Benefits - working for Maidstone Borough Council
Here you can find details of what it is like to work at
Maidstone council and what opportunities are available.
At Maidstone it's more than just a job, with exciting career
opportunities, a friendly workplace and a flexible working
environment among the many great benefits
Rewards and benefits
Basic salary with incremental steps includes annual inflation increase
Local Government Pension Scheme
Relocation Package (depending on qualifying criteria)
Lease car or a cash option for designated posts
Cash team/individual awards
Non cash awards
Buying/Selling 5 days annual leave
Childcare Vouchers
Long service awards
Staff suggestion scheme - reward for good ideas
Giving something back
Public duty days - 14 days to carry out public duties for members of the following public bodies:
Justice of the Peace
Member of Local Authority
Member of Statutory Tribunal
Member of Managing or Governing body of an Educational Establishment
Voluntary Work – 2 days to carry out voluntary work within the Maidstone borough
Learning and development
Personal development plan
Succession/career planning
Competency frameworks
Career grades
Vocational and technical training
Continual professional development and education
Management and leadership programmes
Post entry training (NVQ's)
Healthy living
Benenden Health Care
Free membership to Maidstone Leisure Centre
Free flu vaccinations
Health website - information/advice on health issues
On-site occupation health nurse
Health and Safety training and support
Annual well being and health checks
Subsidised Yoga classes
Travel and transport
Working environment
Employee assistance programme-advice and counselling helpline service
Work life balance week - activities such as reflexology, head massage are organised over a week
New offices
Flexible working: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, 9 day fortnight, term time, job sharing, home working, mobile working, compressed hours
Career breaks
Special leave (paid/unpaid)
New technology
Staff forum - internal communications
Showers and Changing facilities