Manchester City Council Jobs

There are about 24,000 Manchester City Council jobs in a wide variety of fields. The council is, in fact, the largest employer in the city, and the 24,000 people who work for it are the force behind a broad range of services, offered to the citizens of Manchester.

A few examples of the variety of occupations employed by the council are teachers, educational psychologists, cooks, pollution control technicians, traffic planners, curators, lifeguards, social workers, solicitors, and IT programmers. This list could be more than tripled, easily. On its website, the council boasts that is has resources and policies in place to ensure that its recruitment and selection processes are efficient, effective and modern. In order to provide the best possible service to the people of Manchester, the council says it strives to have the best quality workforce. That means hiring flexible, motivated and highly skilled employees who demonstrate commitment to the organisation’s values and to the improvement of services.

Anyone who intends to apply for a job with the council can actually download the recruitment and selection guide, which was written for council staff involved in the recruitment process, from the council’s website.
Another method of gaining employment with the Manchester City Council is by way of its Integrated Recruitment and Employment Scheme. The positions that this scheme leads to are entry-level. At the moment, these positions are mostly administrative roles, but the council says it plans to expand the scheme to include a broader range of jobs in the near future.

This service is offered in partnership with a third party training provider and it’s designed to aid unemployed people get back into the workforce. To qualify for the course, you must be at least 18 years old, a resident of Manchester and be unemployed. And you will have to attend an initial assessment to determine whether you are suitable for both the course and the job role. On completion of the course, there no guarantee of a Manchester City Council job, but the website says that most of past candidates were offered permanent positions with six months probationary period. This way, any further need for training or development can be identified.

Once on the council’s payroll, you are entitled to benefits like a final salary pension scheme; discounted public transport tickets; discounted gym memberships; access to childcare; a childcare voucher scheme and flexible work arrangements, plus several others. The council also boast of its commitment to actively encourage its employees to obtain professional qualifications; gain experience by way of secondments; take advantage of job related training and work shadowing opportunities.

On a gloomy note, a recent BBC survey implied that 25,000 or more city council jobs will be under threat of redundancy all across England in the next three to five years. The same BBC story spoke of a report that gives 10 recommendations that city councils across the country could use to protect vital services and save money. The report was put out by a task force that was lead by Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham, and Sir Richard Leese of the Manchester City Council. Perhaps Manchester will be among the first cities in England to follow these recommendations which, if the BBC survey is correct, will mean fewer Manchester City Council jobs will be lost over the next few years.