Civil Service A Civil Service Guide to Job Sharing
The Civil Service is an equal opportunities employer that positively promotes all forms of flexible working, including job sharing.
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What is job sharing?
See how job sharing can be a great way to help balance your work with your home life, and can even help your career progression.
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What are the benefits of job sharing?
Explore the many benefits of job sharing for individuals, teams and for the Civil Service as a whole.
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How can I make job sharing a success?
Job sharing can be very rewarding but requires flexibility, trust and good teamwork. Current job sharers give great advice on what has worked for them.
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How are job sharing roles advertised?
Job share roles are advertised, sifted, and interviewed for in a similar way to other jobs but there are some key differences.
Finding the right person to share a job with can be difficult but is totally worthwhile once all goes to plan.
How does job sharing differ from part-time work?
Part -time jobs can be accomplished fully within the working hours, by just one person. Job sharing is two people working collaboratively to fulfill the aims and objectives of one full-time role.
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