Leeds City Council Jobs

Anyone who lives in the city of Leeds and has a Leeds City Council job is working for the largest single employers in the city. It also means that person can be working in any one of a myriad of career fields and positions.

With a population of around 750,000, Leeds is the third most populous city in the UK. It takes a multitude of people to keep its cogs turning smoothly. This multitude has to perform a great number of widely varied jobs.
Leeds City Council employs cooks, arborist, engineers, Librarians, childcare assistants, driver escorts, and gardeners. This list is only a few. In fact, the council employs about 32,000 people.

The Leeds City Council website boasts various programs which are in place to aid Leeds’s residents who are interested in working for the council. To begin with, there’s the jobs and skills service.

On the jobs and skills page of the website, the heading reads: “jobs and skills offers a range of services and programmes aimed at moving unemployed people into jobs or training.”

The page goes on to outline service such as Jobshops, which are in place to support people who have difficulty accessing training and employment opportunities. Here, job seekers can obtain advice on jobs that may interest them, as well as, advice on training opportunities that will help them get the job they want. There’s also help with upgrading or preparing a curriculum vitae. It’s all free of charge. The webpage also mentions a citywide network of Jobshops, 13 locations in fact. In addition, jobshop sessions are frequently held at various locations.

Another service offered under the Jobs and Skills umbrella is the NHS Employability Programme, which is a training opportunity for unemployed residents of Leeds to train as clerical administrator and nursing assistants. To provide this service, Leeds City Council has partnered with Leeds Teaching Hospital. So, trainees gain work and experience in a hospital environment. Pathways to Work is a service that was designed especially to assist people who have been out of work, because of a health issue or a disability, and want to take steps to get back into the workforce.

Anyone who has a Leeds City Council job is eligible to apply for one of the city council’s Work4Leeds Apprenticeship Frameworks. It doesn’t matter how long the person has been working for the council, as long as they are working at least 16 hours per week. Work4Leeds is part of a recruitment strategy designed to lead to career opportunities with Leeds City Council. It’s also designed to hire apprentices from within the organization.

Apprentices are paid the going rate for the job field they are apprenticing. These apprenticeships are offered on two levels: the apprenticeship level 2, which is equal to five GCSEs A* - C and the advanced apprenticeship level 3, which is equal to two A levels. Since these apprenticeships are recognized nationally, apprentices can take their qualifications and skills to any employer anywhere in the country, if and when they decide to move on.

There are some other perks that comes with a Leeds City Council Job. The city council’s website mentions a generous benefits package. It also mentions membership in the Local Government Pension Scheme. City Council employees are entitled to at least 20 days of holiday, as well as 11 council or public holidays. They are also entitled to generous maternity benefits. Even fathers of newborn children are entitled to two weeks of paid leave.

For those with other priorities, such as family responsibilities, arrangements can be made for flexible work options. Anyone who has a Leeds City Council job and also has young children can benefit by purchasing non-taxable childcare vouchers, the value of which can be up to £50 deducted from weekly salary.