North Tyneside Council, as an employer, is committed to ensuring we have a highly engaged, flexible and skilled workforce to deliver the ambitious priorities set out in the ‘Our North Tyneside Plan’.

As a Local Authority, and as an employer, we are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can be ourselves and succeed on merit. We seek to represent the borough we serve and actively welcome applications from people from culturally diverse, and disadvantaged backgrounds.

We believe in equality and offering opportunity to all employees by providing a range of both family friendly, inclusive employment practices, and engagement forums to support employees from different backgrounds.

North Tyneside Council is a Disability Confident employer and we are committed to employing disabled people and supporting them to stay in work. We have been awarded the Advanced Level of the North of Tyne Good Work Pledge , have been signed up to the ‘Better Health at Work’ award since 2010, and continue to offer support to employees to improve their health and wellbeing. We have also implemented a policy to guarantee an interview for a post to anyone who is currently serving in the Armed Forces or has done so in the past, and meets the essential and desirable criteria of the job description/person specification.

If you need this application form and guidance in an alternative format (e.g. if you have a disability or if English is your second language) please contact our Recruitment Team on 0191 643 5074.

As an employee of North Tyneside Council you will feel valued from the moment you join us through your participation in our induction process, which ensures you are supported in your role from day one.

Throughout your career with us we will identify and develop your talent through our focus on continuing professional development. We will ensure that our training is carefully tailored to enable you to carry out your role competently and confidently, and to support you in achieving your professional goals.

You can find further information about working for us on our website:
Our Customer Promise - https://my.northtyneside.gov.uk/category/1565/our-customer-promise

Our Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy and Handling of DBS Information Policies https://my.northtyneside.gov.uk/category/121/council-job-vacancies

A copy of the DBS Code of Practice can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-code-of-practice