Birmingham City Council
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Be Bold, Be Birmingham
- 30 days annual leave – Increases to 32 days after 5 years and 34 days after 10 years, plus option to purchase additional leave
- Access to voluntary benefits providers that support health, wellbeing and making the most of your leisure time
- Family friendly policies e.g. maternity/adoption, paternity, shared parental leave, carers’ leave
- Health and wellbeing support networks e.g. independent and confidential employee assistance and counselling, occupational health, etc.
- Employee communities and support groups including Corporate Black Workers Support Group, Disability and LGBT+ Networks, Menopause Support Forum, etc.
- We are a disability confident and committed employer
- We subscribe to the Vercida jobs platform, which encourages potential colleagues to find out what it’s like to work here
Moving towards being a more agile organisation:
If you’re thinking of joining us, then you’ll need to know where you’ll be working. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved already, although some changes are ongoing. Here’s what you need to know:
- Opportunities for 24/7 flexible working, compressed hours or term-time working may be available
- Remote working (our future standard) and home working
- Locality-based work hubs with touch down facilities, workstations, collaboration and breakout spaces for teamworking and socialising
- We utilise Microsoft collaboration tools and software; training is available
- Many of our office locations are within the City centre, close to all public transport options and other amenities
- Relocation assistance may be available for colleagues needing to relocate to the City
- Membership of job-related pension scheme, West Midlands Pension Fund or Teachers’ Pensions, with generous employer contributions
- Job-related allowances paid
- Payment of your professional fees where it is a legal requirement of the role
- Access to ‘My Rewards’ – over 800 individual brands providing discounts and savings including high street stores, supermarkets, utility and insurance providers, as well as great days out … to name but a few!
- Opportunities to join great salary sacrifice schemes e.g. Cycle to Work, Annual Travel and Car Parking, as well as making the most of Tax and National Insurance savings (additional schemes to launch soon)
And now we’ve got you interested, we also offer
To help with your learning and personal development:
- Training and development programmes to meet your needs and the needs of our Services
- Coaching and mentoring programmes
- Our online learning platform offering a broad range of accessible e-learning modules and courses
- Secondment opportunities to support your development.
