In Cumbria we want you to have a healthy balance between your work and home life and we have a variety of flexible working options to support this.
We offer a number of flexible working options, including part time, compressed hours, flexi-time, term time, annualised house and job sharing. Many staff are agile workers using a variety of council and non council premises, and homeworking is supported by our ICT systems and team.
You can purchase up to 10 days additional leave with the Additional leave purchase scheme.
Take an extended unpaid break of between 3 and 12 months
We have a range of e-learning covering topics such as Mindfulness, Mental Fitness and Resilience which can be carried out a time to suit you, and a special section on Family Life and Remote Working which has ideas on how to keep your children occupied and help with their wellbeing.
Including time off for parents and carers when you need it, paternity and maternity leave, and support for school governors and special constables.
We want everyone to feel welcome and able to bring their whole selves to work. We have a number of employee network groups to support everyone.