Working for Northwards

What we offer

We're looking for outstanding and committed people who would love the opportunity to develop new and exciting ways of working with tenants and the wider community. In return we offer . . .

Flexible Working

This is about respecting the fact that each employee has a personal life and that best performance can be achieved by prioritising workloads and managing time pressures effectively. Improving the lives of our people is key to our organisational well-being. We offer:

  • Flexible working patterns: job-share, working term-time only, reduced hours and home working are some of the arrangements available, depending on the nature of the job and the needs of the service
  • Flexi-time: at either end of the compulsory 'core time', there's a flexible band when you can choose your start and finish, according to the needs of the service
Job Share

Job Share is two people sharing one job. They share the duties, the hours, the salary, the benefits. It enables people with carer commitments (and who can only work for part of the week) to get a job. Unless otherwise stated all full-time jobs are available for job share. The precise working patterns of each job share will depend upon both the needs of the service and the requirements of the job sharers.

Leave entitlement

We offer annual leave ranging from 22 to 35 days. We offer maternity support leave and adoptive parent leave, as well as provisions for parental leave and special leave. This allows employees to address problems and commitments which have a bearing on their welfare and ability to perform their duties.

Pension scheme

The Greater Manchester Pension Scheme is a first class contributory occupational pension available for all employees, however many hours they work. All employees are automatically entered onto the scheme unless they choose to opt out - in which case they may take out a private personal pension plan or contribute to the State Earnings Related Pension scheme.

Diversity

We employ more than 300 people with a wide variety of backgrounds, experience and skills. By diversity we mean the range of different skills and qualities that people bring to us, as well as race and gender differences. We build high performance teams that recognise and celebrate diversity but embrace common goals and continuous improvement.

Removing Disabling Barriers

We are committed to recruitment methods that are open and accessible to disabled applicants. We make every effort to supply all necessary building adaptations and employment equipment to enable disabled employees to carry out the full duties of their jobs. If the nature of a disabled applicant or employee means that they could not do a certain part of a job, we look at the possibility of redesigning the job to remove that barrier.

Harassment Policy

Every employee has the right to a supportive working environment where harassment is not tolerated. We have a procedure to deal with harassment of employees. This includes access to harassment advisers to support employees.

We look forward to working with you!

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