Harborough District Council Multiple Vacancies

Benefits

There are number of benefits in working for Harborough District Council.  These include:

Work life balance

• Flexi-time working hours
• 27 days annual leave increasing to 32 days after 5 years service
• Paid bank holidays and an extra statutory holiday each year
• Flexible working opportunities, including working from home opportunities for some roles
• Generous family friendly policies such as maternity and adoption leave and pay

Reward

• Competitive rates of pay
• Local government pension scheme
• Job evaluation scheme (equal pay)
• Mileage claims on work travel, and lump sums made to essential car users
• Free parking for some roles

Health and wellbeing benefits

• Full occupational health service including access to counselling and telephone advice services
• Free eye examinations for computer users
• Discounted membership to leisure facilities in the district
• Union membership

Training and career benefits

• A wide range of training and development opportunities
• Individual performance and development appraisal
• Payment of professional fees where these are required

Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion policies practiced within organization

We want to make sure all our staff and everyone we provide services for is treated with respect and dignity.

Government Equalities Office

We can provide an interpretation and translation service (both written and spoken) for people whose first language is not English. This can be for one-to-one interviews, meetings, or the translation of official papers and information.

For people with visual or hearing impairments we can provide information on audio tape or compact disc, in Braille or large print, or arrange for sign language translation.

We can give you a text document with less than 1,200 words in a different format within 5 working days. We can give you a text document with more than 1,200 words in a different format within 10 working days.

We have a dedicated phone line (called Language Line) for people to make interpreted telephone enquiries.

Our community

The following documents provide information about people living in the District of Harborough:

Harborough District's Population Information contains statistics relating to the age, ethnic group, gender, health, sexual orientation, transgender status, religious belief and marital and civil partnership status of our community.

Leicester Shire Rutland Statistics and Research website provides access to date, maps, reports and other useful information about our community.

We complete reviews of our services to make sure that they meet our equality and diversity standards.
View our equality analyses for services

We also work with the Leicestershire Multi Agency Traveller Unit and local Gypsy and Traveller communities to help promote good relations and resolve any issues which may arise between the travelling community and the settled community.

Our Staff

Every year we ask our staff to complete a voluntary Equality Monitoring Questionnaire and then produce a report comparing the results with information relating to the community we serve.
View the latest full workforce comparison report (PDF, 208KB).

Our Equality Plan

Our Equality Plan 2021 to 2024 describes how we intend to continue to improve our encouragement of equality and good relationships and how we will carry on challenging discrimination and harassment over the next 3 years.
View our Equality Plan 2021 to 2024.

Location

Harborough District Council is located at the heart of the attractive town centre of Market Harborough, with it’s diverse range of shops, cafes, restaurants, services and facilities.  The District of Harborough, Market Harborough, Lutterworth and Broughton Astley, is perfectly positioned with excellent road links to major towns and cities across the Midlands and just a short walk from the offices is the train station with great rail links to Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield, and only a one-hour direct train journey to London St Pancras.    

Our location:

• The area is well served by direct rail links including from Leicester and London St Pancras together with easy access to Nottingham East Midlands Airport
• Market Harborough is easily accessible from the M1 and A14 and is easy to get to from the Leicester area, as well as Lutterworth, Northampton, Kettering and Corby and surrounding towns and villages
• The main council offices are also within walking distance of Market Harborough train station, which has excellent links with Leicester, Kettering and London
• Market Harborough is a picturesque market town, with a good range of high street stores, a selection of boutiques and individual retail outlets, cafés and restaurants