Ashfield District Council

As a council we are passionate about ensuring the delivery of excellent quality services to our residents and local community. If you are too, we have a range of career options and roles at all levels to help you get started or continue your work in the public sector.

Some parts of the organisation provide support to the most vulnerable people in our society, some keep our communities clean and a safe places to live and work, whilst others supply professional support services to our business. The breadth of the roles available across a range of services means that you will be employed as part of organisation that offers variety and opportunities.

At every career stage
Whether you are at the start of your career looking for an apprenticeship; interested in gaining additional experience through a graduate or volunteering placement or an experienced professional who wants to join an organisation delivering services at the heart of the community, we have information on the options and routes available to you.

We invest in our people, offering support, training and development opportunities at every stage of your career. If you are the type of person who wants make a positive difference to public services then we look forward to welcoming you as part of our team.

Corporate values
Working for Ashfield District Council means making a practical and meaningful difference to the lives of people living and working in our district and whilst performance and results are vitally important and influence how we do things, it’s our employees and how we relate to others that makes all the difference.

Good working relationships and positivity have a huge impact on:

• customer service
• productivity
• job satisfaction
• as well as our health and wellbeing.

Corporate values are the standards of behaviour that we all aim to live every day and the intention is that these shared values will become even more engrained into the organisation at the deepest level, supporting our culture and our way of business.

The most successful organisations are those in which the passions of its employees match the values of the organisation.

Our Values
We are:

• people focussed – putting people at the heart of what we do
• honest – being honest with people in an open and professional way
• proud – being proud that Ashfield is a positive place to live, work and visit
• ambitious – we are ambitious about Ashfield’s future.

Find out more about working at Ashfield District Council here: https://www.ashfield.gov.uk/your-council/jobs-careers/