We’re serious about our responsibility for your personal and professional development, and try to ensure you’re equipped with the skills, knowledge and experience to succeed in your current role, and progress in your career.
You can expand the following headings to learn more about how we look after our employees.
How we look after you
Whether it’s work, play, or your professional development, our benefits package is tailored towards your health and wellbeing.
Support at Work
- Competitive salary package, including career graded posts
- Range of flexible working options, including flexi-time, hybrid working *dependent on service requirements
- Generous holiday allowance (26 days holiday leave) and special leave provisions
- Local Government Pension Scheme (administered by Avon Pension Fund)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Training and development, to help you develop the right skills for your work
- Staff Awards, annual awards ceremony celebrating the successes of our teams and employees
- Staff Network Groups, we offer several staff networks which help create community, workplace support, and champion inclusivity
- Childcare Help, via a government scheme helping working parents with the cost of childcare
- Access to electric cars, there are 16 cars in the estate including 5 fully electric E.V to use as corporate pool cars
Your Professional Future
We invest in you, to enable you to develop personal and professional skills and progress in your career. We offer:
- Comprehensive induction, training and development programme
- Training at all levels, whether you are at entry level looking to develop and grow or already a senior leader, we’ll provide you with the knowledge you need to progress
- In-work training opportunities through our @MyBest Programme, from professional skills to accredited qualifications, from NVQ right up to Masters degree level
- Learning Zone which offers both tutor-led training as well as an E-library for a range of training purposes
- Opportunities to attend external training, secondment, and the opportunity to earn extra qualifications to encourage Continual Professional Development
- Functional Skills training for all employees over 25, raising your literacy and numeracy skills to Level 2
- Internal Recruitment Portal with internal job and career opportunities
Travel and Leisure
We offer numerous benefits to our staff including:
- Access to our Bath NES Staff offers scheme including National and Local Discounts, Lifestyle savings and wellness benefits
- Employee Community Involvement Scheme (additional leave days for you to volunteer within your own community)
- Staff social club including reduced cost leisure centre membership
- Cycle to work scheme*
- Car benefit scheme*
- MOT service at our Pixash site with reduced staff rates
- Discovery Card scheme*, available to all of our staff who are resident in B&NES, offers free entry to some of Bath's most popular visitor attractions: the Roman Baths, Fashion Museum, Victoria Art Gallery and Parade Gardens
*note for permanent employees only
