Coventry
City Council Jobs
Having a Coventry City Council job can be
rewarding on many levels, so says the city council’s website.
It goes on to say that the council is confident you won’t be
able to refuse the nice benefits that comes with the job. So
what are these benefits that the council is talking about?
Well, there are several to speak of. The salary structure is
competitive to similar occupations with other employers.
Annual leave is at least 27 days each year,
which increases to 32 days after five years of service with the
council. Plus eight bank holidays on top of that.
There is a pension guarantee that’s based on
the employee’s final salary. But there is an option to increase
the pension by making extra contributions. In addition to that,
you can exchange part of your annual pension for a one-off tax
free payment. These are just some of the financial benefits,
let’s look at what the council calls work-life balance.
The council takes an interest in the health
of its employees. There is a health screening programme where
council employees can have free health check, which include
cholesterol and blood pressure checks.
There is also occupational health and
counselling service where the employees can get confidential
counselling as well as health advice. Programmes for stress
managements are also available. People working a Coventry City
Council job are guaranteed a smoke free environment to work
in.
Additional health and lifestyle benefits
listed on the council’s webpage are things like health club
memberships, HSA medical plan, eye test vouchers, discount
rates for chiropractors and osteopaths and free three day
passes for a health and racquet club. There is even discount on
insurance for personal accidents, travel, and so on.
That pretty much covers it for health and
well being, but work-life balance still has more to offer. Like
flexible work schedules for example. Employees can take
advantage of flexi-time, term time working and job share
opportunities, perfect for people with family obligations.
Speaking of families, there is parental
leave and adoption leave for new arrivals to the family, and
compassionate leave if the employee needs to care of an ailing
family member.
Parents of young children will most likely
find the childcare voucher scheme useful. It involves salary
sacrifice, but there is also a subsidised childcare scheme,
which depends of the income of the employee’s household. The
council’s web site also mentions something it calls a career
break policy. The city council’s website spoke about voluntary
employee benefit scheme, accessible by way of salary sacrifice.
Included are things like annual travel cards; discounts on
Centro rail passes; park and ride passes; independent financial
advice for free; special offer tickets for local sports events;
special ticket offers for theatre; and days out offers.
In addition to the list above, there is a
scheme for a privilege card, which offers discounts at local
gyms, hairdressers, retailers, restaurants, etc.
With so many nice benefits, it easy to see
why the council believes it is rewarding on many levels for
anyone who has a Coventry City Council job.
|