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Auto-enrolment in our Qualifying Workplace Pension Scheme if you are eligible, with Corra contributing 10% of salary annually and an enhanced option of an additional 2% provided where there is a minimum of 3% gross contributed by the employee.

Life assurance cover is in place as follows:

• All employees of Corra are eligible from the first day on which they join Corra.
• To be eligible you need to be aged between 16 and 70 years old.
• The benefit paid out is 4 times your current basic annual salary or wages only

Hybrid working is available to all staff, subject to the operational needs of Corra to deliver services effectively and ensuring that our culture of relationships and connections is applied.

Flexi time is available to all staff, subject to operational needs, with core and flexible hours in place.

All staff are entitled to 38 days paid leave per annum pro-rata, which is made up of 27 days of annual leave and 11 days of public holiday.

Corra Foundation closes its offices between 24 December and 3 January each year, which is made up of 7 public holidays. The remaining 4 public holidays can be taken any time of the year.

You can also buy up to an extra 5 days of annual leave per year.

Corra provides enhanced maternity, adoption and shared parental pay at full pay for the first 12 weeks, half pay for the next 12 weeks, and at the statutory rate for the remaining 15 weeks.  Paternity pay is 2 weeks full pay.

Corra encourages a culture of shared learning and knowledge, and supports a culture of skill and confidence in our roles.

Everyone has a personal development plan and a personal development and training budget, as well as allocated personal learning time of approximately five days across the year.

In addition, everyone at Corra undertakes mandatory training including anti-racism, diversity equity and inclusion, safeguarding, mental health awareness, fraud, IT and cyber security, health and safety, GDPR.

Corra values the wellbeing of its staff and has a staff led wellbeing group in place to promote different initiatives around physical and mental health wellbeing.

Corra offers all staff access to a health cash plan, from Health Shield. The plan allows you to claim money back, up to set limits, towards the costs of your essential healthcare, e.g., optical, dental, specialist and investigations (e.g. health screening) physiotherapy, osteopathy, acupuncture, alongside access to mental health support, remote GP appointments, and access to a range of counselling services including culturally appropriate counselling. It also gives you access to discounted gym membership and everyday shopping discounts. Please note these are not private health care schemes.

All staff are entitled to a flu vaccination voucher which is provided through a corporate scheme. This runs from September to January each year.

For staff members who decide not to join our health cash plan provision, we have counselling sessions available through Health in Mind as well as retained professionals who can provide culturally appropriate counselling.

To promote healthier journeys to work and support our social and environmental aspirations, we offer the chance to participate in the Government initiated Cycle to Work Scheme. Bicycles are bought by us and loaned to you for a 12-month period, during which time you repay the amount via salary sacrifice, reducing your tax and National Insurance contributions

Corra wants to create an environment in which employee’s volunteering activities are fully valued as part of our wider commitment to local communities and to the principles of volunteerism. Corra facilitates staff volunteering by allowing two paid working days (14 hours) per leave year for staff volunteering.