Our Benefits
What HMRC can offer you
We recognise that work isn’t the only thing in life. So we offer a range of family-friendly policies to help you achieve a desirable work/life balance.
As your technical skills are stretched and developed, you’ll receive training and support to help you deal with other things you may encounter.
A role within HMRC offers varied, stimulating and rewarding work in an environment where your professional expertise makes a real difference. We’re currently facing a change agenda – and your experience and opinion will be a valuable contribution.
What we offer
Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
- Flexible working arrangements
- Generous pension scheme
- Annual leave allowance of 22 days from commencement of service, rising to 25 days after one year, plus an additional minimum of 10 public and privilege holidays (depending on the location of your office)
- Generous maternity and paternity leave
- Full reimbursement of your essential professional subscriptions paid during employment with HMRC
- A dedication to your continued professional development
- Substantial commitment to your personal training and development
- For top performers, a basic performance award and a progression award that takes account of performance and position in the range
- A childcare voucher scheme
Pension
Most new entrants starting on or after 30th July 2007 have the opportunity to join one of the Civil Service pension arrangements.
Pension arrangements:
- Nuvos: a defined benefit occupational pension scheme with a member contribution rate of 3.5% and a pension age of 65. You’ll build up pension calculated at 2.3% of your pensionable earnings each year. At the end of each year the total pension will increase with Retail Prices Index (RPI).
- Partnership Pension Account: a stakeholder pension with an employer contribution based on your age. You do not have to contribute but if you do, we, as your employer, will match your contributions up to 3% of your pensionable earnings. The employer matching-contribution is in addition to the age-related element.
- Premium: In certain circumstances re-joiners may have the option to join the Premium pension scheme, a final salary occupational pension scheme with a 3.5% member contribution rate and a pension age of 60. The Premium scheme is only open to re-joiners who have at least two years previous service and whose pension is not yet in payment.
Your starter-pack will explain more about the options open to you.
Important note: If your contract is expected to last for less than 12 months you need to be aware that you’ll not automatically be enrolled into the pension scheme and will need to take some action yourself if you wish to join.
More information about this can be found in the starter-pack you’ll receive, or you could contact our pension scheme administrators: HMRC Pension Services, South Block, Barrington Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN12 4XH or telephone 01903 705500 Option 4.
More information about the Civil Service pension arrangements can be found on the Civil Service Pensions website: www.civilservice-pensions.gov.uk
