Welcome to Swindon Borough Council’s jobs pages.

Points Based System – UK Border Agency

From 27 November 2008, if you are a non-European Economic Area migrant wishing to work in the United Kingdom, we recommend you visit the UK Border Agency website.

The website provides key guidance and information provided by the Government for United Kingdom on employing migrant workers, including those under the new points based system.

Please see the Home Office, UK Border Agency, Points Based System website (www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers).

Search for Vacancies

On these pages:

• You are able to search all our vacancies and view the job details
• All current vacancies are on display
• The details of jobs are updated each week

Vacancies are organised into three categories

• General Vacancies
• School Support
• Teaching

For school support and teaching vacancies, please follow the instructions on the individual job advertisement. The information below applies to all other vacancies.

Acknowledgement of Receipt of Application Forms

If you apply online you will receive an automatic notification following the submission of your application form.

If you request a postal application form or download the word application form and wish to receive acknowledgement that we have received your hard copy application form, please enclose a sealed stamped addressed envelope or postcard for us to return to you

Application Closing Dates

All of our vacancies have closing dates. You must return your completed application form before the closing date in order for it to be considered.

Equal Opportunities

The Council is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from candidates of any age, sex, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

More Information About a Vacancy

You can request a job pack online or download the application form and guidance information. Before making your application, please refer to the Guidance Notes which are in pdf format.

How to Use this Site

To begin browsing our current vacancies - see the full list of all jobs that are currently open.

To find out more information about a particular job, just click on the job title. This will display the advertisement for that job. At the bottom of each advertisement are links that will take you to the job description, person specification and details about how to apply.

Filling in the Form

If, once you have read the job description and person specification, you wish to apply, then you will need to complete our application form. You may either request that an application form be posted to you (please see below for contact details) or you can download and then print a pdf file by following the link at the bottom of each job page.

Contact

Jobs@Swindon
Swindon Borough Council
Civic Offices
Swindon
SN1 2JH

Jobline telephone number: 01793 463646 (24 hour ansaphone service)
Minicom: 01793 436659

Enquiries: 01793 464439

E-mail: jobs@swindon.gov.uk