Why Aberdeenshire?

As the North-East’s largest employer, we place importance on not only what you can do for us, but what we can do for you.

We welcome applications from all sectors of the community. You may be a school leaver or a graduate, you might be returning from a career break, looking to work part-time or job-share or you are an experienced professional looking to build on your career. Whatever your reasons or future ambitions we can provide you with more than one reason to choose Aberdeenshire Council.

We offer you flexibility – Our enjoy work, enjoy life philosophy means just that – we offer many flexible working options to ensure our employees enjoy a healthy work/life balance.

We offer you variety – There are over 500 different types of job within Aberdeenshire Council - Nursery Nurses, Drivers, Planners, Engineers, Environmental Health Officers, Occupational Therapists, ICT Analysts, Mechanics, Librarians to name only a handful.

We offer you excellent training – We want to ensure all our employees are given the development opportunities they require. Up-to-date job training is always available along with a wide range of courses, workshops, seminars, conferences and management development programmes.

We offer you generous holidays – Between 27 and 32 days annual leave is on offer to our employees depending on length of service.

We offer you the chance to make a difference - As an employee of Aberdeenshire Council you will be part of an organisation who provides services to over 230,000 people. Some, more than others are affected directly and rely on our first class service provision to survive. Every job within Aberdeenshire Council is important, every job in some way makes a difference.