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Jobs in Bury Council

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This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The Council is committed to Equality and Diversity in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Bury Council supports people who want to balance their life and work.

All disabled candidates who meet the essential job-related criteria will be guaranteed an interview.  Appointment will be on merit.

On-line application forms

Please be aware that if you are completing an on-line application form it must be completed and submitted before 12 midnight of the evening prior to the closing date, as the job will be removed  from the website at this time. 

Details copied and pasted from word into the on-line application form must be in plain text (no colours, bullet points etc). Anything other than plain text may not be recognised by word and may not show as you intended when you submit your form.

When completing your on-line form you will be able to save it part  way through and return to it later, but it must  still be completed before 12 midnight of the evening prior to the closing date, only click the submit button when your form is completed. You will be timed out of the on-line aplication form after 3 hours and any information entered will be lost, so please ensure that you complete/save the form within the timescale. 

Completed application forms should be submitted to the return address by 12 noon on the closing date.

You must complete an application form for each job you are applying for. We will not accept CV's alone, only in support of an application form.

Asylum and Immigration Act

It is a criminal offence to employ a person who is subject to immigration control, unless they have documentation which permits them to work in the UK. You should therefore be aware that we will make checks to ensure that you are eligible to work in the UK.

To request a job application form either telephone 0161 253 5115 or Email: jobsmanager@bury.gov.uk quoting the job title, job reference number, your name and address and a contact telephone number.

To contact us

We welcome feedbback about improving our services. Please email any comments about the application and/or recruitment process.

Thank you.

Email: personnel@bury.gov.uk.
Address: Personnel Services, Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 0SW.
Telephone:  0161 253 5204/5162/5152.

Jobs in the Bury area

Please visit our finding work web page for links to useful websites which give help in finding employment.

For information about re-locating to Bury, please visit out moving home web page.

Jobs in Six Town Housing

Jobs available at Six Town Housing.