ZigZag Education

Educational classroom resources for schools & colleges

Job Opportunities at ZigZag Education

Please note that these are vacancies for working within ZigZag Education, at our office in Bristol. If you are a teacher and wish to have your teaching resources published, please go to the ZigZag Education teacher support website at PublishMeNow.co.uk


Permanent Vacancies

Important notes when applying for all jobs:

  • State which job you are applying for in your email or letter of application.
  • Attach your CV to your email including all qualifications with grades.
  • Indicate your IT skills if you haven't already in your CV.
  • Let us know your availability.

Temporary Vacancies

2010 Paid Internships

Part-Time Mailshot Work

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We are a small friendly company that continually require students for packing personalised Educational advertisements into envelopes for large mailshots. Our hours of work are Monday - Friday between 9am and 5.00pm. The minimum shift requirement is 4 hours but preference will be given to those who can work longer, have consistent availability and be willing to help out with other small jobs as they arise.

Ideally applicants should:

  • Have a good understanding of English, written and oral
  • Be able to follow instructions
  • Be organised, accurate and precise
  • Have basic knowlege of postcodes
  • Have excellent dexterity, as you will need to pack envelopes with speed
  • To work as part of a team
  • Have staying power!

Pay is £6.50 per hour inclusive of holiday pay.

You can also recommend work with ZigZag Education to a friend.


Note the change in the law that came into force on 1st May 2004.

Please bring with you on your first day:

  • If you are a British Citizen - a passport and a photocopy for our records.
  • If you are a national of a European Economic Area country - a national passport or national identity card and a photocopy for our records.
  • If you are an asylum seeker - an Application Registration Card issued by the Home Office stating you are permitted to take employment, with a photocopy for our records.
  • Otherwise - a passport issued by the Home Office endorsed to show you can stay in the UK and do this kind of work and a photocopy for our records.

Note that there are other permitted documents; please see www.workingintheuk.gov.uk/working_in_the_uk/en/homepage.html for further details.


Where are we?

Unless indicated otherwise, work will be at our office in Doncaster Road. The address is ZigZag Education, Unit 3, Greenway Business Centre, Doncaster Road, Bristol BS10 5PY. You might find the directions useful. Our contact number is 0117 950 3199.



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