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A Brief Summary of Benefits
The Highways Agency is an organisation that takes great pride in its work and the excellent service that its employees provide to customers. In return the Highways Agency offers a highly attractive reward package.
As well as benefits such as the pension scheme, generous annual leave and annual salary reviews, our extensive benefits package includes:
- Development and Training Opportunities, through structured courses, project work, mentoring programme, opportunities to apply for promotion and on the job learning
- Maternity leave (full pay for 6 months)
- Adoption leave (pay dependent on age of child/length of service)
- Partner Support Leave (3 weeks on full pay)
- Special leave with/without pay
- Parental Leave
- Time off for dependants
- Extended Special Leave
- Career Breaks (up to 5 years)
- Interest free loans for season tickets/bicycle
- Christmas salary advance (grade dependent)
- New entrant mid monthly salary advance
- Salary sacrifice for childcare vouchers (potential saving of £1000 per annum)
- Subsidised holiday play scheme (60% employer contribution)
- Flexi-time in all offices which allows flexibility in the working day (this is not available to paybands 7 and 8)
- Right to request flexible working for all staff
- Term-time/ part time/ compressed hours/ job sharing
- Employee Assistance Programme offering free independent advice and support on a range of issues to employees, their family and friends.
Full details of these benefits will be set out in your terms and conditions if you are recommended and accept an appointment within the Highways Agency. Benefits, Terms and Conditions might be updated from time to time; any changes will be communicated through the appropriate channels and will take precedence.
Other Benefits (subscription based):
- Civil Service Motoring Association (CSMA)
- The Civil Service Benevolent Fund (CSBF)
- The Benenden Healthcare Society
- Trade Union membership with the recognised unions being the First Division Civil Servants (FDA), PROSPECT and Public and
Commercial Services Union (PCS)
Our Business Areas
The Highways Agency is managed by a Board, which comprises our Chief Executive and six executive directors. Each director is responsible for their own business area. To find out more about the business areas please follow the link below:
