At Walsall Council, we have evolved our ICT department into ‘Digital and Technology Services’ (DaTS). If you're looking for a new challenge and would like to collaboratively drive the design, development and delivery of our ambitious digital transformation, we'd love to receive your application!
Why work with us in Walsall?
Walsall Council is committed to attracting, developing and retaining talent and can offer you an opportunity to make a difference and better the lives of the people of this exciting borough. We have a genuine commitment to equality of opportunity and welcome all applicants to help us employ a representative workforce that reflects the community we serve. As part of our commitment to ensuring staff wellbeing, we are strong advocates for initiatives such as all staff and their families residing with them have access to an external Employee Assistance Helpline, who can offer advice and counselling on a number of different subjects.
We actively promote learning and development opportunities to all our employees to help them progress and gain new skills and in the DaTS department, we support staff to pursue Microsoft certifications by providing learning content and exam vouchers to progress through various career pathways.
We love to upskill our employees, and we’re very proud of the recognition we receive across our professional communities. In recent months we have been nominated in the PICCASO Privacy Awards, PublicFinance Awards, Ladder for the Black Country Apprenticeship Awards, Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards and the LGC Digital Impact Awards (to name a few); and we’re over the moon to have won in our respective categories.
We also believe that work is defined by what we do and not where we do it. We have generous annual leave that rises as your time with Walsall Council increases which is also supplemented by 9 concessionary days throughout the year and flexi time.
Read more about our benefits at https://go.walsall.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers-/benefits-of-working-for-us