{"id":17,"date":"2024-07-16T14:29:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gpacapitalprogrammes\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2024-07-19T16:47:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T15:47:08","slug":"benefits-of-working-for-the-civil-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gpacapitalprogrammes\/benefits-of-working-for-the-civil-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of working for the Civil Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Department and wider Civil Service. It is crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead, and you\u2019ll benefit from regular performance and development reviews to ensure this development is ongoing. As a Civil Service employee, you\u2019ll be entitled to a large range of benefits.<\/p>\n

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion<\/h2>\n

The Civil Service values and supports all its employees.<\/p>\n

We have strong and pro-active staff networks, special leave policies for hospital appointments, reasonable adjustments put in place for those who need them, and diversity talent programmes to help everyone irrespective of background, to achieve their potential.<\/p>\n

Generous Annual Leave and Bank Holiday Allowance<\/h2>\n

25 days annual leave on entry, increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years\u2019 service. This is in addition to 8 public holidays.<\/p>\n

This will be complimented by one further day paid privilege entitlement to mark the Kings\u2019s Birthday.<\/p>\n

Staff Wellbeing<\/h2>\n

Flexible working<\/strong> including part-time or time-term working and access to Flexible Working Schemes allowing you to vary your working day as long as you work your total hours.<\/p>\n

Generous paid maternity and paternity leave<\/strong> which is notably more than the statutory minimum offered by many other employers.<\/p>\n

Childcare benefits<\/strong> (policy for new employees as of 5 April 2018): The government has introduced the Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) scheme. Working parents can open an online childcare account and for every \u00a38 they pay in, the government adds \u00a32, up to a maximum of \u00a32000 a year for each child or \u00a34000 for a disabled child. Parents then use the funds to pay for registered childcare. Existing employees may be able to continue to claim childcare vouchers, so please check how the policy would work for you here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Onsite facilities<\/strong> Opportunity to use onsite facilities including fitness centres and staff canteens (where applicable).<\/p>\n

Season Ticket and Bicycle Loan<\/h2>\n

Interest-free loans allowing you to spread the cost of an annual travel season ticket or a new bicycle.<\/p>\n

Sick Pay<\/h2>\n

Occupational sick pay.<\/p>\n

Civil Service Pension<\/h2>\n

Your pension is a valuable part of your total reward package.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A competitive contributory pension scheme that you can enter as soon as you join where we will make a significant contribution to the cost of your pension; where your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken; and where your pension will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire. Visit the Civil Service Pension Scheme<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n

Great Member Pension<\/h3>\n
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  • Defined Benefit Pension Scheme<\/li>\n
  • Provides a secure pension payable for life with no investment uncertainty<\/li>\n
  • Choice of tax free lump sum<\/li>\n
  • Amongst the lowest member contributions in public sector<\/li>\n
  • Generous build rate of 2.3% of your earnings as a pension each year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Generous Employer Contribution<\/h3>\n

    Employer contribution towards your pension is extremely generous \u2013 on average 27% of your pay<\/p>\n

    These contributions pay for:<\/p>\n

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    • A pension for you<\/li>\n
    • Pension for your loved ones<\/li>\n
    • Death benefits<\/li>\n
    • Ill health benefits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Death Benefits<\/h3>\n
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      • Able to nominate anyone (including charities) for a Tax free lump sum in the event of your\u00a0death<\/li>\n
      • Lump Sum of up to two times your pay<\/li>\n
      • Pension for your spouse\/partner of around 37.5% of your pension<\/li>\n
      • Pension for eligible children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gpacapitalprogrammes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gpacapitalprogrammes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gpacapitalprogrammes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gpacapitalprogrammes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gpacapitalprogrammes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gpacapitalprogrammes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106,"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gpacapitalprogrammes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ma-appointments.co.uk\/gpacapitalprogrammes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}