visit family 1 weekend every month.

Nursing - bank or agency. Probably carers/porters too.

I'm a support worker for adults with learning disabilities. I tell the manager when I can work.

Go through a temp agency - catering, office admin. They won't be quite as flexible as what you're after but it will be a short term contract you can choose to not take up. Eg. Two weeks of weekends in the kitchen doing dishes.

Hotel/hospitality. They can keep staff on the books as "casual" and offer shifts in room cleaning or kitchen work and you can choose what you want. A room attendant job is useful if you have children at school as shift start at 9.30am and can finish at 2pm, 3.30pm or 4pm depending on what you want. And you can go travelling for 6 months, stay on the books and pick up work when you come back. Or do Christmas/holiday cover when they need extras if you want.

In my previous job at a hotel we had mothers with school children doing shorter shifts and students doing weekend or holidays times.

Kitchen work is helpful if you want to have odd hours, eg. looking after children in the day but could do evening work because there's someone else at home at night.