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You may already know that we're the local authority for Oxfordshire, committed to delivering top quality services and value for money on behalf of the county's 800,000+ residents. These services range from museums and libraries to the disposal of waste, from the maintenance of our roads to the provision of adult and children’s social care services. We employ almost 5,500 people to deliver those services.

Here are some of the things that you might not know about us.

  • We received a Best Companies 1 Star accreditation in 2024 with a focus on Wellbeing, Fair Deal, and My Manager.
  • We were ranked the 9th Best Big Company to Work for in the UK in 2024 by Best Companies.
  • We were ranked the 6th Best Not-for-Profit Body to Work for in the UK in 2024 by Best Companies.

Delivering the Future Together

We’re on an exciting journey to Deliver the Future Together. By embracing change and new ways of working, we’ll secure a successful and sustainable future and achieve our goals of becoming an employer, partner and place shaper of choice.




Our future challenges

As we move into the future, the nature of the challenges we face and how we respond will be very different. Having leaders that can create and lead an organisation that is forward thinking, collaborative, and inclusive, which embraces continuous improvement and holds itself to account will be important in addressing these challenges.

It is essential that we adopt a change mindset and continuously strive for improvement by looking up and out for new ideas – using insight from our own internal sources to deliver change in these challenging times.

We need to be confident and work at pace and we need to support each other by creating a trusted, transparent, and inclusive environment where people feel safe to grow and innovate. We need to work collaboratively and innovatively with each other and with partners across Oxfordshire and beyond. Working beyond our walls with volunteers, commissioned services, maintained schools and academies, and the employees of our strategic partners will create better solutions and experiences for the residents of Oxfordshire.


Oxfordshire County Council Delivering the Future Together


  • Employer of choice - All our colleagues recommend working here. People aspire to work for us and proactively seek employment.
  • Partner of choice - We choose the right organisations to develop purposeful relationships to deliver the best outcomes for our residents.
  • Place shaper of choice - We act as a convener across public, private and community groups to shape and lead an ambitious and more equal future for our place and our residents.


Leading through our values and behaviours



Our values are at the heart of all we do here at Oxfordshire County Council. We all share a common purpose to deliver excellence for the residents of Oxfordshire. Our 5 values act as a guide to how the organisation and our people should approach everything we do.

Leading through these values every day, putting them front and centre of every behaviour, decision and action will unite us as we strive to deliver this excellence together. By doing this we will attract and retain great talent, we will reward great performance, we will create a positive environment where people can thrive and grow, we will nurture talent and create excellent leaders for now and the future.


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