Welcome to Wakefield careers

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Important

This site has now been discontinued. To search for and apply for Jobs at Wakefield Council please visit the new jobs site.

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Welcome to Wakefield Careers, our recruitment website, we hope you will find it helpful and informative.

This is where you will find out about the many different opportunities we have at the Council. You will also find out about how we reward our employees, the benefits available and how we support career development.

Our on-line recruitment service is aimed at anyone who wants fast, easy access to information on current Wakefield Council vacancies and by using the easy to use to use search facility you can easily find the roles that interest you.

All advertisements listed link to detailed person specifications as well as our online application form and to ensure that you don't miss any new vacancies when they arise you can register for e-mail and text alerts.

Wakefield Council's recruitment website is changing

On  Sunday 2 December 2012 Wakefield Council will be updating its recruitment job pages.  Although the new site will look and feel different, the overall function of searching for jobs and applying for vacancies on-line at this stage will remain the same.

How will this affect me?

As a job account holder the update will mean that any current data held on your personal job account, including previously submitted and partically completed applications, will no longer be accessible after the update and will subsequently be deleted in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Should you therefore require any data from your current personal job account, you should seek to extract it prior to the update.

Following the update, if you wish to apply for a vacancy, you will be prompted to create a new personal job account.  Once a new job account has been created, any new electronic applications you submit will be saved on your personal account for future reference.

Please note that although the update is scheduled for 2 December 2012, it may take a couple of days before the site is fully implemented.

Further advice

Further information and advice regarding the update can be sought by telephoning the contact centre on 08458 506506.

Additional information to note when applying for vacancies at Wakefield Council:

Wakefield Council actively supports the redeployment of its employees during times of organisational change.  As a consequence all advertised positions may at the Council's discretion be placed on hold or removed.  Should this occur, all applicants will be notified accordingly.

Wakefield Council is a participating organisation in the National Fraud Initiative. If you are successful in your application, as your employer, the Council will share your payroll data both within the Council and with other local authorities for the purpose of preventing and detecting fraud. Consequently, once your employment commences, if you are in receipt of any means tested benefits (e.g. council tax benefit, job seekers allowance, etc) you must disclose details of your employment to the relevant Benefit-paying Authority.  Further information on the National Fraud Initiative can be found at

http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/nfi