Careers

Alongside your salary, the Equality and Human Rights Commission contributes towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. 

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

You can expect to receive a competitive salary, 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (full time FTE) and access to the Civil Service Pension Scheme and partnership pension schemes.

We will provide investment in your career, giving you access to Civil Service Learning, our peer learning programme, specialist training and mentoring.  

We offer a range of family friendly benefits, such as enhanced parental leave, flexible working including non-contractual hybrid working.

You will also have access to our wellbeing offering, including our employee assistance programme, mental health supporters, health checks, discount gym membership and retail discounts, cycle-to-work scheme and other salary sacrifice options. In addition, we have a range of staff networks and social groups.

Civil Service and internal applicants

Candidates on level transfer will be offered their current salary, or the starting point of the salary band, whichever is higher. Candidates on promotion will be offered the starting salary for the role. A Civil Service candidate’s salary will be rounded up to the nearest pay point on the relevant pay scale.

External applicants

Appointments are generally made at the starting point of the pay grade, however a higher salary may be available for an exceptional candidate.

All applicants

Read our application guidance (104KB, Word).

If you are offered a position, you will be asked to apply for and provide a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service certificate, or a Basic Disclosure Scotland certificate, depending on your location.

Any current vacancies will be advertised on the Civil Service Jobs website, where you can download the application pack for your chosen vacancy.

If you wish to apply, please follow the link on the careers page to the full advert on Civil Service Jobs, where you can download the Candidate Pack and application forms (Parts 1 and 2). 

Advice on how to complete your application can be found in the application guidance (104KB, Word). Please read this carefully before completing your application.

All completed applications should be submitted before the closing date and time. No applications will be accepted after this time.

If you have any queries, please contact us via [email protected].

Our application form is a Word document that meets Microsoft accessibility standards. However, if you require another way to apply, please contact us by email at [email protected] to discuss.

We value diversity in our workplace.

We welcome enquiries from everyone. A commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.

We encourage all applicants to complete our Equal Opportunities Monitoring form provided with all application packs, to support us in delivering upon our Equality Scheme.

Please email the People Team if you have any recruitment enquiries.

Proud to be a Disability Confident leader

We are a Disability Confident leader. This means we work to make sure that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.

We are recognised as champions for the Disability Confident scheme and a leader in championing equality in the workplace.

Our status as Disability Confident leader recognises all the great work we have done and will continue to do to embed an inclusive culture and support disabled colleagues and candidates.

Disability Confident scheme

As a Disability Confident Leader, the Equality and Human Rights Commission offers an interview for people with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for this appointment. Disability in this context would be as defined by the Equality Act 2010 and The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004.

Where high numbers of applications are received, the candidates that best meet the minimum criteria for the role may only be invited to interview.  If you wish to apply for consideration under this scheme, please complete the appropriate section on the online application form. This will enable us to make the appropriate arrangements, if necessary.

If you require an alternative accessible version of the application form or wish to discuss your application or reasonable adjustment, please email the People team or contact us by telephone on 0161 829 8100.

We are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal information about you. We comply with data protection law and principles.

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