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Work life balance

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Portsmouth City Council is a people-focused employer. We understand the benefits of achieving a good work life balance for an individual’s wellbeing and productivity. That’s why we’ve created flexible and family friendly work policies. These include:

  • A generous holiday entitlement of up to 31 days per year, in addition to bank holidays

  • The opportunity to buy an additional 10 days’ holiday entitlement per year 

  • The option to work from home up to three days a week, depending on the role and service need  

  • Part-time, term-time, and job share contracts, depending on the role and service need 

  • A Reasonable Adjustments policy for anyone with a physical or mental disability 

  • We aim to support employees and their families by providing time off for caring responsibilities, bereavement and emergencies, as well as offering enhanced maternity and adoption pay

Emily, Research Manager, told us:

I love my job, and I love my kids, and working here lets me enjoy both. I work with lovely people in a varied role, within a supportive and understanding environment.