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About UsThank you for your interest in working with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. There are a range of careers in Rotherham MBC, from teaching, teaching support assistants and nursery workers to administration and clerical posts to unskilled job vacancies to Apprenticeships to specialist areas like HR, Finance, Business Support, I.T. and many, many more. As one of Rotherham’s largest employers, we have 13,400 people working with us full-time and part-time across the Borough. Within this site you’ll discover much more about why working with Rotherham MBC could work for you. This includes flexible working options, an excellent pension scheme, generous annual leave and good career development opportunities. If you want a rewarding job that really does make a difference to the people who live and work in Rotherham, we’d be delighted to hear from you. “Knowing that I contribute in providing a better service for the people of Rotherham is the best aspect of the job for me.” We hope you’ll take some time to explore our dedicated Rotherham MBC jobs website, and will find the perfect career opportunity for you. If we don’t have the job you’re looking for at the moment, you can register your interest in future opportunities by going to our current vacancies section. 
What we doAs a Council, we are responsible for everything that makes living and working in Rotherham a pleasure. Our different departments offer a massive range of job opportunities for people of all backgrounds and from all walks of life. The Council’s services are led by our Strategic Leadership Team (SLT) of chief officers, made up of the Chief Executive and the five Strategic Directors of the five departments that allow us to deliver a huge range of services to the people living and working in Rotherham. Find out more about what each department – or directorate as we call them – does by visiting the dedicated pages on this site. It will give you an overview of the directorate and an idea of the sort of career opportunities that may be available. “I think it is interesting to work in an organisation where you too are the customer.” 
Our prioritiesWe make the well-being of the people who work with us here at Rotherham MBC a top priority. Alongside excellent flexible working options and other benefits the private sector simply can’t match, working in the public sector offers great stability and the opportunity to progress your career through first class training and development initiatives. You’ll find us to be an open and honest organisation, one which listens and learns and is committed to a progressive approach. People who work with us are passionate about what they do and we’ve created a real fun, creative and visionary culture. Above all we are proud of our employees and the very real contribution each and every person who works with us makes to the local community of Rotherham. We have an ambitious Corporate Plan (Pride in Performance) which sets out our targets to be achieved by 2011. One of our priorities is to strive for excellence ensuring the Council continues to improve its own effectiveness and efficiency.View our corporate plan. “The flexible working scheme is fantastic, but the feeling that you are actually contributing to the community makes working here even better.” Values & culture We’ve already talked about the progressive, forward-looking and ambitious culture we’ve created – where having fun is all part of the job! – but we’ve also developed a solid set of values which everyone who works with us takes to heart. In fact, our Values are called HEART. We didn’t just pull these values out of thin air. As an employer which listens and acts upon employee feedback, we talked to a wide range of people working with us across Rotherham and different directorates to gain their views on our culture and the values we should apply to it. Now HEART is very much embedded in the Council and reflects the behaviour you can expect to receive from others as well as how you should treat colleagues and business partners. HEART
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each other to learn and develop Employee Competencies When you work with Rotherham MBC we’ll expect you to bring our HEART values to life in everything you do. These competencies underpin HEART and define what our employees need to be, know and do at work: · Encourage creativity, comment and commitment · Communicate openly and honestly · Promote learning to full potential · Be realistic about timescales · Recognise and celebrate diversity · Respond positively to feedback · Seek to reduce bureaucracy and deliver Best Practice · Act as an ambassador for the Council · Take ownership of your work · Take ownership of your personal development View our employee competencies" in full “My colleagues are very helpful and supportive and I enjoy working with them.” View our manager competencies in full The Investors in People (IiP) The IiP Standard was developed by a partnership of leading businesses and national organisations to help improve performance and achieve goals through the management and development of employees. We have been an accredited with the Standard since 2003 and have recently been awarded with both Gold and Champion Status. Investors in People describe this in the following way: ‘Gold represents achievement of world class best practice. It shows a truly cutting-edge organisation operating at the very highest levels of people management practice using Investors in People to drive the business forward.’ ‘Champions are a prestigious group of role model organisations who promote IiP through a series of best practice sharing activities. They have been outstanding in promoting the values and principles of IiP, leading by example in the way they manage and develop their people’. Equalities and Diversity We are committed to meeting the needs and aspirations of Rotherham Borough’s diverse communities and we aim to have a workforce which reflects that diversity. That’s why we ensure that our employment opportunities and recruitment process are accessible and open to everyone. We will also make reasonable adjustments to a job or workplace to ensure that disabled people can access jobs, fulfil their potential and progress their careers further. View our Corporate Equality Strategy and Action Plan which sets out our committment. Challenging Discrimination As a Council we have a legal responsibility to ensure that no discrimination takes place and that equality of opportunity is an integral part of the recruitment process. We are committed to managing diversity during recruitment so that there are no unnecessary barriers to any appropriately-skilled person applying for a position. This includes ensuring that there is no discrimination on the grounds of disability, gender, marital status, age, race, religion or sexuality. View our policy relating to this. Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. If you will have contact with children and/or vulnerable adults as part of your job, we will undertake a Criminal Records Bureau check before offering you the position. The Person Profile for the role you are applying for (Personal/Physical requirements section) will tell you whether the role requires this check and, if so, at what level. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from working with us. It depends on many factors including the nature of the offence. If you would like to discuss whether a conviction would prevent you from working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, please phone our Human Resources department on (01709) 334141 in complete confidence for advice. 
Location Set in the beautiful surroundings of South Yorkshire, Rotherham is a real ‘central UK’ location perfectly placed and with excellent road and rail links. Our area boasts scenic rolling countryside and picturesque villages as well as modern, urban living areas - in fact, 70% of our region is rural, so you can enjoy the buzz of the town centre and all its attractions as well as the slower pace and quality of life rural living has to offer. Rotherham can also boast a staggering range of award-winning attractions – fancy an indoor bungee jump or fly fishing in the middle of a lake seated in an inflatable armchair? Rotherham really does have it all for people who want to live and work here. Please click on these links to find out more about the housing, schools, college and leisure options available: Links: http://www.rotherham-estateagents.co.uk/ 
Council structureCouncil structures can be confusingly complex to people who haven’t worked in the public sector before. In fact, they are hard to understand for people who have! So let’s keep it simple and introduce you to each of our departments – known as Directorates - and give you a brief overview of each here. 
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