Working for Tower Hamlets
Staff benefits
- Annual leave
- Pensions
- Flexible working
- Relocation
- Staff loan scheme for annual season ticket
- Travel schemes/allowances
- Learning and development
- Employee assistance programme
- Volunteering
Annual leave
Staff have at least 25 days annual leave, most staff have 29 days.
When you have completed five years continuous service you will receive an extra four days’ annual leave.
Pensions
You will automatically become a member of the council's pension scheme unless you choose to opt out.
Contribution rates and pay bands
Full details of the pay bands and contribution rates are available on the LGPS member’s website.
Flexible working
Through its range of family-friendly policies, the council seeks to ensure that employees achieve improved work life balance. These include:
- reduced hours
- term time working
- home working
- job sharing
- part-time working
- career break scheme
- extended leave scheme
The policies apply to all posts unless an assessment shows that there would be implications for service delivery.
Relocation
The council may provide assistance with relocation for posts designated as hard to fill. The scheme is at the discretion of the council and is subject to certain criteria.
Staff loan scheme
The council gives interest-free season ticket loans to staff who have successfully completed their probationary period. Further information is available on request.
Travel schemes/allowances
The following schemes/allowances are in place. Further information is available on request:
- cycle to work scheme
- pool bike scheme
- travel/car allowances (dependent on specified criteria being met)
Learning and development
The council has achieved Investors in People. It aims to continuously improve on these standards.
Many learning and development opportunities are available for employees through individual appraisal through the performance, development and review scheme and supervision.
Employee assistance programme
The council offers an employee assistance programme that provides confidential counselling support services for both personal and work-related issues to staff.
Volunteering
We support employees taking up volunteer placements outside the council but within the voluntary and community sector in Tower Hamlets.