Peterborough City Council provides local government services to more than 160,000 people in Peterborough and the surrounding villages. As a unitary authority, these services include education, social services, transportation, housing, trading standards, libraries and museums, planning, street cleansing and refuse collection.

One of Peterborough 's largest employers with over 5,500 staff and a budget of £187 million, the city council is highly ambitious. As one of the country’s key growth areas, the council is determined to embrace this challenge and raise quality across the board, ensuring the provision of excellent services for local people.

We will provide high quality services consistently to contribute to making Peterborough the place to be in the Eastern Region. Working with our partners we will seek to be an example of best practice across all sectors.

We have exciting plans for our city centre, and with the recent announcement of an urban regeneration company (URC) for Peterborough, things are set to take shape fast.

A review of our secondary schools is well underway and unprecedented levels of investment have come into our education system over the last two years.

The council is committed to building a fully representative workforce and welcomes employment applications from all age groups, all ethnic backgrounds and those with a disability. More details of the benefits of working with us are included in each job pack.

About our City

Peterborough combines all the advantages of an exciting, modern regional centre with the timeless traditions of an historic cathedral city.

Peterborough makes an ideal City to live and work with:

• Excellent rail and road links (Cambridge 40 miles/64 km and London 80 miles/128 km). London is less than 50 minutes away by train.
• a wide variety of housing on offer - from starter homes to substantial properties in attractive villages - providing unbeatable value and quality for any comparable location so close to London.
• A full range of both state and independent education available to Peterborough residents, from pre-school nurseries through to further and higher education course to courses for retired people. For details visit www.thelearningcity.co.uk.
• The Queensgate Centre - located alongside bus and rail stations - has almost 100 top-name stores while Rivergate and Hereward Cross in the city centre and Serpentine Green, located at Hampton on the city outskirts, offer a varied selection of shops. The Centres combining with the high street stores and traditional markets make Peterborough a convenient and modern place to shop, having something for everyone's taste and budget.
• Peterborough is a richly diverse, multi-cultural, multi-racial and multi-faith city. Throughout the year there are events celebrating the city's diversity.

Peterborough and the surrounding area also has many attractions and facilities that are enjoyed by both visitors and those that live in and around the City, including:

• Peterborough Cathedral
• Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery
• The Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre
• The Peterborough Millennium Green Wheel
• The 2,000-acre Nene Park
• Easy access to the surrounding countryside
• 2,000 acres of riverside parkland
• vast range of outdoor leisure activities to enjoy

At night, Peterborough adopts a more vibrant personality something to suit all tastes:

• Sports venues
• Pubs
• Clubs
• Restaurants

Added to these are the three main venues in the City which combine to deliver a programme of events, shows and concerts to match most tastes:

• The newly refurbished Key Theatre overlooking the River Embankment
• The Broadway film and theatre complex
• The Cresset at Bretton, which is about to undergo significant modernisation

There is also plenty of choice when it comes to live sporting action including:

• Peterborough United Football Club (POSH)
• Peterborough's Greyhound Stadium
• The Peterborough Phantoms - ice hockey
• Peterborough Panthers - speedway