Why work for us

We recognise the commitment and efforts our employees make to keep our organisation running smoothly and efficiently.

As a result, we offer a wide range of staff benefits - find out more about what we can do for you below. 

Leave

Annual leave

We give staff 25 days’ annual leave, which increases by 1 day for every year of service to a maximum of 30 days. You can also buy up to 5 more days’ holiday a year through our flexible benefits package.

TOIL and flexi time

For many of our roles, we offer flexi time and time off in lieu (TOIL) if you need to work outside your usual hours. Time accrued in 1 quarter can be taken by the end of the following quarter.

Volunteer leave

We encourage our staff to volunteer. You'll get 5 days of volunteering leave, which you can use to support Girlguiding or other organisations.

Career break

After 3 years of working for Girlguiding, you can apply for a break of between 3 months and 1 year.

My time

All staff are given 7 hours of extra time per year (pro rata for part time staff) to use to support their wellbeing.

Support

Pension

We offer a competitive group scheme, where we contribute 10% of your salary to your pension when you contribute a minimum of 5%.

Life assurance

We automatically enter all our staff into our life assurance scheme. It will pay out a tax-free sum to whoever you choose if you die. This will be 4 times your salary. All our casual staff are entitled to up to £5,000.

Flexible working

We’re committed to supporting you to achieve a good work-life balance and offer a number of flexible working options wherever we reasonably can.

Season ticket loan

After you complete probation, we can offer you an interest-free season ticket loan up to a maximum of £10,000 a year.

Family friendly

We have a generous family-friendly policy, incorporating maternity, paternity or partner, adoption and shared parental leave. When you have qualifying service of 2 years, we top up Statutory Maternity Pay to 100% of your salary for the first 20 weeks of maternity leave, 50% for the next 19 weeks and 30% for the final 13 weeks. We also top up paternity or partner leave to your normal full pay if you qualify for the statutory scheme.

We’re also a member of Tommy's Pregnancy at Work Scheme, which provides advice and guidance for pregnant employees.

Health and wellbeing

Employee Assistance Programme

Our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), provided by Health Assured is there to help you and your immediate family, offering independent help, information and guidance. Free and confidential support and guidance is available 24/7 via its helpline, plus up to 8 counselling sessions.

Healthcare cash plan

You’ll be able to take part in our healthcare cash plan. This provides money to help you cover the costs of medical, dental and eye care.

Flu vaccination

If you'd like a flu vaccination and don’t qualify for one on the NHS, we'll reimburse you for the cost of this up to £20.

Eyesight exam

If you regularly use a laptop for work, we’ll offer you a free eyesight exam every 2 years (after you complete probation). And we’ll contribute £55 towards glasses.

Gym discounts

We offer our staff discounts at more than 3,000 gyms, health clubs, leisure centres and yoga studios.

Other discounts

• Cycle to work: we offer the opportunity to hire a bike and accessories from a minimum of £100 to a maximum of £1,000.
• Retail: you get a 10% discount on goods at our Girlguiding shop. We also offer a range of retail, entertainment, food and drink and other discounts via our BenefitsHub.

Career development

We offer a wide variety of learning and development opportunities, from in-house workshops to external courses. We encourage all our employees to continuously develop their skills through personal development plans, our annual training calendar and an assisted study programme, where we may offer financial support and/or time off to do professional work-related qualifications.

Staff who've successfully passed their probation can also apply for 1 annual professional subscription a year to help them learn, develop and perform well in their role.

Hybrid working

For many of our roles, staff can work on average a minimum of 2 days a week in their work location, or 40% of their working time averaged over a calendar year. The other 60% of working time is spent working from home or remotely. Staff are, of course, welcome to spend more time than this in their work location if they want to.