Leicester City Council Jobs

Anyone who’s thinking of applying for a Leicester City Council job would be prudent to visit the council’s website first. Besides current job listings, there is a lot of information that would be helpful to you as you go through the application process.

For example, there is a webpage which describes the steps the council takes when it is advertising a job post. This may not be very relevant to the job seeker, but it gives some insight into what is happening on the other side of the table.

What the jobseeker will find useful is the webpage that explains the ways to apply for the position of interest. According to the same webpage, as much as 90 percent of people applying for jobs with the council do so online. But there are alternative ways to apply. Some of these alternatives involve using the internet as well, but instead of applying online, you can download a PDF version of the application form, print it, fill it out by hand and send it to the council by way of snail mail. Or you could download an MS Word version, which can be filled out on your computer by editing the MS Word document. You have the option of sending it back to the council as an email attachment.

In this case, the website advises that you request an acknowledgement from the council’s JobShop. If you wish you could print it and mail it in, or just like the PDF version, you could also fill it out by hand. If you don’t have access to a computer, you can request an application paper pack. There is a phone number to call on the same webpage. Your curriculum vitaes is of no use when applying for a Leicester City Council job.
There were a few jobs posted on the council’s job search page at the time this article was written. In fact, no other employer in the city offers as wide a range of job opportunities as the council.

Grave diggers, tree doctors, building workers, architects, sports and leisure assistants, civil engineers, social workers, solicitors, teachers, environmental health officers, and nursery nurses are a few examples of how diverse the council’s workforce is. Not only is the workforce diversified, but many employees work out of locations, like sports centres, public libraries, maintenance depots, local housing offices, or neighbourhood centres, all over the city.

If an employee gets bored with their current job, the council has been known to help people acquire new skills and employ them in a different occupation. And not all of the council’s jobs are full time; there are options for part-time jobs, seasonal jobs, casual jobs, standby jobs and job sharing. The council’s website says that they post hundreds of jobs every year. Most of the vacancies are advertised on Wednesdays in the Leicester Mercury and are opened to the public.

Like most city councils, Leicester offers some very competitive benefits to its employees. They include job sharing, flexible working hours, annual leave, bank holidays and extra statutory leave, maternity leave, adoptive leave and a pension scheme to name a few.