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Dundee City Council

Welcome to Dundee

If you are looking for a job at Dundee City Council then you have arrived at the right place. This site will tell you what you need to know about living and working here.

If you think you know about Dundee already, now may be the time to think again. It's an excellent place to live and work, blending as it does the best of big city and small town living. As you might expect the council area is mostly urban, but with a number of surprising and interesting green spaces dotted in between.

Dundee has changed much in the past two decades, but we're still not quite where we want to be. The city has a rich past, shaped by industries including ship building, jute spinning and manufacturing, some of which are now celebrated in our heritage-based tourist attractions, RRS Discovery and Verdant Works.

Nestling on the north bank of the Estuary waters of the River Tay, the harbour area to which whaling ships once returned with their hard-fought bounties, is now the scene of new housing and retail development, linked to a massive project reconnecting the city centre with its magnificent waterfront.

That project and the council's strategic ambition to build on the new knowledge-based economy of the city, which counts biotechnologists and computer games creators amongst its leading lights, captures the challenge and purpose on offer in Dundee. If you think you can share those ambitions and raise your standards to meet those challenges, Dundee is the place for you.

We're working towards improving prosperity and inclusion for all of our citizens, delivering better and more efficient services and making Dundee a 21st century city to be proud of.

If you see yourself working towards these goals with us, we want to hear from you.

Greg Colgan, Chief Executive

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Living Here

Living in Dundee

Dundee is a great place to live and work.

And you don’t just have to take our word for it - the city was recently named in the “Top 12 Places to Live in the UK” by The Times newspaper.

The world-renowned publication named the City of Discovery as “Scotland’s new capital of cool” and one of its “favourite places to immerse yourself in city living, whatever your age.”

Among the reasons for that acclaim were a £1billion makeover of the Waterfront area, the city’s food and café culture, arts venues and affordable house prices.

Dundee has been in the international media spotlight since the opening of the stunning new V&A Dundee museum in September 2018. The city has been named on National Geographic Traveller UK’s Cool List 2019, praised for its “dynamic, creative spirit” by Lonely Planet and described as the “coolest little city in Britain” by GQ.

Situated on the picturesque banks of the River Tay, Dundee offers its residents the best of both worlds, with every benefit you would expect of a large modern city combined with the friendliness, ease of access and community feeling of a place half its size.

The choice of home in Dundee is almost limitless, whether it be cool apartments in new build waterfront locations, good-sized family accommodation in former industrialists' town houses or top drawer modern homes in the suburbs - with all the usual amenities at hand.

Schools in Dundee have been subject to a £100m modernisation programme – with seven new schools opening in 2018 - while others have already been fitted out to 21st century standards.

Within the city, there are fantastic places to enjoy the outdoors, including the golden sands of Broughty Ferry beach and the green jewel in Dundee’s crown, Camperdown Park. And of course the scenic Highlands and some of the world’s best golf courses are right on our doorstep.

Dundee’s cultural quarter is buzzing with cafes, bars and restaurants to fit all tastes and budgets. A huge range of shopping options are also on offer in Dundee, from High Street outlets to small boutique premises.

With fantastic entertainment facilities, including Dundee Rep Theatre, Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA), two cinema multiplexes, an ice rink, museums, art galleries and two professional football teams, there is no shortage of things to do for people of all ages.

Working Here

Working in Dundee

Ready to change your future?

Dundee is at the heart of Scotland's road and rail networks putting the rest of the country, and the UK, within easy reach. As well as a railway station on the main east coast rail route linking London, and points south, with Aberdeen, Dundee has its own airport that currently counts daily flights to London, Birmingham and Belfast among its portfolio of destinations.

The majority of the council's employees are now accomodated in custom-built city centre office space at Dundee House. The purpose-built five storey headquarters was opened to staff and public in 2011. It offers flexible work spaces for city development, housing, social work, education and customer services teams, with ample meeting space for internal and public meetings.

Several smaller offices in the city's housing schemes provide frontline services to Dundee's 143,000 people, including the environment department whose three main sites provide the base for a wide range of services. The civic heart of the council remains in Dundee City Square.

Located in just 24 square miles the population Dundee City Council serves is diverse and many members of the community face social, ecomonic and environmental challenges. The council is committed to helping people to address these and enjoy the best quality of life possible.

With regeneration and sustainable development as key priorities the council is focused on expanding and improving the local economy, connecting the city centre with the waterfront as part of a massive regeneration, and investing in the future of the city through the education service.

Progress has been made, but the council and its employees are committed to continuing it, while delivering the best services possible.

At Dundee City Council we understand that dedicated staff are at the heart of our ability to deliver the quality services our customers expect. Attracting and retaining the best people for the job is crucial to our continued success. To help us do that a wide range of benefits are available to our employees including:

Attractive terms and conditions
Final salary pension scheme
Flexible working
Employee performance and development review scheme
Learning and development opportunities
Discount scheme
Credit Union
Access to counselling/physiotherapy where appropriate

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