The London Borough of Waltham Forest is fiercely ambitious. We want to make sure each and every one of our residents enjoys a good quality life. We have good schools, great parks, excellent culture facilities, mass regeneration and budding community entrepreneurship are making it a place that people want to call home. The borough also has fantastic transport links, being only 20 mins from the City and West End.
We are proud to be the first ‘London Borough of Culture’ for 2019 so it is a truly exciting time to join the borough!
Following consultation with residents, the council set three priorities which will provide the direction of travel for the next few years:
We offer a fantastic range of benefits to our employees including
The Council’s Recruitment and Selection Policy is available to view here.
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We will be checking job applicants’ right to work in the same way as now until 30 June 2021.
Until this date, job applicants can prove their right to work in the following ways:
If an applicant uses the online checking service this will generate a share code. The Council must then use the employers’ online service to check their right to work using this share code.
We have a duty not to discriminate against EU, EEA or Swiss citizens. We cannot require them to show us their status under the EU Settlement Scheme until after 30 June 2021.
Irish citizens will continue to prove their right to work in the UK as they do now.
New immigration system from 1 January 2021 A new immigration system will apply to people arriving in the UK from 1 January 2021 and EU citizens moving to the UK to work will need to get a visa in advance.
EU citizens applying for a skilled worker visa will need to show they have a job offer from an approved employer sponsor to be able to apply.
The Council is an approved employer sponsor.
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The council is compliant with its duty under the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that all public-facing post-holders can speak English fluently. This refers to the confidence and accuracy in the particular context of their job and does not relate to regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations.
To support eligible job-seekers, our Adult Learning Service offers free ESOL courses. Have a look at their webpage for more information.
The council recognises the importance of work life balance and offers a range of family friendly policies to foster a diverse and supported workforce so that we can attract applicants from all parts of the community.
We have several family friendly policies in place to support working parents within the workplace.
Our family friendly offer includes:
As well as the above entitlements parents can also make use of the following: