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Keep Britain Tidy has been a Living Wage employer since 2013 because we believe that paying the Living Wage, set annually by the Living Wage Foundation, is good for our charity, for individuals and for society.

The Living Wage is an hourly rate of pay, calculated to the basic cost of living in the UK.

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. 

We know our people are integral to our success, so we offer a standard benefits package to all 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 and discounted gym access
• 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

We are signed up to the We Show the Salary initiative and offer full transparency about what we pay for each role within the charity.

We are proud to be an accredited Living Pension employer and for all new employees are delighted to contribute an enhanced employer contribution rate of 8% of salary into Cushon, the UK's first net-zero pension provider

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, showcasing your suitability for the role from the provided job description. and answer three sift questions.  

For those successful candidates that progress through to the interview stage, 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 these in advance if they form part of the process, 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.