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Benefits of working for the Civil Service
Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Department and wider Civil Service. It is crucial that our employees have the right skills to deliver in their roles, develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead so you’ll benefit from regular performance and development reviews to ensure this development is ongoing. As a Civil Service employee, you’ll be entitled to a large range of benefits.
Pay & Allowances
The starting salary for each role will normally be paid at the band minimum. It may however be possible to for those applying from outside of the Civil Service to negotiate a higher starting salary within the current pay range based on your previous experience and current salary. For those applying from within the Civil Service, normal pay rules will apply i.e. those who join on level transfer will join on their current salary or the minima of DIT’s payband for that grade if this is higher; those transferring on promotion will receive the minima of DIT’s pay band for that grade or their salary plus 10% if this is higher.
Staff occupying designated accountancy posts, who have passed the final stage of full accountancy exams, offered by professional accountancy bodies recognised by the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) will receive the full accountancy allowance shown per annum.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service values and supports all its employees.
For example, we have strong and pro-active staff networks, special leave policies for hospital appointments, reasonable adjustments put in place for those who need them, and diversity talent programmes to help everyone, irrespective of background, to achieve their potential.
Pension
Your pension is a valuable part of your total reward package.
The Civil Service offer a competitive pension scheme that you can enter as soon as you join where we will make a significant contribution to your pension pot; where your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken; and where your pension will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire. Visit here for more details.
Generous Annual Leave and Bank Holiday Allowance
25 days annual leave on entry, increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years’ service. This is in addition to 8 public holidays.
This is further complimented by one additional day of paid privilege holiday to mark the Queen’s Birthday.
Staff Wellbeing
Flexible working options (including job share partnerships) are available, including the option to vary your working day as long as you work core and total hours.
Generous paid maternity and paternity leave which is notably more than the statutory minimum offered by many other employers.
Childcare benefits: The government has introduced the Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) scheme. Working parents can open an online childcare account and for every £8 they pay in, the government adds £2, up to a maximum of £2000 a year for each child or £4000 for a disabled child. Parents then use the funds to pay for registered childcare. Existing employees may be able to continue to claim childcare vouchers, so please check how the policy would work for you here.
Onsite facilities: Opportunity to use onsite facilities including fitness centres and staff canteens, where available.
Season Ticket and Bicycle Loan
Interest-free loans allowing you to spread the cost of an annual travel season ticket or a new bicycle.
Sick Pay
Occupational sick pay is available in line with departmental policies.