Sunday, March 22, 2015

More jobs seem to be opening up in our area

Jobs available in and around South County in non-profits and businesses
By Will Collette


The official Charlestown unemployment number holds at 6.1% which is close to the statewide average. We’re still waiting to see the new stats for January and hoping they will show some real job growth. But for now, the numbers show almost 300 Charlestown workers actively looking for work out of a total active workforce of 4,519.

I’ve noted before that these statistics belie the Charlestown Citizens Alliance’s image of Charlestown as a community of retirees at leisure. Maybe down in Quonnie where they live, but not in the rest of Charlestown.

Anyway, rather than point out once against that there are practical steps Charlestown can take to help residents find and hold onto work, let’s look at what’s available.

These listings come from the Swearer Center at Brown University for most of the non-profit listings (click here to sign up for their daily e-mail of current openings) and from the various local Patch websites in our area (South Kingstown-Narragansett, North Kingstown, Stonington, New London). Some listings may be out of date or the jobs are filled (that’s always a possibility with any job posting), but here they are:


South County Habitat for Humanity in Charlestown seeks a part-time Development & Marketing Support Coordinator and an Administrative Support Coordinator. Click here and click here for more details.

Casey Farm in Saunderstown is looking for a Part Time Farm Teacher | Historic New England. Click here for more details.

Ocean Community YMCA (Westerly) is looking for an Aquatics Director. Click here for more details.

Thundermist Health Center in Wakefield is looking for a Human Resource Specialist. Click here for more details.

YMCA of Greater Providence is looking for a Health & Wellness Instructor to work in Peacedale. Click here for more details.

Local jobs listed in the various local editions of Patch:

South County Hospital – Wakefield. Physician Practice Manager/Analyst

University of Rhode Island – Kingston. Director, Diverse Faculty & Staff Recruitment & Retention

University of Rhode Island – Kingston. Hall Director, II

Prout School – Wakefield. Director of Educational Technology

Child & Family Services of Newport County - West Kingston. Case Manager

South Kingstown Public Schools – Wakefield. Assistant Maintenance/Custodial Director

NRI Community Services - North Kingstown. Care Manager

Brookdale Senior Living - South Kingstown. Dining Services Director

Air National Guard Units (title 32) - North Kingstown. Financial Management Technician

Citizens Financial Group - North Kingstown. Senior Relationship Manager

Citizens Financial Group – Narragansett. Retail Branch Manager Tier 3

Banknewport – Narragansett. Branch Manager

Revolution Technologies - West Kingston. Project Manager

Thermo Fisher Scientific - North Kingstown. Manager User Experience DTD

People’s Credit Union - North Kingstown. Assistant Branch Manager

Amedisys - North Kingstown. Hospice Clinical Manager - RN - Part Time

Ramsoft Systems - West Kingston. Project Manager and a Web Project Manager

Global Electric Engineering Company - West Kingston. Product Manager

Gantec - West Kingston. Project Manager

Avid Technical Resources - North Kingstown. Web Project Manager

Hexagon Metrology - North Kingstown. Product Manager and an Engineering Services Manager



And there are still a bunch of job openings at Schneider Electric in West Kingston.