Our benefits

Our purpose

We’re proud of the job we do and the communities we support. We provide over 800,000 local people and businesses with day to day services they can trust.

Join us in Oxfordshire

We want to get the best out of our team and support them to grow in their roles. You’ll have access to coaching and mentoring schemes, regular one-to-ones, on the job training and performance reviews, and an online learning and development portal to help you manage your own professional development.

Your career journey

We want to get the best out of our team and support them to grow in their roles. You’ll have access to coaching and mentoring schemes, regular one-to-ones, on the job training and performance reviews, and an online learning and development portal to help you manage your own professional development.

Our purpose

We’re proud to be an inclusive employer serving diverse communities. By joining us, you’ll see our commitment to Unison and RACE charters and can participate in a wide number of colleague inclusion networks.

How we work

Enjoy a great work-life balance with many roles offering flexible options like fixed-term contracts, part-time and term-time hours, flexi-time, time-off-in-lieu, agile, hybrid and remote working – plus generous annual leave.

Your career journey

As a large employer, you’ll benefit from extensive career development opportunities, including work shadowing, coaching, mentoring, secondments, promotion, and acting-up roles. Our online learning portal helps you build new skills and perform at your best.

Financial perks

Enjoy competitive pay, clear progression pathways, Local Government Pension Scheme membership, and access to Vivup with discounts on days out, supermarkets, gyms, holidays and more.

Family friendly policies

We understand that family commitments come first and our generous parental leave policies support this.

Rewards and recognition

We recognise the positive impact our teams have and the incredible work they do. We regularly host staff recognition events and our Vivup benefits platform offers savings on your favourite retailers.

Health and wellbeing

Our employee assistance programme provides free counselling and expert advice on issues like family crises, illness, work challenges, debt, bereavement, benefits, tax credits, relationships and legal matters.

The environment

Our plan to make Oxfordshire a net-zero county by 2030 means we take our commitment to the environment seriously. We host a range of eco-friendly initiatives across the organisation and are passionate about doing our part to make Oxfordshire greener and healthier for everybody.

Current vacancies

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Our locations

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Got any questions?

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