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Creativity, ambition and a focus on people. That’s what matters at Barnsley Council. Our award-winning council is on an exciting journey of change. It’s all about putting local people at the heart of everything, listening to and doing good for our communities. We’re now more innovative, more efficient and provide better value for money. The changes are clear to see – from new businesses and jobs, to improving school results and to museums being recognised for their community engagement.

We’re making lots of exciting changes here at Barnsley. But through it all, our commitment to ensuring access to learning opportunities for adults remains. That’s where you come in, delivering a professional curriculum offer to support the skills development and qualifications acquisition of adults aged 19+ across the communities of Barnsley.

A lot to look forward to

Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. You see, we prioritise learning and enabling you to achieve your potential. So we’ve created a development process that lets you grow in the way that suits you – whether that’s training to be a leader, or learning flexibly online.

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To achieve your ambitions while shaping a bright future for our communities, view all our current vacancies and apply via www.barnsley.gov.uk/jobs

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