Living and Working in Bucks
Buckinghamshire is a great place to work and live. We have selected some of the main benefits of living and working in Bucks and listed them below:
A great place to work ……
- We
are committed to providing the best quality services
for the people who live, work in and visit the County.
- We place a high priority on
the needs of all our staff by ensuring that each
employee has a clearly defined role and is supported
by regular appraisals and performance review. The
appraisal process is used to assess job performance,
agree new objectives/tasks and identify development
needs.
- We encourage employees to develop
work-related skills, supported through our commitment
to the national Investor in People standard and
most services have been accredited. Numerous options
for skills and knowledge development exist. Employees
are encouraged to study for professional qualifications
relevant to the department's work, for which financial
assistance is provided.
Employees on pay ranges 1 to 4 are eligible for up to a 50% discount on a wide range of continuing education.
- We operate a family friendly
working environment through initiatives such as:
o Job Shares. If you wish to be considered for job-sharing please make this clear when you return your application form.
o Flexible working - In situations where it is operationally practicable, the Council operates a flexible working hours scheme and up to 13 days can be accrued annually.
o Term time only contracts. Please search by part time on our job search page for current vacancies.
o Special leave options, including parental leave, adoption leave, and dependency leave for domestic emergencies.
o Childcare Vouchers - Vouchers are available to all employees and offer a saving of up to 8.4%.
o "Westfield Health Scheme" - a comprehensive employee health plan.
o Voluntary Personal Accident Cover scheme - To cover employees and their families against accidents occurring in their leisure time.
- We offer numerous other benefits
including:
o Excellent local government final salary pension scheme.
o Excellent annual leave entitlement.
o Generous sick pay scheme.
o Various travel and shopping discounts are available including up to 33% off Chiltern Rail.
o Optional membership of the Sports and Social Club. Sports include - football, tennis, rounders and cricket, plus indoor games - table tennis, darts and pool. Bar facilities are also available.
o In addition some positions will qualify for travel allowances, housing and relocation schemes, mortgage assistance and car schemes
The above information is for guidance only and is not intended at this stage to form part of any contract of employment.
A great place to live. ……
- Buckinghamshire is an inviting
and invigorating county. It is steeped in history
and can offer a superb quality of life. To find
out more click here http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/about/index.htm
- The county is 50 miles long,
stretching from the Chiltern Hills and the Vale
of Aylesbury up into the valley of the Great Ouse
River. It boasts a mixture of woodlands, parklands
and agricultural valleys, offering breathtaking
scenery.
- Buckinghamshire's future economic
prospects are expected to be some of the best in
the United Kingdom. It has a strong infrastructure,
a skilled workforce and a diverse growing economy.
- The county offers a wide range
of housing options in both rural and urban settlements.
- The county is within easy access
of London, with much of the county within the London
commuter fringe. We have good communication links
established through well developed rail links and
motorways that run through or alongside Buckinghamshire.
- Buckinghamshire offers a wide
range of excellent educational facilities through
its learning county initiative, encouraging everyone
that lives or works in Buckinghamshire to become
involved in Learning.
- With educational achievements amongst some of the highest in the country our schools, both public and private, can offer you and your family a first class education