Pay and support for you as a Building Control Officer

We offer generous rewards and benefits that are designed to help you perform at your best:

• Payment of your Building Safety Regulator (BSR) licence and all training needs.
• Competitive salaries and 27 days holiday per year rising to 32 days after five years continuous local government service.
• Option to purchase up to 10 additional days annual leave per year.
• Excellent work/life balance through schemes including job sharing, compressed hours and flexi-time (allowing up to 13 flexi days per year).
• Hybrid working (home and office working).
• Full access to the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) virtual learning environment, offering hundreds of hours of Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
• Regular team meetings to discuss issues faced by the profession.
• Regular one-to-one meetings.
• Supervision to assist progression through the BSR registration process.
• Excellent contributory career average Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Plus, top up options - Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme and standard AVC scheme for members of the LGPS.
• Wellbeing Portal and access to an Employee Assist Scheme.
• Wide range of learning and development opportunities including professional qualifications, coaching and mentoring.
• Employee Benefits Portal and Lifestyle Savings Scheme (discounts across a host of major retailers).
• Discounted Durham County Council (DCC) gym membership.
• Staff networks run by staff for our staff, including Race Equality and Diversity, Disability, LGBT+, Armed Forces, Carers.
• Trade Union membership.
• A range of other salary sacrifice schemes such as car leasing.

Rewards and benefits are subject to individual terms and conditions.

Take a closer look at our Rewards and benefits if you work for us.