Working for Chelmsford Borough Council

Chelmsford Borough Council is a great place to work and the Council provides a wide range of job vacancies and career opportunities.

We employ approximately 1000 staff to help provide quality services to the local community and ensure a better future for local people. The Council has a wide variety of jobs in the following areas:

• Strategic Housing and Environmental Health
• Leisure and Sports, Parks and Entertainments, Museums
• Cleansing, Refuse Collection and Recycling
• Engineering, Car Parks, and Architectural Design
• Planning and Building Control
• Financial, Legal and Business Support
• IT and Human Resources

We employ professional and technical staff in the above areas and also have a number of support and administrative staff to assist in the provision of our services. The work is varied and interesting and you know you are making a real contribution to the local community.

The majority of our staff are employed at the Civic Centre in Chelmsford. Other employment locations such as the Refuse Depot, Riverside Ice and Leisure Centre and Parks Depot are generally located around Chelmsford Town area.

We often have opportunities for full and part time temporary clerical and administrative work. Good I.T. and communication skills are usually a prerequisite for these jobs. These temporary posts provide a good opportunity for people to experience local government work and offer a stepping-stone for further development. The work can also be very varied and interesting.

Our standard conditions include a contributory pension scheme, a minimum of 22 days holiday per annum, a flexible working hours scheme for office based jobs, free life assurance (if you are employed for 12 months or more), occupational sick pay scheme and excellent training and development opportunities. We have been awarded the coveted Investor In People Status.