Careers
Careers
Why
work for Three Rivers?
Why
work for Three Rivers?
Why
work for Three Rivers?
Our
Benefits
Annual
Leave
We offer 25-30 days annual leave to all employees. You will get 25 days’ leave when you start at Three Rivers, and then 27 when you have completed two years’ of service. One extra day will be added to your annual leave each year thereafter up to a maximum of 30 days.
Dependants’ Leave
Discretionary time of 1-2 days (possibly longer) may be taken to look after dependent children, relatives or partner.
Parental Leave
Fathers may take 2 weeks paternity leave at weekly pay rate. Mothers are entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay and Contractual Maternity Pay provided certain conditions are met.
Flexible Working Hours
Three Rivers works within core hours of 8.30am - 5.30pm. Individuals would agree with their team managers on the hours worked provided that adequate service cover is provided. Flexible working is considered for working parents with children under the age of 6 years or under 18 years if disabled. Job sharing may be considered for some posts.
Cost of Living Salary Increase
Three Rivers works to recommendations by National Joint Council on annual pay reviews. Cost of living pay increases may be made based on the Group’s performance and other financial considerations.
Sickness Pay
Staff absent from duty owing to illness will be entitled to receive sick pay in accordance to a scale determined by length of service. In the first year, you are entitled to one month of full pay and 2 months’ half pay after 4 months’ service.
Contributory Pension Scheme
This is a final pension salary scheme with Social Housing Pension Scheme 9SHPS). Three Rivers’ contribution to employees’ pension is 11.7% and employees pay between 4.1 - 6.1% depending on their age.
Car Loan
Three Rivers offers an interest free loan scheme to essential car users for the purchase of a suitable new or second hand car. The current maximum loan is £10,000, repayable monthly over a maximum of five years.
Essential Car User Allowance and Business Mileage
This is payable to staff whose post require a car to undertake their duties. It is payable in two parts - a monthly lump sum to cover standing charges such as insurance - and a mileage based allowance paid in arrears.
Training and Development
As a Investor in People organisation, we are dedicated to helping our staff to develop and gain the skills they need to do their jobs and to progress with their careers. We offer a mix of in-house (our head office in Durham has a training room) and external training in a wide variety of skills and subjects.
All new staff complete a two-day inducation programme to help them familiarise
and understand the way the organisation works. It also helps them understand
some of our key policies such as Health & Safety and Equal Opportunities.
Staff Liaison Group
Representative staff from across the organisation meet and discuss work-based issues with senior management staff under this group. The aim of the group is to raise mutual matters of concern and to make proposals which may improve working conditions and environment.
We offer 25-30 days annual leave to all employees. You will get 25 days’ leave when you start at Three Rivers, and then 27 when you have completed two years’ of service. One extra day will be added to your annual leave each year thereafter up to a maximum of 30 days.
Discretionary time of 1-2 days (possibly longer) may be taken to look after dependent children, relatives or partner.
Fathers may take 2 weeks paternity leave at weekly pay rate. Mothers are entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay and Contractual Maternity Pay provided certain conditions are met.
Three Rivers works within core hours of 8.30am - 5.30pm. Individuals would agree with their team managers on the hours worked provided that adequate service cover is provided. Flexible working is considered for working parents with children under the age of 6 years or under 18 years if disabled. Job sharing may be considered for some posts.
Three Rivers works to recommendations by National Joint Council on annual pay reviews. Cost of living pay increases may be made based on the Group’s performance and other financial considerations.
Staff absent from duty owing to illness will be entitled to receive sick pay in accordance to a scale determined by length of service. In the first year, you are entitled to one month of full pay and 2 months’ half pay after 4 months’ service.
This is a final pension salary scheme with Social Housing Pension Scheme 9SHPS). Three Rivers’ contribution to employees’ pension is 11.7% and employees pay between 4.1 - 6.1% depending on their age.
Three Rivers offers an interest free loan scheme to essential car users for the purchase of a suitable new or second hand car. The current maximum loan is £10,000, repayable monthly over a maximum of five years.
This is payable to staff whose post require a car to undertake their duties. It is payable in two parts - a monthly lump sum to cover standing charges such as insurance - and a mileage based allowance paid in arrears.
As a Investor in People organisation, we are dedicated to helping our staff to develop and gain the skills they need to do their jobs and to progress with their careers. We offer a mix of in-house (our head office in Durham has a training room) and external training in a wide variety of skills and subjects.
Representative staff from across the organisation meet and discuss work-based issues with senior management staff under this group. The aim of the group is to raise mutual matters of concern and to make proposals which may improve working conditions and environment.