Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) is passionate about providing good quality services to our communities, residents and businesses. This means we need to employ and retain the most talented and dedicated people.
Situated within the heart of the Cambridge-Peterborough Growth Area, Huntingdonshire is a beautiful district that boasts thriving market towns and many attractive villages, each with its own identity. We are an innovative and forward-thinking local Authority, whose residents are at the heart of our decision making.
We want to employ staff who embody our icare values all of which support our ultimate purpose of putting our customers first -
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Inspiring - We have genuine pride and passion for public service; doing the best we can for customers
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Collaborative - We achieve much more by working together, and this allows us to provide the best service for customers.
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Accountable - We take personal responsibility for our work and our decisions, and we deliver on our commitments to customers.
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Respectful - We respect people’s differences and are considerate to their needs.
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Enterprising - We use drive and energy to challenge the norm and adapt to changing circumstances. We are always ready for challenges and opportunities, and we embrace them.
Please look at our icare video where you can find out more about our values.
All of our current vacancies can be found under our Current Vacancies. If you wish to discuss any current vacancies or register your interest in future opportunities with HDC, then please speak to Bee du Plessis our Recruitment Business Partner via recruitment@huntingdonshire.gov.uk or 01223 616856.
Huntingdonshire District Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staff benefits
Our benefits include:
- a highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme Pension
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an array of services, networks and training to support your health and wellbeing. Such as Mental Health First Aiders and access to our Employee Assistance Programme; which includes financial guidance, wellbeing support and family counselling, amongst other services
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generous holiday entitlement dependent upon length of service
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heavily discounted gym membership at our One Leisure Centres and Training Shed One Leisure
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tailored learning and development on an individual basis including access to Bookboon which has over 1500 resources dedicated to development
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career progression opportunities including apprenticeships of all levels
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enhanced policies in many areas
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flexi time and hybrid working (role permitting)
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cycle to work scheme
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Occupational Health Programme
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Digital Parking Permit
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Long Service Award
Learning and development
We are committed to:
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enabling employees to develop the skills, knowledge and competencies needed to perform their jobs and to develop their potential to meet future needs.
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safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Mental health awareness
As part of the ongoing commitment to the wellbeing of our staff we have 32 trained mental health first aiders covering all sites to offer confidential support to staff.
The purpose of the mental health first aiders' is to:
- provide support to colleagues in regard to mental health issues
- to promote mental health in the workplace and work towards ending mental health discrimination
The team of mental health first aiders’ work together to provide a continuous source of information, campaigns, support, fundraising and general embedding of mental health awareness in the organisation.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our recruitment and along with our values we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment, where diversity is valued; there is equality of opportunity and all areas of the community we serve are represented. We therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community and we offer a range of benefits to encourage a work life balance.
Disability Guidance
We are committed to being a Disability Confident employer and ensuring a disability inclusive workplace is available for all and this scheme demonstrates our commitment to positive action to ensure people with disabilities are treated fairly and have access to the same opportunities as people without disabilities.
We wish to make it clear that we welcome applications from all candidates and that we recruit in line with the abilities sought for each role with no barriers or discrimination. The scheme also shows existing employees that we value their contribution and will continue to treat them fairly should they require disability support at any point during their employment with us.
We guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the essential minimum requirements for the job. We will also make reasonable adjustments in order to accommodate the individual needs of candidates in order for them to participate fully in the interview and undertake employment with us.