General Information about the Council
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council covers the communities of Baildon, Bingley, Bradford, Denholme, Haworth, Ilkley, Keighley, Shipley, Silsden, Queensbury and surrounding areas.
It serves a population approaching 468,000 and employs about 20,679 people. In terms of population, it is the fourth largest Metropolitan District Council in the country.
There is a wide range of jobs within the Local Authority, from the higher levels of management to professional workers, administrative and clerical support staff, teachers, lecturers, social workers and craft and manual workers. Much of our work involves close contact with the public and there are many opportunities for employees to take an active interest in community-based initiatives. The services in many of the Departments are becoming increasingly devolved to a local level in order to respond more effectively to community needs.
The aim of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is to become an employer who offers genuine equal opportunities to people looking for work, and which does not unfairly discriminate against any sections of society in its recruitment and selection.
The Council services are provided from a number of Departments and the employees of these Departments are based at various buildings throughout the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council area and provide a wide range of services to the community.
Those services are paid for by the people of the Bradford District and are overseen by the elected representatives (Councillors) who lay down the Council’s policies and ensure that it provides services on behalf of the people of our district.
Equal Rights Statement
The Authority is committed to creating and promoting equal rights and diversity and is working towards eliminating all forms of discrimination, inequality, exclusion, victimisation, harassment and bullying and will:-
- Ensure that members of diverse communities are able to obtain appropriate and high quality services and seek employment opportunities.
- Ensure that no individual is excluded from service provision because of their diverse requirements.
- Ensure that equal rights and diversity are an integral part of strategic and operational priorities.
- Achieve a workforce that reflects the makeup of the diverse communities in the district.
- Establish equality and diversity objectives and performance targets, which are evaluated against local and national indicators, taking remedial action where necessary.
- Assess, monitor and review existing and proposed policies, procedures (including procurement/commissioning) to ensure there are no individual or institutional discriminatory practices.
- Ensure that our employees or organisations delivering contracted services have an explicit responsibility to create an environment of mutual respect at their workplace, in their dealings with each other and the diverse communities they serve.
- Ensure that there is a clear expectation of employees or organizations delivering contracted services to incorporate equal rights in their work practices and behave in a manner consistent with our declared policy and procedures in this area.
- Actively combat discrimination and exclusion locally, nationally and internationally in the context of service provision.
- Consult and work in partnership with the diverse communities, other agencies, national and international bodies and the trade unions to combat disadvantages, discrimination, exclusion and promote equal rights and diversity. It is the responsibility of our organisation, the managers, staff and people delivering contracted services to ensure that this statement is implemented.
November 2002
Applying for a Job with Bradford
Completing the application form is the first step in the recruitment process which may lead to the offer of an interview and the possible offer of a job.
It is therefore most important that you complete all sections of the application form as clearly and fully as possible.
Please write or type your form in black ink because we have to photocopy the form and some other colours do not copy very well.
