[Image of Leeds City Centre skyline. Leeds City Council logo appears followed
by the words ‘Join our team’. Tom Riordan, Chief executive appears on screen
and begins to speak. He sits in front of a white wall and is dressed in a blue
suit jacket, white shirt and a rainbow lanyard.]
“Leeds is a fantastic city. It's growing fast. [Video shows orange sky with a
sunrise] Working for the council you can be right at the heart of shaping the
future of a great northern city. [Video shows three Leeds City Council waste
and recycling employees, all male, wearing orange hi-vis jackets and planning
for the shift ahead. A waste collection lorry pulls away. The sky is still
dark, it is clearly early. Video cuts back to Tom] Everybody has a voice in
this organisation, and we get things done and we make the city better by doing
so.
[Various short clips show one man opening his locker, a second man dunking a
biscuit in to a cup of tea and a female in an orange Leeds City Council fleece
signing in for her shift. Video cuts to Hughin, an environmental health
officer, male, who begins to speak. He sits in front of a window with trees
visible outside] Working for Leeds City Council offers a very flexible working
schedule, so you know I get a good life and work balance. There's a lot of
support as well in terms of just you know daily needs. What makes me proud
about working for Leeds City Council is, you know, being part of something
bigger, being part of a good organization that works to protect the
environment and improve the public health in Leeds. [Video shows Hughin
working outside using an air quality monitor that measures the level of common
air pollutants.]
[Video shows Michal, IT team leader, male who is talking to the camera from
an office at Merrion House. A brief clip shows Michal’s colleagues working at
desks] What attracted me to apply for a job within Leeds City Council was the
development opportunities. I started as a service desk I.T assistant and made
my way up through different teams within service centres. I also work with
assistive technology so we provide technical support for people with different
disabilities and that's something that I was always excited about. [Clip shows
a Leeds City Council employee walking through the office assistant by a guide
dog.] It's very important to us to help those people in need as well as, you
know, everybody else in the council who is facing the customers.
[Video introduces Julia, a female care support worker speaking to the camera.
We then briefly see her smiling and talking to a colleague.] I feel I
benefited from working within Leeds City Council I think that we do bring a
benefit to people and the people that we support because we help them gain
their independence. [We see another female Leeds City Council colleague
walking down a corridor with a trolley carrying drinks. She wears a mask.
Camera cuts back to Julia.] That makes me really proud to see that we can help
people achieve that.
[Camera cuts back to Tom Riordan] Leeds is a great place to work the council
itself has great employee benefits competitive pay and I think as importantly
a culture where you'll be really welcomed. [Video shows a female keeper enter
the meerkat enclosure at Tropical World to feed two meerkats. One meerkat
climbs on to the keeper’s chest in a bid to get to the food she is holding.
Video cuts back to Tom briefly, followed by a few short clips showing a male
and female walking through an office, smiling, and two males walking through
Civic Hall chatting and a female sat at her computer speaking in a virtual
meeting. Camera cuts back to Tom.] You are, you know, we're very keen to
embrace all the diversity that we have in our wonderful city and we want to
bring your experience your talent and your voice to the great team Leeds that
is working to make the great city of Leeds a better place and you'll be part
of something bigger. [Short clips show a female Leeds City Council employee
cleaning desks and tables, and a male Leeds City Council employee opening the
door of a van and getting in the drivers seat.]
[Video shows Ben, IT team leader, male. He is sat in a booth in an office.
Colleagues working at computers can be seen behind him.] I'm from Leeds so I
grew up here I lived here all my life and I just wanted to be part of
something a bit bigger. [Short clips show Leeds City Council catering staff
preparing food. They all wear hairnets or hats to cover their hair as they
work. Video cuts back to Ben]. Part of the organization to help out the people
that also live and grew up in Leeds. Everyone who works for the council are
here for the same reasons, to help other people. It's a very different place
to work than say retail because we're not here for profit we're here to help
the citizens of Leeds I think that attracts a certain type of person I'm proud
to be part of it.
[Video introduces Ellen, a social worker, female. She is sat in front of a
window with high rise buildings visible in the background.] When I started I
started as a social work assistant and and going through the apprentice course
and now I’m a qualified social worker. [Video shows another female social
worker entering ‘Community Room 2’. She begins to tidy some of the toys on the
floor. Camera cuts back to Ellen.]
[Video shows a male engineer working on a fuse box, wearing black protective
gloves, followed by two engineers wearing orange Leeds City Council hi-vis
vests talking to each other. Video then introduces Ahmad, a senior highways
engineer, who is stood outdoors by a road.]
The best thing about my job is making a difference in people's lives
supporting families and supporting all our young people work with to achieve
the best possible outcomes and live a fulfilling life. What's really good
about the city council as well is they've got these very good ambitions by
being the best city in the UK so I knew I'd be joining an organization that
has very good established values and principles. [Clips show a Leeds City
Council worker wearing a hi-vis jacket and yellow hard hat talking to another
man wearing a black woollen hat and black jacket. They are stood on a closed
road where highway maintenance work is taking place. Cuts back to Ahmad.] But
what I enjoy the most is seeing so many different highways schemes that I've
been involved in from the beginning all the way to full delivery and
implementation where you can see the benefit to the wider community.
[Video introduces Stephen, parks and countryside manager, male] We achieve
maintenance of the parks and countryside fleet grass cutting machinery. [Video
shows male Leeds City Council employee stood outside using grass shears to
trip the edges of an area of grass. Cuts back to Stephen.] This allows the
maintenance of all the green spaces within Leeds. I think the benefits of
working here are the sense of community, good pensions. It's great to be part
of something bigger. [Video shows hundreds of plants growing then shows an
entrance sign saying ‘The Arium. Leeds parks nursery. Learn, grow, play, shop,
eat, relax. Video cuts to Sarah, bereavement services officer, female, who is
standing in front of a brick archway. The walls are covered in memorial
plaques.]
I was attracted to come and work with Leeds City Council because I saw it as
an opportunity to help people because ultimately when someone's bereaved
they're at like one of the hardest stages of their life so that's the main
reason that I do my role. [Video shows Sarah stood talking to another female
outdoors. Briefly cuts back to Sarah, then video shows a picturesque Roundhay
Park. There is water running through the park with a water fountain shooting
water high in the centre. Cuts back to Sarah]. So my team here they are
amazing it's almost like a family.
[Video cuts back to Tom] Whoever you are whatever your background you are
massively welcome in this organization. [Video shows Leeds Town Hall in the
sunshine. The building is grand and fills the screen. Stone pillars run along
the front and there is a clock tower in the centre. A pride flag is flying on
the building. Video then shows Leeds Civic Hall, another grand building
adorned by two gold owls at the front and a gold clock on the right hand
side.] We're a fantastically diverse city we want to celebrate that diversity
we want to make sure that we're here for everybody Leeds city council. It's a
great place to work.
[Video briefly shows Leeds city centre buildings and the words ‘Be part of
something bigger’ appear on screen above the council logo.] Video ends.
