Working for the States of Jersey

Our core values apply to everyone working in the States of Jersey, from the most senior manager to the newest recruit, and they apply in our dealings with everybody, whether they are residents, employees or visitors to Jersey.

• We put the customer at the heart of everything we do
• We take pride in delivering an effective public service for Jersey
• We relentlessly drive out waste and inefficiency
• We will always be fair and honest and act with integrity
• We constantly look for ways to improve what we do and are flexible and open to change
• We will achieve success in all we do by working together

We are committed to fairness and equality, and to ensuring that people are treated with dignity and respect.

Balancing work and life

We believe that everyone needs to find a rhythm that helps them to balance their work with their other responsibilities outside of work. We have a variety of schemes and policies which can help our employees to achieve this:

• Flexible working
• Job share
• Special leave arrangements
• Career break scheme
• Pension scheme
• Maternity/paternity/adoption leave
• Child care arrangements with a local pre-school provider
• Occupational Health Service
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Individual and States-wide induction schemes
• Retirement seminars
• Staff benefits including discounted shopping schemes
• Staff communication through the in-house newsletter and formal team briefing

Support

Counselling services

We offer a range of counselling services through our Employee Assistance Programme.

Training and development

We are firmly committed to the personal development of all our employees and to raising standards of performance.

Our aim is to become a learning organisation – that is, an organisation in which people at all levels, individually and collectively, are continually increasing their capacity to produce results that they really care about.

We have a well established Training and Development team and offer a large range of development and skills based courses which are firmly linked to the core competencies that we have agreed for employees at all levels of the organisation, from manual workers to Chief Officers. Continuing Professional Development is also high on our agenda, and we have professional advisers working to ensure that professional skills are updated in Health and Social Services, Police and Education.

Equality and diversity

We are firmly committed to equality and we recognise the value of a diverse workforce in which people from different backgrounds and with different skills and abilities can work with us to provide the best possible service to our customers and the public of Jersey.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the diverse nature of the population of Jersey, and we are also working to increase the proportion of women at more senior grades in the organisation.

We will consider applications for vacancies solely on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, age, disability, race, ethnic background, religion, social circumstances, marital or family status, sexual orientation and any other irrelevant factor. However, we are only able to consider applications from those who have the right to live and work in Jersey, unless an advertisement specifically states otherwise. This is because there are laws which, in general, restrict employment to those who have been resident in Jersey for the previous five years.