Rewards & Benefits Working at St Brendans

Life at St Brendan’s Sixth Form College is highly rewarding.

With more than 200 people employed in a range of jobs, St Brendan’s Sixth Form College feels more like a community than a workplace – just one of the benefits of working here.

We strive to make our community a welcoming, caring and enthusiastic one, fuelling ambition with opportunities and support to help us all achieve our personal and professional goals.

We place a real emphasis on teamwork, collaboration, and valuing each and every contribution that every colleague makes. We believe in everyone being able to flourish in an inclusive environment and equality is at the heart of all we do.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority. The holistic approach we take demonstrates our commitment to you as an individual in supporting your ‘whole self’.  You will have access to a comprehensive health and wellbeing online support toolkit and year round events and activities, that enable you to receive advice, support and guidance tailored to your individual health and wellbeing needs.

We never stop thinking about how we can improve our benefits, to support you while you’re at work and so that you can make the most of your time off too. Our benefits include:

• 27 days annual leave on appointment, increasing to 30 days after five years for our support staff colleagues;
• Salaries in line with the Real Living Wage;
• Excellent pension schemes with either the Teacher Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme;
• Access to learning and development opportunities;
• A family friendly approach to help you achieve a healthy work life balance including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and pay entitlements;
• Paid leave for foster carers or individuals wishing to foster;
• Online reward portal providing a range of shopping, Spa, travel and leisure activity discounts;
• Free gym membership (one off payment of £15 to cover induction);
• Regular staff social events;
• Free onsite parking.

There are many more benefits of working at the college. Take advantage of the fantastic facilities and offers available to you:

• Cycle to work scheme (secure bike storage and access to showers are also available onsite);
• Access to our Learning Resource Centre and library;
• TOTUM (previously NUS) card which offers access to a range of discounts;
  
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Service;
• Onsite café and restaurant;
• Access to an onsite chapel and chaplaincy service.