What is Salford City Council's position on equal opportunities?

Salford City Council is committed to providing the best possible services for everyone in Salford and we recognise that to do this we need our most important asset - our employees. Recruiting, retaining and developing the right people with the right skills at the right time are essential for us to deliver services that improve the quality of life for Salford residents.

As the largest employer in the city we offer a fair, efficient approach to recruitment to ensure that whatever your skills, background or qualifications we have a diverse range of full and part time jobs, with learning and development opportunities to suit you.

Salford City Council strives to be an equal opportunities employer and as such, opposes all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination. The most appropriate recruitment methods are used to ensure that a wide range of potentially suitable applicants have the opportunity to apply, therefore all our employees will be recruited, trained and developed on the basis of their ability and the requirements of the job.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community irrespective of race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. In addition Salford City Council will accept and consider applications from ex-offenders and criminal records will be taken into account for recruitment purposes only when the conviction is relevant.

As part of our commitment to improving equality of opportunity we recognise the disadvantage experienced by disabled people. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for jobs. Application information is also available in different formats where required, such as Braille and large print.

To show our commitment to good practice in employing disabled people, Salford City Council is currently a Disability Symbol User. This demonstrates that we welcome applications from disabled job applicants and we are positive about their abilities. It will also confirm to existing employees that we value their contribution and will treat them fairly should they become disabled.

Salford City Council participates in regular monitoring of recruitment statistics to ensure that procedures are operating effectively and that any patterns or trends are identified and resolved.

Equality and diversity

Salford City Council has pledged to promote and develop best practice in all equal opportunities issues. You may like to visit our web pages on equality and diversity.

This page was last updated on 2 March 2011