Working for Us

All our employees receive a range of benefits including:

• National pay increases negotiated annually
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme – including immediate life insurance cover, a tax free lump sum and a secure career average pension
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave above the statutory minimum
• Generous paid sick leave from your first year of employment rising to 6 months full pay after five years’ service 
• Generous holiday entitlement rising to 32 days annual leave dependent on length of service and pay band, plus eight bank holidays and one concessionary day at Christmas
• Discounted leisure membership at council owned leisure centres
• Discounted car parking at 11 town centre car parks
• 10% discount at the Market Café
• Payment of professional fees
• Access to a full range of occupational health services