An Exclusive Employee Benefit Retail Discount Portal

Retail discounts on hundreds of high street and online retailers are available. Saving you money on everything from fashion, groceries, leisure activities, cinema and days out.

Phones and Computers

Choose from a range of the latest phones, tablets, laptops, Smart TVs and game consoles. Convenient affordable fixed reduction to your salary and no up front costs or deposits.

Salary Sacrifice

Salary sacrifice schemes are offered for cars, bikes and computers. You can make tax and national insurance savings.

Annual Leave entitlement

A generous annual leave is offered with entitlement depending upon grade and length of service in local government. You will receive a minimum allowance of 30 days plus bank holidays with additional annual leave entitlement is granted to employees who complete 5 years continuous service with Sandwell and or other local authorities.

Annual Leave Purchase Scheme

Sandwell Council offer a "Buy additional annual leave scheme" allowing employees to buy up to 10 days additional annual leave on top of usual entitlement subject to line manager approval.

Our Health and Wellbeing Offer

We really care about the health and wellbeing of all our employees which is why we have a dedicated Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service which provides quality advice and guidance to employees and managers across the council.

Access to free, external, confidential advice and face-to-face counselling on personal and/or work-related issues. Employees can self-refer to see one of our Physiotherapists if they have an injury or a musculoskeletal disorder.

Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme

The Pension Scheme is an important part of your employment package. You will have access to the LGPS with highly attractive defined employer contributions and additional life assurance protection.

Flexible Working (Flexi Time Scheme)

Flexible working gives employees the opportunity to achieve a better balance between work and other commitments - often by making small changes to working patterns and hours. Managers will make every effort to appreciate an employee's needs such as family responsibilities, work and caring responsibilities and be flexible as possible to try and accommodate their required working hours. You have the ability to accrue up to 2 days per month to use as flexi days off.

Smart Working

Smart Working is a transformational tool to allow organisations to work in a more agile way, by eliminating barriers to allow employees to work more efficiently. Smart Working empowers employees to work with maximum flexibility and minimum constraints - to optimise performance and to deliver best value and customer service. It is based on the concept that work is an activity we do, rather than a place we go.

Hybrid Working

The council operates hybrid working. This involves working from an agreed workplace location in the borough for at least two days a week. Hybrid working allows employees to adopt a work style that enables the kind of spontaneous conversation that shares information and spark creative solutions. It means collaborating in person more often, and you can do this from wherever makes sense for you and whoever you are working with.

Car Parking

Sandwell Council employees can make savings each year on the costs of their parking at work by signing up to a Scheme which provides national insurance-free benefits.

Cycle to Work Scheme

Huge savings on bicycle and safety equipment up to the value of £2000 and assistance to spread the cost across 12 months.

Ongoing Development and Study Support

There are a range of development opportunities available, from on the job training, professional qualifications, employee and management development.