We offer a generous selection of benefits to our staff!
We offer and support a variety of training routes including professional qualifications, apprenticeships, wider technical and soft skills development.
Competitive salaries with great maternity, adoption and parental pay policies.
Healthcare cash plan scheme to cover costs such as dental and optical care and other therapies such as chiropractic treatment. This can be upgraded to provide greater cover and additional family members.
Hybrid working - We understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance and for many roles we support hybrid working for our staff to help them to achieve this, with other priorities such as caring responsibilities, further education and training and leisure activities.
Flexible working hours - Depending on the role, we also consider a variety of different working patterns which can help you balance your priorities outside work whilst still enabling us to deliver our vital services to residents.
We offer a minimum of 25.5 days (plus bank holidays), rising to 29.5 days (plus bank holidays) after five years’ continuous service. (Part-time staff receive a pro-rata level of annual leave).
| Length of service
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| Grade | Up to five years | After five years | After 10 years | After 20 years | After 30 years |
| A-E | 25.5 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 34.5 |
| F-K | 28.5 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 34.5 | 37.5 |
| L-N | 33.5 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 36.5 | 37.5 |
| O-R | 34.5 | 35.5 | 36.5 | 37.5 | 38.5 |
All employees are offered access to the Local Government Pension Scheme which is administered by Hampshire County Council. The council pays contributions in addition to your individual contributions. Once enrolled on the pension scheme you will also receive Life Assurance benefit which equates to three times your salary.
We also offer all employees the option to make Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs) to their pension helping them save for retirement.
- Free onsite parking whilst at work.
- Salary sacrifice schemes – We offer a car leasing scheme (after six months’ service) and cycle to work programme.
- Help with your commute - With our season ticket loan we can assist you with the cost of your rail or bus journey to and from work.
Enjoy shopping vouchers and money saving deals on travel, insurance, entertainment, dining and more using our Smart Spending discount app and portal.
Access to a free 24/7 telephone employee assistance programme which offers confidential and independent support on matters such as family issues, debt, work, lifestyle addictions, relationships and legal advice. We can also provide access to a programme of face to face counselling or cognitive behavioural therapy.
