Looking for a job, pretending not to look for a job, or simply checking whether the local employment scene has improved since the last time you lost the will to live on Indeed? Good news. Glastonbury, Street, Wells and Shepton Mallet have a decent spread this week, and not all of it involves "fast-paced environments", which is usually corporate for "we are understaffed and the printer hates you".

Here are some of the latest roles listed across the local Nub News jobs page.

Care, support and people-focused work

Wells has several care roles on the board this week, including an Activities Assistant - Care Home. This is the sort of job that needs patience, kindness and the ability to make a Tuesday afternoon feel less like a waiting room with biscuits. Not glamorous, no, but genuinely important, which is more than can be said for most meetings with the word "alignment" in them.

Wells also has two Regional Senior Care Assistant listings live, with another Regional Senior Care Assistant vacancy also showing. These look suited to experienced care workers ready for more responsibility, more organisation and probably more moments where someone says "can I just quickly ask" before handing over an entire situation.

There are further Wells care roles too, including a Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home vacancy and a Care Assistant - Care Home role. Bank work may suit anyone needing flexibility, while the care home posts are there for those who prefer a more regular pattern and have accepted that sensible shoes are not a defeat, but a lifestyle choice.

Over in Shepton Mallet, Alongside, the new name for Julian House, is looking for a Service Manager - MOTS & SHAP. The permanent role pays £34,505 per year for 37.5 hours a week and involves leading homelessness and support services in Shepton Mallet. There is an out-of-hours rota, a driving requirement and a need for someone who can manage people, partners, budgets and chaos without combusting.

Shepton Mallet also has a Day Care Host vacancy for the town and surrounding area. The role involves hosting socially interactive friendship groups for older people in your own home for up to two full days a week, depending on local need. A people-person role, then, but in the proper sense rather than the CV sense where everyone claims it and then avoids answering the phone.

Driving, deliveries and life on the road

If sitting still sounds dreadful, the transport listings are doing plenty of heavy lifting this week. Glastonbury has a Class 1 Driver vacancy offering £15 to £17 per hour and ongoing work. The role is for reliable Class 1 C+E drivers based in or around Glastonbury, with regular work and a modern fleet listed. Handy if you like driving and can reverse something larger than most starter homes without turning it into village entertainment.

There is also a Class 1 Driver - Collections & Delivery vacancy based with Pallet Networks in Shepton Mallet. The shift pattern is Monday to Friday with a Saturday rota, around one Saturday in ten, paid at £20 per hour with job-and-knock and a guaranteed minimum four hours. Not bad at all, especially if your idea of a good day involves getting the work done and escaping before anyone invents a team briefing.

For night owls, Evercreech has a Milk Tanker Driver role. It is a Class 1 ex-farm milk tanker driver job on nights, working a five-on, three-off shift. A very Somerset vacancy: farms, tankers, fresh milk and being awake while everyone else is pretending they are not scrolling in bed.

Office, finance and planning roles

Street has a healthy run of office-based and planning roles this week, mostly with Clarks, because of course it does. The footwear giant is looking for a Store Planner on a nine-month maternity fixed-term contract. It is an on-site role involving store performance, stock packages and product ranges, which means spreadsheets, judgement and being the person who notices problems before everyone else starts loudly discovering them.

Clarks is also after a Learning & Development Specialist in Street. The role involves designing and improving learning across retail, corporate and distribution teams. Ideal for someone who can make training useful rather than turning it into the kind of session where everyone keeps one eye on the biscuits and the other on the clock.

There is also a Senior Manager Management Accounting vacancy at Clarks. This is one for the finance-minded, the report-friendly and those rare souls who can hear "management accounting" without immediately staring out of the window and reconsidering every choice since GCSE options.

Street also has an Assistant Merchandiser role listed. It is on-site and involves supporting the merchandising process with an analytical mindset. Good for someone who likes retail, stock, numbers and making sense of what sells where, rather than simply saying "probably more trainers" and hoping for the best.

There is also a Merchandise Planner vacancy listed in Street. The scraped description appears to have wandered off into another company's building materials spiel, which is not wildly helpful, so applicants should click through and check the actual details. A useful reminder that job listings, like roadworks signs, should not always be trusted at first glance.

Shepton Mallet has a Weighbridge Coordinator role with Holcim. The listing points towards coordinating site movement, records and materials, which sounds like one of those jobs people only notice when it is not being done properly. Quietly essential, then, with less glamour than a strategy role but probably more point.

Trades, construction and practical jobs

For those who prefer proper kit to keyboard shortcuts, Glastonbury has a Planned Works Senior Supervisor role based at the Glastonbury depot. It is with the Somerset Highways Term Service Contract team and involves overseeing highway maintenance operations. Roads, teams, safety, local communities and probably at least one person asking why it could not have been done "at night" as if that magically solves everything.

In Wells, Hillarys is advertising an Installer role. It is described as flexible, with full-time or part-time options, and involves working locally with window furnishings. Good for someone who can measure accurately, turn up when promised and talk blinds without making it weirdly intense, which is harder than it sounds.

In Bruton, there is a Fire and Security Installation Manager vacancy in trades and services. This should suit someone with installation experience and enough organisational grip to keep jobs moving without treating every delay like a Greek tragedy.

Shepton Mallet has a Nights Mobile Plant Fitter role too. It is one for someone who knows their way around plant machinery and is not alarmed by the words "mobile", "nights" or "that noise definitely was not there yesterday".

Holcim also has a General Operative vacancy in Shepton Mallet. Practical, hands-on and likely more satisfying than spending eight hours moving emails from one folder to another while pretending that counts as progress.

Legal, optical and other specialist bits

Wells has a Paralegal role in the legal sector. The listing refers to agriculture and rural property work, with a salary of up to around £26,000 plus benefits. It is very Wells: rural property, paperwork and the strong possibility of someone having firm views about access, boundaries or both.

Street has a Dispensing Optician Manager vacancy listed. There is not much detail in the supplied scrape beyond the title and location, but it is worth a look for qualified optical professionals who enjoy the delicate art of helping people choose frames without letting them panic-buy something regrettable.

Whether you are actively applying, quietly browsing, or just seeing what is out there while muttering "absolutely not" at half the adverts, it is worth a look before the decent ones disappear.