Buckinghamshire College Group does one of the most important jobs in the country - educating people of all ages to help them to succeed in life and create the skills society needs. Moreover, we do it well. We have high standards, with good success rates for students and more students joining us each year.

Our staff are the most important resource that the College has in securing this success. We therefore value our staff highly and offer a competitive reward and benefits package.

Staff Benefits

As a caring employer, Buckinghamshire College Group offers a wide range of benefits to staff. We work closely with a range of staff forums to regularly review and update these benefits. Current benefits offered to staff include:

• Pensions – LGPS or Teachers Pensions
• Flexible working options
• Generous Holiday allowance
• Free car parking
• Child care voucher scheme
• Eye Tests and contribution to glasses
• Subsidised on site Nursery at the Aylesbury Campus
• Use of the dance studio and large sports hall at the Aylesbury Campus
• Discounted hair and beauty treatments
• Staff Development opportunities as well as regular events
• Employee Assistance Programme includes 24 hour help line and up to 6 sessions of counselling for staff and family members
• Occupational Health Service
• Annual Staff Achievement Awards and ceremony
• Employee of the month scheme with £100 in vouchers for the winner
• Use of the learning centre resources including books and DVD’s
• Excellent and inexpensive food and drinks outlets.
• Staff may enrol on up to 2 consecutive, non-work related course during any academic year, with tuition fees remitted

Our Vision

Buckinghamshire College Group will be recognised for creating value and wealth to individuals, businesses, communities and the economy, driven by excellence, enterprise and innovation.

Our Mission

Our overarching aim is to have a positive impact for our students, our businesses and our communities, contributing to economic and social growth and well-being, through being highly responsive and delivering excellence in education and skills.

Our Values

Our values are based on:

• Students being at the heart of what we do
• Working together as one College one team
• Being responsive to all our stakeholders, employers, customers and community
• Valuing and respecting differences in a culture of openness
• Having high standards and committed to excellence?

?The Two Ticks Scheme

The 'two ticks' positive about disability symbol is awarded by Job Centre Plus to employers who have made commitments to employ, keep and develop the abilities of disabled staff.  The College was re- inspected in June and the assessor commended the College on our positive approach to making and keeping this commitment.

The detailed commitments are:

• To interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy and to consider them on their abilities.
• To discuss with disabled employees, at any time but at least once a year, what both parties can do to make sure disabled employees can develop and use their abilities.
• To make every effort when employees become disabled to make sure they stay in employment.
• To take action to ensure that all employees develop the appropriate level of disability awareness needed to make these commitments work.
• To review these commitments each year and assess what has been achieved, plan ways to improve on them and let employees and Jobcentre Plus know about progress and future plans. 

Investors in Diversity

The Investors in Diversity Award is recognised as much more than just a highly prized and prestigious quality mark. It provides an all-encompassing methodology for improving Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) practices in the workplace. Those that achieve the Investors in Diversity Award have been enabled to take a structured and planned approach to embedding EDI at the heart of what they do.

Mindful Employer

Over 1.2 million people work for employers who are signatories to the Charter for Employers who are Positive about Mental Health.

The Charter is just one part of the MINDFUL EMPLOYER initiative and is a voluntary agreement seeking to support employers in working within the spirit of its positive approach.  The College has signed up to the Charter and are continually working on ways to support members of our community for whom mental health is an issue.