Jobs and Careers

Why should you join Cambridgeshire County Council?

Our Chief Executive, Stephen Moir, talks about what a great place to live and work in Cambridgeshire is.

Adjustments during the recruitment process

At Cambridgeshire County Council, as a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to making our workplace a supportive environment for all our colleagues. To do this we will proactively consider how we can support colleagues' individual needs. It includes the consideration of disabilities, neurodivergence, mental, physical and long-term health conditions. This support starts at recruitment. We appreciate that people will have diverse and unique needs. We will try to accommodate reasonable adjustments you may have during the recruitment process. Applicants can:

• Indicate if they are disabled on the recruitment system when completing their application. Through our guaranteed interview scheme we’ll offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy.
• When invited to interview, an email will ask the applicant if they require any reasonable adjustments. They should contact the named Hiring Manager to discuss these.

Reasonable adjustments during the recruitment and selection process might include, but is not limited to:

• Changing the time, location or format of interviews
• Providing interview questions in written format
• Changing the interview to be online or face to face depending on what is preferable for the candidate
• Providing interview questions or just one question to indicate the type of question, in advance of the interview
• Additional time in timed tests, interviews or other assessment activities
• Assistance if the test is on a computer, such as a larger screen, software or a person to read for you
• Providing alternative formats of assessment test papers, for example large print versions
• Allow the use of screen reader software

Pay scales

Links to our current pay scales (effective from 1 April 2024) are published below. These show the fulltime salaries for each of our main grades. We pay the Real Living Wage rate as determined by the Real Living Wage Foundation.

The council operates a discretionary performance related pay scheme

Incremental pay progression is linked to annual performance. It is assessed via the Our Ratings Conversation. This forms part of our appraisal and ongoing performance management approach - Our Conversations.

You'll be eligible to progress to the next spinal column on your pay grade (up to the maximum) if:

• you meet the right performance level and
• complete your yearly Our Conversations goals and behaviours.

We recruit to our roles based on how well an individual’s skills, qualifications and experience match the requirements of the role they have applied for. Suitable applicants will not be rejected because of criminal offences that are not relevant to the role applied for.

Read our Recruitment of Applicants with a Criminal Record Policy for further information.