Senior Ecologist (UK wide) Join Jacobs' UK Ecology Team as an Ecologist and become part of a dynamic, forward-thinking organisation that's making a real impact-locally and globally. We're hiring nationwide, with opportunities available in our offices across Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Peterborough and Reading. Wherever you're based, you'll find a welcoming team and exciting projects waiting for you. At Jacobs, we don't just offer jobs-we build careers. You'll be joining a respected and ambitious company with a strong reputation for excellence and innovation. Our commitment to your growth is backed by: Global Career Framework - chart your path with clarity and purpose Chartership Academy Programme - support to achieve professional accreditation Employee Networks & Communities of Practice - connect with over 200 ecologists in the UK & Ireland, and 600+ globally A culture of collaboration and sustainability -...

Nursery – Bright Horizons Maidenhead Day Nursery & Preschool Salary – £ 27,580.80 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience) Hours - 40 Hours Per Week | Mon-Fri | Permanent Location – Maidenhead, SL6 4ER Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.” We’re looking for an Early Years Assistant to join our Maidenhead Day Nursery! Our Benefits Childcare discount of 40% for first child Enhanced parental leave 20 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave* Pension Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more Professional development programme access for every stage of...

Nursery – Bracknell Bright Horizons Salary – £ 25,200 - £30,000 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience) Location – Bracknell Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.” We’re looking for an Early Years Practitioner to join our Bracknell nursery. Our Benefits £ 25,200 - £30,000 per annum Childcare discount of 50% for first child Enhanced parental leave 20 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave* Pension Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers...

Nursery:   Bright Horizons Maidenhead Day Nursery and Preschool Salary:   £28,080 - £29,203.20 Dependant on experience and qualifications) Hours:   Fulltime | Mon-Fri | 40 Hours Per Week Location:   Maidenhead, SL6 Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.” We're looking for a fulltime Early Years Practitioner to support in our within the nursery! Our Bright Horizons Maidenhead Day Nursery and Preschool is a beautiful, 93 place purpose-built setting which opened in 2019. It has 5 spacious and well-equipped rooms including a baby sensory area, and areas specifically for art, construction play and a reading corner. All rooms have access to the large garden area including a patio area which is often used for messy play. The...

Bright Horizons Wokingham Day Nursery and Pre School Salary – Level 3 £ 28,072 - £33,020.50 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience) Salary – Level 2 £ 27.009 - £27,823 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience) Location – Wokingham Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.” We’re looking for an Early Years Practitioner to join our Bright Horizons Wokingham Day Nursery, situated in Wokingham. This nursery offers free onsite parking, close to the train station and bus stop, monthly staff treats, team book club, lending library available for staff children Our Benefits Childcare discount of 50% for first child Enhanced parental leave 20 days annual leave, plus bank...

Nursery – Bright Horizons Abbeymore Day Nursery and Pre School Salary – Level 3 £13.50 - £15.88 per hour (dependant on qualification/s and experience) Salary – Level 2 £12.99 - £13.38 per hour (dependant on qualification/s and experience) Location – Reading Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.” We’re looking for a flexible working practitioner to join our Bright Flex / Bank team at our Abbeymore nursery. Our Benefits Childcare discount of 40% for first child* Enhanced parental leave Pension Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach...

Nursery – Bracknell Bright Horizons Salary – £ 26,662.20 - £27,086.30 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience) Location –Bracknell, Wokingham Road Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.” We’re looking for an Early Years Assistant to join our Bracknell nursery, , situated in Bracknell within walking distant to Bracknell station and town centre and a bus stop right outside the nursery.. This nursery offers on site parking, regular team build days on weekends, annual awards ceremony, colleague of the month, employee appreciation and flexible working. Our Benefits £ 26,662.20 - £27,860.30 per annum Childcare discount of 40% for first child Enhanced parental leave 20 days annual...

Bright Horizons Wokingham Day Nursery and Preschool Hourly Rate: £12.45 to £15.25 per hour (dependant on qualification/s and experience) Location: Wokingham Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.” We’re looking for a flexible working practitioner to join our Bright Flex / Bank team at our Wokingham nursery. Our Benefits Childcare discount of 40% for first child* Enhanced parental leave Pension Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach Shift options: 40 hours over 4 or 5 days, 24 hours over 3 days, or 16 hours over 2 days *Subject...

Nursery – Bright Horizons Wokingham Day Nursery and Pre School Salary – Starting from £12.75 per hour (dependent on qualification/s and experience) Location – Wokingham Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.” We’re looking for a flexible working practitioner to join our Bright Flex / Bank team at our Wokingham nursery. Our Benefits Childcare discount of 40% for first child* Enhanced parental leave Pension Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach *Subject to T&Cs The Role Working as part of our Bright Flex / Bank team, you can...

Nursery – Bright Horizons Bracknell Day Nursery Salary – Level 2 £12.99 to £13.38 per hour (dependent on qualification/s and experience) Salary – Level 3 £13.50 to £15.88 per hour (dependent on qualification/s and experience) Location – Bracknell Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.” We’re looking for a flexible working practitioner to join our Bright Flex / Bank team at our Bracknell Day Nursery. Our Benefits Childcare discount of 40% for first child* Enhanced parental leave Pension Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach *Subject to...

