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Benton Park OfficesNewcastle City CouncilNewcastle Upon TyneNewcastle upon Tyne, Newington Road

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15

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21

Closing in 7 days

4

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1 open role near Newcastle City Council

Cleaner at West Jesmond Primary School

Newcastle City CouncilNewcastle City Council, North East

£25,949 per annum, pro rata (£7,013 actual salary 10 hrs, £9,993 actual salary 14.25 hrs)CouncilPermanent, Part timePosted 10 days agoCloses in 15 days

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What Newcastle City Council is recruiting for

GovJobs is currently tracking 56 open vacancies at Newcastle City Council. The biggest groups are catering and cleaning (13), planning and environment (5) and engineering and maintenance (5). 46 of them were advertised in the last 30 days. Roles are spread across 4 named locations.

44 of these adverts publish a salary. The median advertised starting figure is £29,064, and the published range runs from £6,701 to £55,604. That is below the £34,129 median across council roles on GovJobs.

32 full-time, 20 part-time, 11 fixed-term and 35 permanent roles are advertised here, and 8 offer remote or hybrid working. Their adverts typically stay open for about 20 days, so it is worth checking back rather than waiting for a monthly look.

These figures are calculated from the vacancies GovJobs holds for Newcastle City Council today, not from published workforce statistics, and they change as adverts open and close. We collect them from Northeast Jobs and Reed.

How pay works at a local authority

Councils pay on NJC pay scales — locally agreed grades built from nationally negotiated spinal column points. Each grade covers a small range of points, and staff usually move up one point a year until they reach the top of the grade. Because grades are set locally, the same job title can sit on different grades at neighbouring councils, so compare the advertised range rather than the grade label.

How to apply to Newcastle City Council

Council recruitment is application-form driven, and the form is scored against the essential criteria in the person specification. Shortlisting is often done before anyone reads your CV, so every essential criterion needs to be addressed explicitly, with an example. Local government pensions come through the LGPS, and many roles are open to internal redeployees first.

GovJobs never takes the application itself — every listing above links to Newcastle City Council’s own advert, where you apply directly.