At Aberdeen City Council we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to welcoming and treating everyone fairly. As an equal opportunity employer, we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experiences, and backgrounds brings to the organisation.
We encourage and support equality of opportunity across the organisation where everybody is able to be their true selves and thrive.
If you are considering applying for a job with Aberdeen City Council, please take a look at our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion pack to find out more:
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion employee groups
Aberdeen City Council have created five key working groups across the organisation which seek to ensure that our diverse workforce has a voice and a platform to initiate change and improvement. These working groups are:
- Age Working Group
- Disability and Inclusion Group
- LGBTQ+ Employee Group
- Race and Religion Working Group (known as RED - Race Equality and Diversity)
- Working Group for Sex as a Protected Characteristic
All employees have access to these working groups and may participate in them. You can find out more in the candidate pack above.
Events and activities
We run regular events, activities and awareness raising initiatives and support national and local events including:
- Grampian Pride
- Black History Month
- International Women’s Day
- Year of the Disabled Worker
- Mela Festival
Other initiatives
We have a variety of other initiatives and measures to support equality, diversity and inclusion. These include but are not limited to:
- An internal Equality Ambassadors Network made up of employees from across the organisation
- Flexible and smarter working provisions
- Special and family leave provisions
- A proactive mental health & wellbeing programme, including a counselling service and mental health first aiders
- Workplace support plans
- An apprenticeship programme with a mixture of foundation, modern and graduate apprenticeships
- A partnership with Developing the Young Workforce
- A translation and interpreting service
- Training for all employees and managers on equality and diversity
- Incorporation of equality and diversity into corporate induction and recruitment and selection training
- Guaranteed interview schemes
- An Equally Safe at Work initiative
- Work to support Armed Forces personnel, veterans, reservists, cadet force adult volunteers and their families
- Accessible equality, diversity and inclusion intranet pages for all employees and managers with information, support and guidance
- Mandatory equality and human rights impact assessments for some of our work including service or policy reviews
Employer equality outcomes
At Aberdeen City Council, we have a number of equality outcomes which are refreshed every four years. For more information about these, please visit our equality outcomes and mainstreaming report page where you will find supplementary information about Aberdeen City Council’s equality and diversity work, including our workforce and equal pay statistics.
Supporting young people in the workplace
We are also committed to supporting young people in the work place. Find out more about the Young Person's Guarantee.