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Working for Fera

Salary and reward

Fera offers an attractive benefits and salary package. This includes a minimum of 25 days plus 10.5 public and privilege holidays, generous maternity and paternity entitlements, flexible working hours and a pension package.

Starting salaries depend on the skills, experience and qualifications that you bring to the post.

The following are some of the benefits that our employees enjoy:

  • Competitive salaries
  • Pension - choice of a Civil Service defined benefit scheme or stakeholder defined contribution arrangement
  • 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days with 5 years service. A further 8 days of bank and public holidays and two and a half privilege days are taken at fixed times of the year
  • Generous maternity and paternity leave
  • Salary sacrifice - childcare vouchers
  • On-site nursery (Sand Hutton site)
  • Learning and Development opportunities
  • Flexible working practices - A flexible working hours system is available to the vast majority of staff.
  • Flexible working patterns - Fera encourages flexible working patterns such as part time, job share, term time working and working from home where appropriate
  • Subsidised staff restaurant - There is a subsidised staff restaurant serving high quality breakfast, snacks and lunches on the Sand Hutton site
  • Welfare service
    Fera aims to support its staff by providing the services of a Welfare Officer. Our Welfare Officer is a fully qualified counsellor and is available to offer confidential support to staff with any emotional, health and social problems they may encounter either at work or at home. The Welfare Officer can offer advice and guidance on a wide range of issues including bereavement, debt, relationships, stress, sickness absence, retirement, alcohol and drugs misuse, childcare and other caring responsibilities.
  • Subsidised Sports and Social Club including on a gym on the Sand Hutton site.
  • An extensive Information Centre