Job Sharing Policy and Procedure - September 2020

Job Share

We are fully committed to equality of opportunity in employment. The aim of Job Share is to provide opportunities to you if you prefer to work less hours or are unable to work full-time; to pursue and maintain a career with us; and enhance opportunities for flexible working at all levels in our organisation.

Job sharing can offer positive solutions to everyone as skills and experience can be retained and enhanced rather than be lost or underused.

We support a range of temporary and permanent flexible working arrangements, to enable you to achieve a balance between work and personal life. Job sharing is one of these arrangements.

We have defined job sharing as a way of working where two people share a ‘whole’ or ‘full time’ position or post of at least 30 hours per week. Job sharing allows for a full week to be covered and enables flexible working in jobs which are not suitable to be carried out on a part-time basis.

It should be noted that you are not under any obligation to enter into a job sharing arrangement without your prior agreement.