Job opportunities at Gloucester City Homes

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Why work for us?

Gloucester City Homes is a dynamic and highly successful company set up in December 2005 to drive service improvement and deliver the Decent Homes Programme on behalf of our 4800 tenants and leaseholders. 

We really value and appreciate our staff

This is what the lead inspector from Investors In People said about us when we achieved the Gold Award in March 2010. 

"The Company is an exemplar of outstanding performance in particular of employee engagement. The values of the organisation are central to every activity particularly ‘Pride’ in delivering excellent service to residents, the community generally and each other. 

The enthusiasm of staff is palpable . There is an air of excitement and anticipation across the organisation. Everyone has a part to play and is recognised for it. Teams have become innovation hotbeds for ideas to extend, improve services and improve performance. 

Recognition at Gold level is an outstanding achievement by everyone who works for the Company. To have achieved success against 173 of the possible 196 Evidence Requirements (88%) is truly exceptional, a wonderful team effort." 

For further information on our fantastic achievement, please click on the Investors In People Gold logo below to view the report. 

Melanie Robinson Award for Outstanding Achievement

The Melanie Robinson Award for Outstanding Achievement at GCH was awarded to Lesley Williams.  Please select this link for more information.|

Our key milestones to date  

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Our aim

We seek to be an employer of first choice providing our staff with a stimulating and rewarding work environment in which they can help to achieve the company’s objectives by providing them with the right tools for the job. By working and learning with others we will be a learning organisation that will be demonstrated by the company’s continuous improvement.

Training and Development:

We believe that everyone who works for Gloucester City Homes has the ability to achieve excellence. So we do everything we can to help. Recognised as an Investor in People we put an emphasis on training and development for all our staff.

Benefits

In addition to our commitment to your training and development, we offer a great package of benefits, which includes:

• Salary – salaries are determined by an independant specialist organisation which benchmarks pay levels to a range of similar organisations and a spot salary is determined accordingly.
• Holidays – up to 29 days each year (subject to qualifying criteria), plus all National and Bank Holidays.
• Local Government Pension Scheme – Final Salary, with an option to take out additional voluntary contributions (AVC’s).
• Relocation scheme – Gloucester City Homes operates a relocation scheme for eligible employees.
• Sick pay – up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay (subject to qualifying period).
• Healthy Benefits Package.
• Employee Assistance Programme – a freephone helpline that provides unlimited access to a confidential advice, information and counselling referral service. The service covers a wide range of issues including legal, tax, financial, emotional/personal, work/career – and many more.