St Helens Borough Council

About us

Making a difference in St Helens. St Helens Borough Council is passionate and ambitious about our borough, our workforce and the children and adults we support. With an exciting growth agenda, we are supporting our economy to offer the best quality of life to our thriving communities.

St Helens Borough Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds who share our values and our commitment to inclusion. We have Disability Confident Leader status and guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job, and our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant means we also guarantee an interview to anyone with an armed forces background who meets the essential criteria.

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Benefits & Wellbeing

Working at St Helens Borough Council there are great opportunities to develop professionally, as well as a range of attractive benefits and working arrangements. Employees in relevant roles can regularly work away from Council workspaces, including home or other locations, alongside required office-based working.

Our full list of benefits includes flexible working, competitive salaries, great annual leave entitlement with the ability to purchase additional leave, the Local Government Pension Scheme with the option to take AVCs, relocation costs if you plan to move to live and work in St Helens, an employee benefits portal offering retail and leisure discounts, a salary sacrifice car lease scheme, and training and career development opportunities.

Our wellbeing offer includes a comprehensive package of mental health and wellbeing support, training, guidance and toolkits, our Employee Assistance Programme, discounted Go Active gym membership, the Cycle to Work scheme, and healthcare cash plans.

Benefits and wellbeing at St Helens Borough Council

Ways of Working

This is an exciting, pivotal time for St Helens Borough Council, so we're looking for people with the energy, enthusiasm and resilience to help take us forward in line with our vision and values.

Working at St Helens Borough Council you can expect a positive, inclusive and flexible workplace culture; open, honest, fair and consistent leadership; care for your dignity and wellbeing; encouragement to share your views; the chance to think differently and be a pioneer; recognition and investment in your development; and to be proud of you and our borough.

We have Staff Communities including a Culture Champions community, a community of Mental Health First Aiders and a Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic community. We also recognise the great work our employees and teams do with our annual Values in Practice (VIP) Awards, with categories such as employee of the year, rising star, collaboration award and innovation award.

Ways of working at St Helens Borough Council

St Helens Together

St Helens borough is a place we're extremely proud of, with a strong identity and cultural history, rooted in our world-famous industrial heritage. Situated in Merseyside and proud to be part of the Liverpool City Region, it is home to over 185,000 people with 4,800 businesses based within the borough. Its semi-rural nature, with over 65% of the area green belt, makes for a very attractive place to live, with strong growth in new housing.

Here at St Helens Borough Council, we provide over 700 services to the residents of St Helens. Our Borough Strategy outlines our priorities and ambitions up to 2030, and our #StHelensTogether approach has meant positive improvements to the services we provide, including our Children's Services achieving an Ofsted "Good" rating, ambitious regeneration plans for our town centres, and economic growth in our key industries.

We are a council that is full of energy and focus, with a passionate and committed workforce and an exciting future ahead.

Recruitment Enquiries

If you have questions about vacancies at St Helens Borough Council, the application process or support during your application, our recruitment team will be happy to help.

We are committed to an accessible and inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please contact us so that support can be arranged.

Email: support@jobsgopublic.com
We aim to respond to enquiries within 2 working days.