Nursery – Bright Horizons Bracknell Day Nursery and Pre School Salary – £12.99 to £15.88 per hour (dependent on qualification/s and experience) Location –Wokingham Road Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.” We’re looking for an Early Years Practitioner to join our Bracknell nursery as a lunch cover working 9:30am-2:30pm. Our Benefits Childcare discount of 50% for first child Enhanced parental leave 20 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave* Pension Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more Professional development programme access for every stage of your career,...

Nursery – Bright Horizons Bracknell Day Nursery and Pre School Salary level 3 – £ 28,072 - £33,020 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience) Salary level 2 – £ 27,009 - £27,823 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience) Location –Wokingham Road Bracknell Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.” We’re looking for an Early Years Practitioner to join our Bracknell nursery. Our Benefits Childcare discount of 50% for first child Enhanced parental leave 20 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave* Pension Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more...

Nursery:  Bright Horizons Maidenhead Day Nursery and Preschool Salary:   Starting from £33,820.80 per annum dependant on experience and qualifications) Location:  Maidenhead, SL6 Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.” We’re looking for a Deputy Manager to join our Bright Horizons Maidenhead. This is a beautiful, 93 place purpose-built setting which opened in 2019. It has 5 spacious and well-equipped rooms including a baby sensory area, and areas specifically for art, construction play and a reading corner. All rooms have access to the large garden area including a patio area which is often used for messy play. The nursery is based just a 10 minute walk from the nearest train station, and has onsite parking. Our...

Location: Reading, United Kingdom Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services. Location: Ebbw Vale, Reading, Crawley, Bristol, Templecombe, and Cheadle (any Thales office) Step into a role where your cyber expertise shapes national‑level resilience and the future of secure critical systems! What the role has to offer Enterprise-wide technical influence – shaping consequence informed, secure‑by‑design and AI‑enabled security technologies, and steering the evolution of Thales’ future cyber design capabilities Own the UK Digital Trust technical strategy, ensuring consequence informed, SbD...

Location: Reading, United Kingdom Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services. Are you an expert at the intersection of deep mathematics and modern AI? Do you want to pioneer the next generation of algorithmic software for contested electromagnetic environments (CEME)? We are seeking a Hybrid Algorithm Researcher to lead low-TRL research and development in Advanced Signal Processing (ASP) and Position, Navigation & Timing (PNT). In this role, you won't choose between classical physics and machine learning—you will fuse them. We are looking for a pioneer to bridge the gap between white-box...

Location: Reading, United Kingdom Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services. Location: Reading, United Kingdom Date: 02/07/2026 Req No: R0325186 Contract Type: Permanent Research and Development Engineer – CEMA Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our...

Location: Reading, United Kingdom Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services. This is a leadership opportunity to shape and strengthen operations assurance across a complex and high-profile business environment. As Operations Assurance Lead – Air Sector , you will provide independent oversight and assurance that programmes are delivered to cost and schedule. Working closely with senior stakeholders across the Air Sector, Operations Leadership Team, and the Operations Assurance team, this role plays a critical part in driving performance, identifying risks early, and ensuring successful programme...

Family Support Worker - Thames Valley £27,000 + Company Car (with an approx. retail value of £23,000-26,000, taxable benefit in kind of £6-£8k) and other excellent benefits Thames Valley and surrounding areas. Rainbow Trust Children's Charity is going through an exciting time where we are growing, with the aim of reaching more families in need. About the role: We are looking to appoint a Family Support Worker on a full-time basis (35 hours, 5 days per week) to deliver a high-quality family support service as part of our Thames Valley Care Team to families in the local area, at a time where they need it most. Reporting to the Family Support Manager of the Thames Valley Care Team and working in partnership with health, education and social care professionals, you will take responsibility for providing needs-led emotional, social and practical support to families where a child/young person has a life threatening or terminal illness. You will enjoy...

Location: Reading, United Kingdom Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services. Optronics & Missile Electronics (OME) We help forces to find the right information at the right time to make the right decision. For over 130 years we’ve proudly led the development of Optronics for military, scientific and commercial use. We cover three sectors: Air, Land and Sea. Engineering Delivery Manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Engineering Delivery Manager within Thales Optronics and Missile Electronics (OME).   This role will be on at least one of our significant development and...

Location: Reading, United Kingdom Thales is a global technology leader with more than 83,000 employees on five continents. With over 7,500 people in the UK, operating across defence, space, aerospace, and digital security, we help build a future we can all trust. Thales supports the security and stability of our nation by providing extraordinary technology to our customers, as well as delivering social value to the UK with our products and services. Radar Sales Manager Location: Reading, Crawley, Bristol, Templecombe and Belfast (any Thales office) Other: permanent, full-time, hybrid, with 30 - 50% domestic & international travel Lead the capture of next-generation radar solutions and play a key role in shaping the future of UK air defence. What the role has to offer Shape the Future of UK Radar Capability - influence and secure major Radar programmes that support national defence, security and critical infrastructure. Drive the adoption of...