Care Assistant (Nights) – Friends of the Elderly in Colchester offers a rewarding permanent night role supporting older people to live with comfort, dignity and independence. Join a not-for-profit charity with 120+ years’ experience and a true “family feel”, with strong hourly rates and stable hours across Essex. Key Responsibilities - Provide safe, person-centred care throughout the night, including personal care, mobility support and comfort checks - Monitor wellbeing, record observations and report concerns promptly to senior staff - Support residents with nutrition, hydration and medication routines (as trained and authorised) - Maintain a calm, reassuring environment, responding to call bells and assisting with toileting needs - Complete accurate care notes and contribute to handovers to ensure continuity of care What You’ll Need - A caring, reliable approach and confidence working night shifts, including weekends - Experience in a care home, domiciliary care or similar setting (desirable, training available) - Good communication skills and a commitment to safeguarding and confidentiality - Ability to follow care plans, work independently overnight, and be a supportive team member Why Apply Enjoy a secure, full-time permanent role (36 hours per week) with competitive pay (£27,664–£30,430 p/a) and the chance to build a long-term career in care with a respected Essex charity.

Join Employment Specialists in Colchester as a Part Time Telemarketer supporting a leading insurance business with a strong local reputation. This is a permanent opportunity to use your consultative phone skills to connect with Essex businesses, create real pipeline value, and be rewarded with a salary from £30,000 p/a. Key Responsibilities - Call and engage local SMEs to identify decision-makers and uncover insurance and financial services needs - Generate high-quality leads and book appointments for the commercial team, ensuring accurate qualification - Support targeted networking and outreach campaigns, following scripts while keeping conversations natural - Maintain clear, compliant CRM records and provide updates on activity, outcomes, and next steps - Build rapport with prospects, handling objections professionally and keeping momentum through follow-ups What You’ll Need - Proven experience in telemarketing, outbound calling, or B2B lead generation (insurance/finance ideal) - Confident communication skills with a persuasive, professional telephone manner - Strong organisation and attention to detail for tracking contacts, notes, and results - Resilience, self-motivation, and a positive approach to targets and continuous improvement Why Apply Work with an established Essex employer in a supportive team, developing valuable commercial skills and opening doors to longer-term progression within insurance and business development.

Join Verso Recruitment in Colchester as an Embedded Software Engineer - BSP, taking ownership of board support packages and low-level software that powers next-generation embedded products. This permanent role offers a strong salary from £64,285 p/a and hybrid working, making it a standout opportunity for engineers looking to grow their impact in Essex’s thriving tech scene. Key Responsibilities - Design, develop and maintain BSPs, bootloaders and low-level drivers for embedded platforms - Bring up new hardware: debug peripherals, memory, clocks, power and interfaces during early prototypes - Work closely with hardware, firmware and systems teams to define and deliver robust platform foundations - Optimise performance, reliability and maintainability across the embedded software stack - Support integration, testing and release activities, contributing to documentation and best practice What You'll Need - Strong embedded C/C++ experience with hands-on low-level programming and debugging - Proven experience with BSP development, board bring-up and device driver work - Confident using tools such as JTAG, oscilloscopes/logic analysers, and version control (e.g., Git) - Desirable: Linux/RTOS exposure, bootloaders (e.g., U-Boot), and CI/testing in embedded environments Why Apply You’ll be trusted to lead meaningful technical work, with hybrid flexibility (3 days onsite/2 remote) and the chance to shape future embedded products in a well-established engineering business.