“Suffolk County Council's mission is to make a positive difference for Suffolk. We are committed to working together, striving to improve, and securing the best possible services” 

At Suffolk County Council, we are responsible for a large range of vital services and employ over 5000 members of staff to deliver them countywide - these include: 

• Adult Social Care: Providing social care services, hospital-to-home care, and a financial inclusion and advice service. 
• Children and Young People: Supporting young people, families and schools, providing social care and safeguarding services. 
• Corporate Services: Supplying the employees in the organisation with Human Resources and IT services, with other services including health and safety and registrations. 
• Fire and Public Safety: Firefighting, rescue and emergency services, fire prevention services, trading standards, and safety advice. 
• Growth Highways and Infrastructure: Conservation of the countryside and public access, waste disposal, public transport and highways. 
• Public Health and Communities: Creating an environment to improve the health of the local community.  

Find out more about the different services and careers opportunities within Suffolk County Council on our careers website. 
 

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At Suffolk County Council, we are deeply aware of our social responsibilities.

We have a strong commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and provide a variety of training and support options for staff to enhance their professional development by learning new skills which can support their career progression.

Suffolk County Council is a disability confident employer and are always willing to discuss accommodations for employees and candidates.   
 
 

Our Values
 
 

Our values underpin our approach to performance, reward, and wellbeing. 
 
 
Wellbeing:  We look after ourselves, each other and the planet. 
 
Equality:  Respecting, valuing, embracing, and celebrating everyone’s unique differences. 
 
Achieve:  We are the best we can be. 
 
Support:  We work as one team. 
 
Pride:  We are passionate about making a positive different to the people and place of Suffolk. 
 
Innovate:  We believe in making every penny count, every minute matter and reducing  environmental impact. 
 
Respect:  We give and earn respect. 
 
Empower:  We empower, encourage, and motivate. 

Our Ambitions for Suffolk

Looking after our health and wellbeing 

• While the health and wellbeing of the whole population is vital, we have a particular focus on helping those most in need of extra support to live as safely, independently, and healthily as possible. 

Strengthening our local economy.

• A strong economy is vital to ensuring Suffolk's people and places can fulfil their potential, and economic wellbeing has a significant impact on physical and mental health and wellbeing.  

Protecting and enhancing our environment 

• Suffolk's environment is one of its greatest strengths. It is why so many people enjoy living and working in Suffolk as well as visiting our great county. Suffolk's environment also makes a significant economic contribution as a leader in green growth with its renewables and technology sectors. 

Providing value for money for our residents

• To fulfil our ambitions for Suffolk and to provide the best outcomes for our residents, it is crucial that the county council delivers the best possible value for money. This includes how we manage all our resources, such as staff, buildings, estates, and budgets. The county council's leadership will be bold, innovative, and challenging in ensuring value for money and accountability to local people in everything that we do. 

Early Careers in Suffolk

Rising High is our Early Careers Team. Rising High provides people across Suffolk with opportunities that will enable them to start or progress their careers. We aim to produce the best programmes, sometimes working with partners across Suffolk to broaden our offerings and give people a beneficial learning experience that will provide them the opportunity of working within local government or just help them build experience for their future careers. 

Rising High offers Internships, Apprenticeships, Work Experience and Graduate programmes.

Visit our Early Careers page. 
  

Planning to study at university? We offer a 12-Week internship program during the summer. Interns are given the opportunity to learn and develop within the exciting environment at SCC.  Hear from some of our previous interns:
 

Clara  

I joined the SCC internship as I was looking to gain work experience and explore career options ahead of my final year of university.   The internship program was well-organised, with lots of opportunities for personal and professional development. I loved the working environment and found the role extremely rewarding.  It also opened my eyes to the huge range of services provided by the councils, and thus the wide variety of opportunities that would be available to me if I continued in the public sector. I am now part of the Suffolk County Council Graduate Programme and will be working on the Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Examination, which started the week I began my role.

Ben 
 

Working in local government helped me to connect the dots between some of the broader theories that I was studying at university and the real-life impacts of political decisions on local communities. During the internship we organised, promoted and ran events, wrote policy review documents and worked with loads of amazing local community organisations and groups. The internship is absolutely what pushed me to apply to the graduate scheme. I’m excited to be able follow some projects through from conception to completion; it is going to be such a wonderful opportunity.

Apprenticeships Reimagined

Suffolk County Council is committed to supporting the national agenda to increase apprenticeships and aims to provide high quality apprenticeship opportunities for people of all ages across a range of different jobs and careers, as well as utilising these programs to combat the disability employment gap. 

Apprenticeships are for people of all ages and can be completed by existing members of staff alongside their existing role, as a way of gaining a qualification or developing highly sought-after skills. 

All apprenticeship vacancies are advertised on Suffolk Jobs Direct. Once you have registered for an account you can set up alerts for new vacancies and apply for jobs online. 
 
 Visit Suffolk Jobs Direct. 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

In addition to a fantastic working environment and the opportunity to make a difference to the lives of Suffolk residents, we also offer an extensive benefit package that combines flexible working, pension and a range of additional benefits, 
 
Benefits include: 

• Performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase. 
• Instant e-vouchers for some of the UK's top retailers and discounts at hundreds of other retailers and brands.
• Access to the Suffolk Credit Union. 
• 20% off health and lifestyle assessments with Nuffield Health.
• Access to a health cash plan to help cover health costs such as dental, optical, maternity/paternity, physio etc. 
• Relocation package for some roles.
• Local Government Pension Scheme (whereby both the employee and employer contribute towards the pension fund), 
• Public transport discounts on most routes.  
• Tax free bikes and car lease scheme.
• Generous annual leave entitlements plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering day, 
• Confidential employee assistance programme.
• Occupational sick pay.
• A strong commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. 
• Learning and development opportunities including a range of work-based apprenticeships, 
• Flexible working options. 

Community Reimagined  
 

Fostering community is an important task within Suffolk County Council as much as it is outside. That’s why our staff form and join Staff Networks! The Staff Networks are run by Suffolk County Council staff for staff, councillors, and other public sector partners. They bring together people who share a common link, or a common interest to:  

• Take part in events, discuss topics of interest.  
• Support each other.  
• Work to improve things for the members of the Network group both within the Council and for our communities outside the organisation