Together Housing Group staff

The benefits offered by Together Housing Group:

Pension

  • Local government pension schemes (LGPS) with varying employer contribution levels.
  • Defined benefit (DB) scheme.
  • Defined contribution (DC) salary sacrifice scheme with 3% or 5% employee contribution matched by 6% or10% employer contribution.
  • Additional voluntary contributions (AVC’s) for LGPS offered on salary exchange basis.

Healthcare and wellbeing

  • Life assurance at three times salary.
  • Cash-back health benefit which includes free counselling, physiotherapy, online GP and a range of wellbeing services and a comprehensive range of health screening options. Employer-paid at base level for employee and dependants. Employee can pay to upgrade level and add partner. Employee pays for discounted health screening on salary exchange basis via monthly deductions.
  • Mental health first aiders.
  • Annual calendar of health and wellbeing initiatives, including mental, physical, financial and spiritual health.
  • Discounted gym and fitness membership.
  • Bikes-for-work scheme.

Company car or cash for car option

  • Lease car benefit offered as salary exchange and no deposit.

Work/life balance or family-friendly policies

  • Enhanced maternity/shared parental leave pay.
  • Smart Working policy allows employees to work whenever to balance business and personal needs.
  • Hybrid location working very common throughout.
  • Flexible working culture.

Holidays

  • 27 days per year plus bank holidays.
  • An additional day for each year of service up to a maximum of five.
  • Holiday trading with the option to buy up to five or sell up to three days each year.

Other benefits

  • Employer-funded financial management scheme which will support with full range of family financial matters, eg pension, savings, investments, mortgages, loans, child trust funds, probate, power of attorney etc.
  • Salary Finance scheme that offers low value loans, salary advances, preferential savings rates, financial advice.
  • Give as You Earn scheme.
  • Social clubs.
  • Discounted shopping scheme.
  • TechScheme.
  • Gadget and travel insurance.
  • Mobile phone contracts at competitive rates.

Employee recognition scheme

  • Monthly Stars award scheme, peer to peer and customer feedback winners with a £25 voucher awarded. The highest nominated recieve the Annual Star award.