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East Dunbartonshire Council

Welcome to East Dunbartonshire

Sustainable, thriving and achieving

We are really proud of our achievements here in East Dunbartonshire. We are a confident and ambitious Council with a successful record of delivering outcomes through working with key stakeholders across a wide range of sectors. The Council delivers its services to an area that is recognised as safe, healthy and prosperous where the quality of life is perceived as high.

We have an excellent and continuously improving education service. Our housing service is well equipped to meet the challenges of new legislation as identified in the recent positive inspection report. It's no surprise that in 2017, East Dunbartonshire was named the best place to live in Scotland by The Times newspaper, based on factors such as education, environment, road network and access to superfast broadband.

Year on year improvements have been achieved through the efforts of our forward thinking Council. With progressive Partnership at Work arrangements in place involving Officers, Elected Members and Trades Unions; we continue to develop services through innovation, commitment and community engagement. In addition, the successful Community Planning Partnership which the Council leads delivers positive outcomes for the community through the five key themes of Community Health, Community Safety, Learning and Enterprise, Delivering for Children and Young People and Environment.

What's more, the Council is committed to supporting the development of employees and to becoming the employer of choice. Here, you'll find a working environment that is not only supportive and respectful, but one where ideas and personal contribution are positively encouraged.

Does this sound like a place where you would like build your career? If yes, please read on.....

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Living Here

Living in East Dunbartonshire

Natural environment; positive attributes

East Dunbartonshire lies to north of Glasgow, bounded by the Campsie Fells and the Kilpatrick Hills. It is a strategically significant location for economic, social and environmental development between the city, the gateway to the Highlands, through the West Highland Way and eastwards through the Kelvin Valley. It has a population of around 108,500 and comprises the suburban and rural towns and villages of Bearsden, Bishopbriggs, Kirkintilloch, Lennoxtown, Lenzie, Milngavie, Milton of Campsie, Torrance and Twechar.

East Dunbartonshire provides an outstanding natural environment and has many positive attributes. It is a flourishing area, with relatively high levels of home and car ownership. The region offers a healthy environment with life expectancy rates well above the national average and is one of the safest areas in Scotland in which to live, with levels of recorded crime well below the national average.

Local schools consistently achieve high attainment levels, and performance rates for pupils achieving three or more higher are well above the national average, while unemployment is substantially lower than in other areas of Scotland.

Our Leisure centres are well used and have four star status by VisitScotland. A new state-of-the-art leisure centre is being developed to replace the Allander Leisure facility and this is scheduled to open in 2022.

East Dunbartonshire has seen an increase in population over the last 10 years which is expected to continue. Similar to most areas throughout Scotland, we have an aging population, with an increase in the number of people aged 65 and over and most significantly in the 75+ age group. There has been a slight increase in the number of children aged 0-15 and the number of people of working age over the last five years. This trend is forecast to continue for the next decade.

Working Here

Working in East Dunbartonshire

Be part of a sustainable, thriving and achieving team

Our headquarters are based in Kirkintilloch, however, we also have five other main sites and a number of satellite offices, leisure facilities and schools across the 77 square mile region.

We have a strong workforce of just over 4,500 employees who contribute to the delivery of our wide range of services from school enrolment to council house maintenance. We are the people who make things happen. We are responsible for providing first class customer care on a number of frontline services including education, social care, library services, maintaining the streets, parks and gardens and looking after the homes we rent to our tenants. We also need a team behind the scenes including accountants, solicitors, human resources and organisational development, information technology and administration support.

Not all the work we do is obvious, we are responsible for granting planning permission for new homes, deciding opening hours for bars and helping the East Dunbartonshire area to realise its potential. The work we do is varied and far-reaching as it impacts on those who live in, work in and visit East Dunbartonshire.

Be part of a sustainable, thriving and achieving team here at East Dunbartonshire Council where we have a culture of continuous improvement and development. Working for us is very rewarding. Not only will we will recognise your potential, you will find a real sense of achievement by becoming an integral part of shaping East Dunbartonshire's community. Be part of something special.

We are happy to consider flexible working in line with the requirements of the role. Please discuss this during the recruitment period and we will consider your request.

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