We know that life outside work matters. That is why our family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements are designed to help you find the right balance between your career and home life.
Leave entitlement
We offer a range of paid and unpaid leave options to support you, including:
- 25 days’ annual leave, increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service
- all bank holidays, plus one Civil Service privilege day each year
- up to 52 weeks’ maternity leave
- up to 12 days’ paid paternity leave
- up to 39 weeks’ paid adoption leave to care for your newly adopted child
- shared parental leave, allowing parents to share caring responsibilities during their child’s first year from birth or adoption
- special leave (paid or unpaid), for situations such as caring for a relative
- the option to buy additional annual leave if you need a little extra time off
Flexible and hybrid working
We offer a variety of flexible working options to help you work in the way that suits you and the organisation best, including:
- job sharing
- part-time working
- term-time only working
- remote, mobile and hybrid working, allowing you to work some of your contracted hours from home and the remainder from your HSE work location
- contractual homeworking, depending on business requirements