Open Road consists of a team of staff and volunteers who share the same values and commitment to helping others. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our service users, and for each staff member and volunteer to feel respected and able to give their best.
Benefits – Financial
Salary – due to our size, we are able to regularly review our salary structure in line with other organisations, ensuring we stay competitive and pay a reasonable wage.
Open Road Pension Scheme – after 3 months you will be enrolled into the Royal London Pension Scheme, paying 5% of your income towards your pension. Open Road will also contribute 3% to your pension to help your investment.
Death in Service Payment – should the unfortunate happen, your loved ones will provide the financial support of two times your annual salary (to your nominated person).
Sick Pay – following completion of your probation period, you will be entitled to 4 working weeks full pay plus 4 working weeks half pay within a rolling 12 month period.
Benefits – Health and Wellbeing
Hybrid Flexible Working options that will help you balance your work and home life.
Free eye tests when you start using a display screen, and a contribution towards your glasses.
Enhanced Annual Leave starting at 25 days and increasing to 30 days. Plus a day off for your Birthday!
Smart Health employee assistance App giving unlimited access to online, telephone and GP appointments as well as a range of health and wellbeing services. This service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and is also available to your partner and any children you have up to the age of 21.
Benefits – Training and Development
DANOS competency-based training profiles ensuring an intensive training package of classroom based and e-learning modules.
Internal coaching and mentoring to encourage internal progression. Open Road encourage development into all roles, in 2023/24 15% of our workforce took on new roles in the organisation and we recruited 11 volunteers into paid roles.
Apprenticeships we support staff in all types of roles into apprenticeships through the levy scheme.
Benefits – Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Open Road encourages a culture where all staff and volunteers can have a fulfilling and enjoyable space to work and recognises that each role is crucial to how we provide our services and support our service users.
We recognise that within our teams we have a diverse range of values and understanding of what equality means in respect of the diversity in our environment. We recognise that the people who provide and use our services come from diverse backgrounds with varying experiences and needs. Open Road aims to ensure that equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of what we do, in both the services we provide and as an employer.
