Job hunting in Mendip is a funny old game. One minute you're idly scrolling while waiting for the kettle to boil, the next you're mentally rearranging your life because something in Wells or Glastonbury suddenly looks tempting.

Whether you're properly on the hunt or just having a nose between episodes, here's what's cropped up across Shepton Mallet, Wells, Street and Glastonbury this week.

Office & Admin (for those who like a desk and a decent swivel chair)

If you're happiest when things are neat, numbered and in the right column, the Data Entry Administrator – Haskins Furniture, Shepton Mallet role might be your cup of tea. It's full-time at £11.44 an hour, Monday to Friday, and very much an in-person position. You'll be updating product information, adding suppliers, sending purchase orders and making sure what's on the shop floor matches what's online. Accuracy matters — nobody wants a sofa advertised at the price of a footstool. Training is provided, holiday is 20 days plus bank holidays, and there's staff discount and parking included. Steady, reliable work in a busy local office.

Retail & Coffee (weekend shifts and staff discounts galore)

If you prefer people to spreadsheets, the Customer Assistant – Market Street & Café, Morrisons Wells role offers 15 hours a week on a permanent contract. Shifts run Monday to Sunday between 7am and 6pm, and you'll be serving in the café, preparing Market Street favourites and helping customers who can't find the custard (it's always the custard). There's six weeks' holiday, a 15% staff discount from day one and plenty of supermarket perks. Ideal if you like keeping busy and don't mind being on your feet.

Over in Street, Barista – Pret A Manger, Clarks Village is hiring for 24 hours a week at £13.86 an hour (including their mystery shopper bonus). Early birds can earn an extra £5 per hour for shifts starting between 3am and 5am — which is either admirable or slightly alarming depending on your relationship with mornings. There's free food on shift, 50% off when you're not, paid training and actual career progression if you fancy climbing the coffee ladder. Not bad for a job where latte art counts as a skill.

Outdoors & Heritage (fresh air included)

If the idea of another day under strip lighting makes you sigh, the Grounds Assistant – Glastonbury Abbey post pays £12.21 an hour, rising to £12.71 in April. It's permanent and set within more than 40 acres of historic grounds. You'll be helping with maintenance, planting, landscaping and general upkeep, working alongside the Grounds Manager and volunteers to keep one of the area's best-loved landmarks looking its best. Expect mud in winter, sunburn in summer and the occasional tourist asking where King Arthur is buried.

Engineering & Big Kit (hard hats on)

For those who prefer machinery to meetings, the Field Service Engineer (Recycling / Waste) – Glastonbury role offers £40,000–£45,000 with OTE up to £60,000. It's Monday to Friday, 8am–4:30pm, door-to-door pay included, covering a South West patch with regular overtime available. You'll be carrying out PPM, reactive maintenance and installations on recycling machinery like compactors and balers. No callouts, but some stay-aways. If you know your way around waste kit and don't mind a bit of road time, it's a solid earner.

Also in the area, there's a contract Site Engineer – Glastonbury position paying £340 a day. This one's aimed squarely at those with civil engineering and groundworks experience — drainage, highways, foundations and the sort of projects where high-vis is practically a personality trait. Good day rate if you've got the experience and fancy a defined contract.

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Trades & Going Solo

In Wells, the Installer – Hillarys opportunity offers potential earnings of around £50,000 a year. It's a flexible, self-employed set-up fitting blinds and window furnishings locally. Full or part-time, working around your life — though you will become the person everyone asks about curtains at parties. For those who like practical work and the idea of being their own boss without building a brand from scratch, it's worth a look.

That's your Mendip mix for this week: spreadsheets, spades, steam wands and spanners. Not a bad spread for our corner of Somerset.

If none of those quite hit the mark, have a scroll through the Shepton Mallet, Wells and Glastonbury Nub News jobs boards — new listings go up regularly, and you never know what might tip you from "just browsing" to "right then, where's my CV?"