Glasgow

As one of Scotland’s largest employers, we offer a wide range of rewarding and challenging jobs and careers across a diverse range of public services, allowing you to make a real contribution to the city, its citizens and businesses.

We recognise the value and importance of our staff across all our teams and strive to be an employer of choice by providing a wide-ranging and generous benefits package as below: -

• 26 days (182 hours) paid annual leave, rising to 29 days (203 hours) after 5 years’ service
• 12.5 days (87.5 hours) paid public holidays each year If you work part-time your annual leave and public holiday entitlement will be based on the number of days you work to give a pro-rata entitlement.
• Enrolment in award winning local government contributory pension scheme
• Employee development and training to support you to feel comfortable and confident in your role, and to support your career development
• Flexible working options, including a range of paid leave provisions to support all our employees balance their work and home life where the position allows
• Occupational Sickness Pay, operating a comprehensive Supporting Attendance Policy which aims to support and help individuals whilst at work, when on sick leave and returning to work. We offer a range of free services and access to agencies established to provide assistance to employees such as our Occupational Health and Physiotherapy service
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - a free, confidential, and independent resource offers confidential and professional counselling, information services, debt management and legal help 24 hours per day, 365 days per year
• Preferential discounts in Glasgow Museum shops.
   

We are dedicated to the Health & Wellbeing of our employees. Employees are offered many opportunities to embody a healthy working life with access to a cycle to work scheme, as well as participation in a range of initiatives designed to support you to be your best.
 

We aim to deliver the best for our citizens and provide a wide range of services while maintaining a healthy and prosperous workforce who are at the heart of all we do and will support flexible working requests where suitable for the role and needs of the service.

For more information on our benefits read our R&S Guide to Working for Glasgow City Council.

Completing Your Application

We are committed to ensuring that all applicants are treated fairly and are assessed purely on their ability to successfully perform the job. We aim to select the most suitable person for each post on the basis of their relevant skills, knowledge, qualification and competence for the role.

Before completing your application read our R&S Guide to Working for Glasgow City Council, this outlines the full recruitment and selection process and gives useful hints and tips to help you with your application. We also have the following guides which provide an overview of our competency framework: -

• Grades 1 - 8 Competencies
• Grades 9 - 14 - Leadership Competencies

For more information on working with us, please go to https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/vacancies

Glasgow Futures – Helping You Shape Your Future

Glasgow Futures provides tailored person centred help for people looking to secure employment. There is specialist support for people with disabilities or health conditions, minority ethnic communities, parents, young people and people who need additional support.

From key worker support to skills training, Glasgow Futures connects you with the right help at the right time. For more information on Glasgow Futures, including a directory listing all the organisations within the partnership, along with their eligibility criteria go to https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/5698/Employability-Support

Glasgow Futures is overseen by the Local Employability Partnership, made up of public, private, third sector and educational establishments working together to support people into and in work.