What we can offer you

At Sunderland City Council, we employ people in many roles, ranging from ICT experts to front line Social Workers and Environmental Services Technicians. We have a role for everyone - all working towards the shared goal of making a true difference to our community.

All our employees are valued and are offered a range of benefits:

Employment package

All our employment packages include:

• 26 days annual leave per year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years continuous local government service
• Option to purchase upto 10 additional days annual leave per year
• A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity entitlements
• Flexible working hours (dependent on role)
• Hybrid working
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Vivup Employee Benefits Portal
• Trade union membership
• Corporate and Local Induction
• Learning and development opportunities
• Regular one to ones and annual appraisal
• Coaching opportunities
• Health and wellbeing support

What we would expect from you?  

Our values drive everything we do to deliver excellence to our customers and residents. Our expectations of all our employees is: 

We Innovate

As an employee you will:

• Take pride in your work and bring passion to the everyday
• Be resourceful and seek out opportunities to bring about positive change
• Share ideas and accept new ways of working

We Enable

As an employee you will:

• Communicate effectively to understand and be understood
• Work cooperatively with colleagues and partners to deliver services to the city
• Take learning from what works and what doesn't work

We Respect 

As an employee you will:

• Focus on customers and delivering excellence
• Recognise, embrace and value difference
• Champion fairness and opportunity for all 

What our employees say

Could we add some quotes from the 2023 staff survey?