Whether you are properly job hunting, quietly "just seeing what's about", or scrolling vacancies while pretending to watch telly, there is plenty doing the rounds across Glastonbury, Street, Wells and Shepton Mallet this week. Some of it is office-based, some of it needs a licence, some of it involves caring for people, and at least one role sounds like you'll know more about curtains than you ever thought possible.

Here are a few of the latest roles from the local Nub News jobs boards.

Office, admin and the Clarks-shaped end of things

Over in Street, Clarks is looking for a Store Planner on-site for a nine-month maternity fixed term contract. This is one for someone who likes sales figures, stock levels and the quiet satisfaction of knowing why one shop needs more of one thing and less of another. The role involves monitoring store performance and working out what stock and ranges are needed to keep trading ticking along. Very Street, very Clarks, very much not a job for anyone who thinks "commercial analysis" means checking whether the café has put its prices up again.

Also in Street, there is a Merchandise Planner role with Clarks, this time a one-year maternity cover fixed term contract. It is based on-site and involves demand forecasting across retail, digital and outlet channels, plus allocation and replenishment from the distribution centre. In plain English: making sure the right shoes are in the right place before everyone starts asking where they've gone.

If your skills lean more people than product, Clarks is also after a Learning & Development Specialist in Street. This HR and recruitment role involves designing and delivering learning across retail, corporate and distribution centre teams. Ideal for someone who can stand in front of a room, explain things clearly, and not visibly lose the will when someone says, "Can you just make it a bit more engaging?"

There is admin work in Wells too, with an Admin Assistant - Care Home role at Crandon Springs Care Home. It is part-time, 22.5 hours a week across three days, including every other weekend. The job covers phones, files, reception, finance, HR and meeting visitors, so it is less "just a bit of admin" and more "the person who knows where everything is while everyone else looks panicked".

Care, community and useful humans

Wells has a Care Assistant - Care Home vacancy with Barchester, working part-time evening shifts. The hours are 5pm to 8pm, with four evenings one week and three the next, adding up to 12 hours one week and nine the next. It is hands-on care work, supporting residents with daily living, food and drink, companionship and the sort of everyday kindness that never fits neatly into a job advert but matters more than most things.

In Shepton Mallet, Alongside — the new name for Julian House — is recruiting a Service Manager for MOTS & SHAP. The role is permanent, paying £34,505 a year for 37.5 hours a week, and involves managing homelessness and support services in the town. There is an on-call rota, regular travel, and the need for a driving licence and access to a vehicle. This is not a soft-focus "make a difference" poster job; it is proper local support work, with budgets, safeguarding, partners, staff teams and real people at the centre of it.

Also in Shepton Mallet and nearby areas, there is a Day Care Host role for someone able to host socially interactive friendship groups from their own home. The groups are for older people, up to two full days a week depending on local need. It is one for compassionate, practical people with a home that can cope with guests, conversation and probably a fair amount of tea.

Driving, deliveries and life on the road

Glastonbury has a Class 1 Driver vacancy offering £15 to £17 per hour, with ongoing work available. The employer is looking for reliable and professional Class 1 C+E drivers based in or around Glastonbury. There is mention of regular work, a modern fleet and immediate starts, which is the sort of thing that will appeal if you know your way around a tachograph and can reverse without turning it into a village event.

There is also an HGV Class 2 Concrete Pump Driver / Plant Operative role in Glastonbury. It is full-time and permanent, paying £37,000 a year, with hours typically starting at 7am and flexibility required. It is in the construction materials sector, so expect early starts, practical work and the sort of kit that makes everyone else on site suddenly very interested in where you are parking.

Wells has an early bird option too, with a Morning Delivery Driver role delivering newspapers and magazines for News Team Group. It is self-employed work, so read the details carefully before galloping in, but for someone reliable who likes getting the round done before much of the town has even found its slippers, it may suit.

In Castle Cary, Synergy CRS is looking for a Van Driver - Multi Drop. The pay is £13.50 per hour, with 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday, covering local routes delivering to businesses. It is the sort of job where "local knowledge" means knowing which industrial estate entrance is the correct one and which sat nav instruction is absolute nonsense.

Shepton Mallet has several driving roles too, including a Class 2 Driver - Collections & Delivery role at Pallet Networks. The shift is Monday to Friday with a Saturday rota, usually one Saturday in 10, paid at £20 per hour with job-and-knock and guaranteed minimum four hours' pay. Multi-drop palletised deliveries around the South West may not be glamorous, but neither is sitting in a meeting about "blue-sky thinking", and this probably pays better.

Trades, practical work and the not-sitting-at-a-desk crowd

Wells has a Blinds and Curtains Installer role with Hillarys. It is flexible, full-time or part-time, and built around working locally at your own pace. Hillarys has been around for more than 50 years and has a network of more than 1,200 local advisers, so if you fancy being your own boss without fully launching yourself into the wilderness, this might be worth a look. Also, you will never again look at a wonky Venetian blind in quite the same way.

Over in Shepton Mallet, Holcim is hiring a General Operative. The company works in construction materials and talks a lot about sustainable building, but the basic appeal here is straightforward: practical work, local industry, and probably fewer emails than most office jobs. That alone will be enough for some people.

There is also a Nights Mobile Plant Fitter role in Shepton Mallet with Holcim. Night work is not for everyone — some of us are barely safe near a kettle after 9pm — but for those who prefer quiet hours and hands-on machinery work, it is one to investigate.

Customer-facing, legal and the more polished side of the week

Burnham-on-Sea has an Optical & Hearing Assistant role listed through the Glastonbury board. It is part-time, three days a week including Monday, Tuesday and Saturday, with pay listed as £25,348 FTE plus bonus. Full training is offered through the Leightons Learning Academy, with benefits including staff discount, a medical cash plan and 22 days' holiday pro rata plus bank holidays. A good fit for someone with customer service experience who can be friendly without doing that over-bright shop-floor voice that frightens pensioners.

In Wells, there is a Paralegal vacancy in agriculture and rural property. The salary is up to around £26,000 plus benefits, with a regional law firm. This is Wells, so rural property is not exactly a niche mystery; it is fields, farms, land, paperwork and the sort of legal detail that makes the rest of us quietly grateful someone else understands boundaries.

And in Bruton, there is a Fire and Security Installation Manager role, with the location listed as Bath and salary at £50,000 to £55,000 basic, plus bonus and car or car allowance. It is for someone experienced enough to lead an installation division in fire, security and technical building services. In other words, not one to blag unless your idea of "I'm good with alarms" goes beyond changing the smoke alarm battery while standing on a dining chair.

That is the pick of the bunch for this week. As ever, there are more roles appearing all the time, so have a rummage through the Glastonbury, Wells and Shepton Mallet Nub News jobs boards before someone else gets there first.