Our employee benefits
Jersey public service benefits
A career with the Jersey Public Service comes with a range of amazing benefits, as well as offering the opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of Islanders. When you join us, you’re stepping into a role where your work makes a real difference—and where you’ll be recognized, supported, and empowered along the way.
We offer a range of benefits designed to help you grow, thrive, and balance your personal and professional life. From competitive pay and pension schemes, to paid leave, flexible working, and development opportunities, our benefits reflect our commitment to being an extraordinary place to build your career.
Explore the employee benefits we offer in the Jersey Public Service.
On this page
On this page:
- Pay and allowances
- Pension benefits
- Family friendly benefits
- Leave and holidays
- Flexible working
- Learning and development
- Annual bus scheme
- Employee discounts and offers
- Career breaks
- Relocation package
- Employee recognition and awards
- Conclusion
Pay and allowances
Pay and allowances
We offer a competitive starting salary which allows you to progress and develop through our pay scales.
Salaries are subject to our annual pay awards.
Pension benefits
Pension benefits
Currently we have two pension schemes - the Public Employees’ Pension Scheme (PEPS) for most of our employees, and the Jersey Teachers’ Superannuation Fund (JTSF) for teachers
- The benefits vary slightly under each scheme and are subject to the relevant legislation
- Both of our schemes include the option to boost your pension by increasing your own contributions
- Should you become permanently ill we also have ill-health retirement benefits, death-in-service benefits, and survivors and/or dependents pensions
- You can get further information and booklets about our pension benefits by contacting the pensions team via email at pept@gov.je
Family friendly benefits
Family friendly benefits
To support our employees' family life, we offer the following benefits:
- 20 weeks paid parental leave, which can be spread out over a 2-year period, as well as the option to take a further 32 weeks unpaid leave
- If both parents are employed by the Jersey Public Service you can, if you choose, transfer up to 14 weeks paid parental leave to one another
- Access to 'special leave' to deal with certain other unplanned special circumstances
Leave and holidays
Leave and holidays
Our employees are entitled to the following paid leave annually:
- A starting allowance of between 21 to 31 days of paid annual leave, depending on entry level and pay group, with the allowance rising with length of service. Please refer to specific job advertisements and/or terms and conditions for annual leave entitlements that may apply in each case.
- Employees are also entitled to the usual 9 days of Bank Holidays per year
- General paid leave for volunteering, with additional paid leave for employees volunteering for Jersey Overseas Aid
- Employees can request up to 10 days' additional leave per year through our 'buying additional leave' scheme
Flexible working
Flexible working
We recognise the importance of our employees being able to balance the needs of their personal and working lives, and aim to offer a flexible, inclusive, and respectful workplace.
By offering the chance for our people to balance their work, family, cultural and personal lives, we hope to:
- support our employees' wellbeing
- improve our employees' experience
- enable our employees' to deliver more effective and efficient public services
Learning and development
Learning and development
We offer support and study leave for accredited learning and development relevant to your role.
We also offer financial support for relevant professional training or exams.
In addition, we have various in-house training programmes and learning opportunities available to our employees, which includes access to high-quality courses in leadership and management skills, as well as specific skills development.
Annual bus scheme
Annual bus scheme
Our Jersey Public Service bus scheme is managed by Liberty Bus and allows our employees to save on the cost of an annual bus pass.
Our employees can allocate part of their salary to pay for a discounted bus pass for 12 months.
Employee discounts and offers
Employee discounts and offers
We have partnered with a variety of organisations to offer goods and services to our employees at discounted rates. These services include health, sport and fitness subscriptions, and travel and transport services.
Employees also have access to networks for support and wellbeing.
Career breaks
Career breaks
We offer our employees an opportunity to take a career break. These careers breaks can be for a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 12 months in one continuous period.
Relocation package
Relocation package
We offer a comprehensive relocation and support package for new eligible employees moving to Jersey for a licensed role.
We know this is a challenging move, therefore we want to make relocation as easy as possible for you. We will provide you with practical, tailored relocation support, along with a competitive salary and access to benefits.
Employee recognition and awards
Employee recognition and awards
Our recognition and awards schemes allow our employees to be recognised for their exemplary work. This includes:
- Jersey Public Service Awards
- Long service awards, which celebrate a 25, 30 or 40-year milestone in service
- Retirement benefits
Conclusion
Conclusion
Please note, this page gives an overview of the general benefits package we offer in the Jersey Public Service.
Ensure you read the individual job advertisements and/or terms and conditions for any specific benefits or exclusions that may apply in each case.
