Interesting and challenging roles in a unique working environment
What we offer
We offer competitive pay to ensure we can attract and retain great people to work with us at Historic Royal Palaces.
What's more, we have a clear and transparent pay progression policy rewarding good performance through each of our pay ranges.
Pension scheme
We offer a Group Personal Pension Plan, where you will be required to pay a minimum of 2% of your pensionable salary and Historic Royal Palaces will contribute between 8% and 11%.
This also includes life assurance and income replacement in the unlikely event this might be necessary.
Annual leave
On joining you will receive 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. This increases to 28 days after three years, and 29 days after 6 years. This is pro-rata for part time employees, and those working shift patterns.
Holiday entitlement and Public Holidays may differ slightly for Hillsborough Castle Staff.
Membership and tickets
All established staff automatically become members of Historic Royal Palaces giving you the ability to visit each of our palaces with up to four guests as many times as you would like.
You will also have the ability to request a further 10 tickets for unaccompanied family guests providing free entry to any of the palaces.
Discounts
We offer generous discounts in our shops and catering outlets, as well as discount arrangements through an online scheme.
"I feel privileged to be part of a prestigious organisation that has supportive colleagues and diverse roles"
Vinit Mehta, Retail Systems Manager
Health and well-being
Building a happy workforce
Historic Royal Palaces takes the health and wellbeing of all its staff seriously.
A healthy workforce is a happy workforce, and a happy work force is a productive one which will deliver what is expected to meet the aims and goals of the organisation.
Work-life balance
We aim to develop and promote a working environment that allows our staff to achieve a healthy balance of work and home life.
The benefits and policies have been designed to support and assist staff wellbeing.
Our approach is holistic covering physical, mental, social and financial aspects of our employees' lives:
- Health
- Body
- Mind
- Money
- Community
Our well-being schemes support staff
Policies include:
- enhanced maternity benefits and shared parental leave
- flexible working
- Ride2Work scheme
- access to a free independent financial advisor
- 24 hour access to an Employee Assistance Programme
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