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We are proud to have been a Living Wage employer since 2013 and believe that paying the Living Wage is good for our charity, for individuals and for society.

The Living Wage, set annually by the Living Wage Foundation, is an hourly rate of pay, calculated according to the basic cost of living in the UK.

We recruit around 100 people each year to work on short-term projects for our Waste Insights Team,  Centre for Social Innovation and Litter and Place Services Team. Those working for us outside London are paid at or above the UK Living Wage, while for projects in London, we pay at or above the London Living Wage.

We seek to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse community at large.  We select applicants solely based on their knowledge, skills and experience to perform the role.  By taking an inclusive approach we aim to attract a diverse pool of talent and experience and welcome applications from all.  We also use a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform called Applied that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity in our hiring process.

During our recruitment process, we use positive action under section 159 of the Equality Act in relation to the protected characteristics that are under-represented at Keep Britain Tidy. This means that if we have two candidates of equal merit in our recruitment process, we will seek to take forward the under-represented candidate in order to diversify our staff group. 

Please see here for our Equal Opportunities Policy.

Please see here for our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy

We know our people are integral to our success, so we offer a standard benefits package to all our staff, including:

• A competitive salary and always a living wage
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• The option to purchase additional weeks' annual leave
• A birthday day off
• A pension scheme, with enhanced employer and employee contributions
• A healthcare cash plan, including a 24/7 employee assistance helpline
• Family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave
• A menstruation/menopause policy
• Paid exercise time 
• A climate perks travel policy
• A cycle-to-work scheme
• A life assurance plan
• We are a flexible and supportive employer, with a core hours system and time-off-in-lieu arrangements
• Learning and development opportunities, including staff development days

Volunteers are an integral part of Keep Britain Tidy. They enhance our work by bringing valuable skills, experiences and energy as well as their gift of time. We recognise that volunteering must benefit the individual as well as the charity and aim to provide an environment that is inclusive, stimulating, friendly and supportive.

Our volunteering opportunities include:

• Our #LitterHeroes
• Volunteer groups in our Care or waste reduction projects
• ‘Professional’ volunteers who support our accreditation programmes by judging and assessment
• Office or communications-based opportunities on specific projects

Current pension scheme:

For all new employees, the charity contribution is 8% of salary into Cushon: the UK's first net-zero pension provider.

Old Pension Scheme: Keep Britain Tidy used to run a Defined Benefit scheme that was closed to new entrants in 2008.  Further information can be found here 

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We are proud winners of the Best Small Employer Award for 2021 from the Working Families Best Practice Awards.

In tandem with Happiness at Work week in September 2023, we were rated the happiest charity to work for with a score of 4.5/5, based on average review scores from employees on Glassdoor

We use the Applied recruitment platform to help increase diversity during our hiring process using a skills based approach.  You will be asked to provide your details, submit your CV which showcases your suitability for the role from the provided job description and answer three sift questions.  

For those successful candidates that progress through to interview, we already know we like what we’ve seen about your experience and skills, and we’ll be keen to learn more. We ask you if there are any adaptations or accommodations that you may need before the interview as we aim to nurture a diverse workforce, so encourage applicants to share any needs with us. We use experience based questions to learn about how you approach challenges and we’ll base these questions around the key elements of the role as specified in the job description. We make notes as we go so that we can objectively score the answers, so we apologise if we’re sometimes looking at our notes – we promise we are listening! There will be two of us interviewing, so we always have more than one perspective. Sometimes, as well as an interview we may ask you to prepare a presentation or complete a task. We always tell you about this in advance, and they will always be directly relevant to the role. At the start of an interview we’ll introduce ourselves, lay out the structure of the interview and there will always be time for you to ask us questions at the end.