Careers

Why work for Community Links?

We believe in being a good place to work for, so whichever part of Community Links you join, you can be assured of a warm welcome. We only recruit the best people so you can be sure of working with colleagues who are as motivated and passionate as you are.

Employee development

We also take your career seriously. We believe that training and development are essential for our employees, as this supports career progression and greater work satisfaction. We want you to enjoy coming to work.

A tailored induction programme

Regular support and on-going personal development planning from your manager

Mentoring scheme

Support to gain work based qualifications

Future Leaders scheme

Employee benefits

As a Community Links employee you will have access to the best possible opportunities to help balance and manage your home and work life, providing you with:

A generous holiday entitlement starting at 25 days, rising to 31 days after 2 years, plus public holidays.

Access to the Health Matters helpline for free and confidential information and counselling.

Use of a Staff Welfare Budget to help maintain your health and wellbeing.

The Cycle to Work Scheme that allows you to lease a bicycle through a salary sacrifice arrangement.

How to apply

You can download a job description, person specification and access our online application form from the job advertisement. All correspondence with you will be via email, so please use an email address you view regularly.

Guidance on using the e-recruit system

We've prepared a guidance document to help you submit your job application via our e-recruit system.

If you experience any problems you are unable to resolve, please don't hesitate to contact us on 0113 273 9660 or recruitment@commlinks.co.uk

When will you hear from us

If you have not heard from us within four weeks after the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted.

If you are invited to an interview the email we send to you will provide you with details of what to expect on the day and what documents you will need to bring with you.

Interviews

You’ll hear from us at least a week before your interview date via email. The email will have all the information you need including details of who to contact if you have any questions.

As we only recruit the very best people we'll want to know all about your background and whether your skills match our person specification and the role for which you're applying.

Of course, interviews work two ways, so you'll be encouraged to ask questions about Community Links in return.

After the interview

We aim to notify all candidates of the outcome of their interview on the same day. The person interviewing you will be able to provide you with more information about timings.

If you have not been successful you will receive a phone call however please note it is our practice not to provide feedback.

If you have been successful the recruiting manager will make you a conditional offer of employment. You will also receive an email within 2 working days of your interview confirming the conditional offer including details of the conditions.

Receiving a conditional offer

Congratulations! You’ll soon be joining a remarkable award winning organisation and colleagues who are unique, enthusiastic and highly motivated.

Before you can start working for us we will undertake the following checks:

Receipt of references, which satisfy Community Links

Receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

Confirmation of your eligibility to work in the UK

Proof of your stated qualifications

Only once each of the above pre-employment checks have been completed and all of the relevant accompanying documentation has been received and verified by Community Links, will we confirm the unconditional offer of employment. This can typically take 4 – 6 weeks. We will keep you updated and let you know when it is done.

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