Nottingham City Council Jobs

There are over 13,000 people who have a Nottingham City Council job. The council’s website claims that they always need new people to help them deliver services to the people of Nottingham. At the time this article was written, the current vacancies page on the council’s website only had three adverts for non-school jobs.

However, I discovered that there were several jobs offered earlier this year. The closing date for those postings was March 19th. It’s safe to assume all those positions have been filled. But, it appears the council’s recruitment process is ongoing. This seems to contradict a BBC article dated February 2010 which said Nottingham City Council would have to cut about 200 jobs from its workforce in order to meet budget proposals. It went on to say children centres, libraries and trading standards would be affected.

But in my opinion, it seems worthwhile for anyone hoping to land a job with the council to keeping checking for vacancies, considering the fact that the council hired several people after that article was published. The range of occupations employed by the council is a varied list which includes youth workers, accounts, teaching assistants, highways technicians, social workers, trading standards officers, and dog wardens to name a few. In fact, the council’s website says there are over 600 types of jobs within the council.

Benefits for people with Nottingham City Council jobs are comparable to other city council jobs across the UK. The council prides itself as a good employer, so why don’t we take a look at some of the benefits it offers? Oh, I should mention that council employees need to register with the council’s Works Perks before they can take advantage of the benefits.

We could begin by looking at discounts council workers are entitled to. Staff discounts are available on several products and services like travel, eating out, sports, shopping and more. Employees who have children in a registered childcare centre may find the council’s childcare vouchers scheme useful.

Annual leave is a minimum of 20 days each year. This is apart from the standard bank holidays. There’s no doubt the council also has provisions for other kinds of leave such as maternity and paternity leave.
Like other council’s in the UK, Nottingham has flexible working options so employees can balance their work life and other obligations, such as family responsibilities and personal interests. Also offered is a health and wellbeing service which features free confidential advisory and counselling services to employees and their families.

Lastly, council employees are eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme, which some people describe as one of the best pension scheme in the UK. Of course there are other benefits I didn’t mention, but if you are curious, you can visit the council’s employee benefit page on its website.

I’ll now turn attention to the council’s recruitment process. If you plan to apply, you’ll need to fill out an application form. Downloading it is the easiest and fastest way, but it can also be requested by phone or email. Another alternative is to pick one up at Lawrence House. Even if you have your CV prepared for the council job you’re interested in, you’ll still need the application form to accompany your CV.