Who We Are

Our ambition at South Derbyshire District Council is to become an ‘employer of choice’.  

We are building an employee journey and workplace culture that creates productive, loyal and committed employees in an organisation where people feel safe, empowered and able to do the best job they can. The new Our People programme will deliver this ambition.  

Our People Strategy was developed adopted at the end of 2024 and identified five key priority areas. All aspects of the employee journey link into these priorities:  

• Attracting and retaining our people  

• Supporting our people  

• Inclusion and equality                                                                                                                      

• Developing our people  

• Rewarding our people  

We invest heavily in skills and training for our employees; you will develop and grow with us through your time, benefiting from regular professional development conversations, and varied training opportunities.  

You will also be supported to gain further qualifications – we offer financial assistance towards the completion of qualifications relevant to your role and where appropriate, time off work to study. 

We offer the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and get involved with a range of groups such as our Employee Forum, where we discuss issues that matter to employees as well as sharing ideas and information.  

Current Vacancies

Our current vacancies are shown on the right side of this page and you can find out more information or apply by clicking the links.

Benefits 

We offer a wide range of benefits including competitive salaries that progress within different grades for the variety of jobs on offer.  

We also offer generous annual leave entitlements (between 25 and 34 days per year depending on your grade and length of service) plus bank holidays.  

We have local arrangements in place that enable the majority of our workforce to be on leave throughout the Christmas period each year.  

We fully understand and support the time people need away from work. 

The Council also offers a wide range of benefit options to suit everyone, including: 

 

The health and wellbeing of our workforce is important to us, so we have a dedicated wellness hub available, providing employees with access to trained workplace mental health first aider, offerings of a confidential employee counselling service as well as additional training modules. 

More importantly, we encourage and use feedback from our colleagues through surveys and forums to shape Our People programme.  Working for us, you become our most important asset. 

Our Values 

Our values underpin how we treat colleagues and provide services to our communities:

 

To find out more about our council you can visit About the Council | South Derbyshire District Council 

Inclusion and Equality for Our People  

The Council directly employs around 427 people in full, part time and temporary posts across a range of occupations, in diverse trades and professions and we work with other partners to deliver services.  

It is important that we are an inclusive employer, and we attract, appoint and retain the best workforce, that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.  

We monitor our workforce to find out whether it broadly reflects our community and to ensure our employment practices are free from discrimination and accessible and fair to all.   

We take positive action to support perspective and current employees to access opportunities to develop their career and achieve an appropriate balance between their working and personal lives to support their physical and mental health and wellbeing. 

We are a disability confident employer and we guarantee an interview for disabled candidates where they evidence that the essential criteria for the post has been met.