Benefits of Working for RBH

  • Real Living Wage - RBH is an accredited Living Wage employer. We pay above the real Living Wage to ensure everyone can afford the opportunity to provide for themselves and their families.
  • 36.25 hour working week for full time employees and we actively support many flexible working patterns.
  • Holiday entitlement – All colleagues are on a consistent allowance of 30 days holiday plus all UK bank holidays, regardless of grade, with an additional 5 days after completion of five years’ service. Part time employees will receive a pro rata entitlement.  RBH reserves the right to allocate a minimum of three of these days over the Christmas period at its discretion.  Dependent upon who your current employer is and your length of service, we may be able to give you an additional 5 days on appointment.
  • Employees can also buy up to an additional 5 days holiday per annum
  • Healthcare – automatic enrolment into a health care cash plan, covering optical and dental costs, consultation fees and physio to name but a few.  Level 1 is paid for by RBH but employees can increase the level of cover and add a partner on and pay top up fees,  Children under 18 are included automatically on the level 1 cover.
  • You will also have access to an Employee Assistance Programme with a 24-hour confidential counselling support for personal or work related issues, plus access to practical support and advice with information specialists and a website on issues such as health, travel, education, legal and consumer issues, funerals and probate, childcare, eldercare, helpful articles and webinars.
  • Personal development of each and every employee
  • Two days paid volunteering in our neighbourhoods
  • Royal London pension scheme– a quality defined contribution pension scheme and we operate a salary exchange scheme called RBH Pension + to provide you with more savings. You can choose to pay either 4%, 6% or 8% contributions and RBH will match your contributions, together with a death in service benefit of 3x your salary. 
  • Eligibility to become a member of RBH and be an active member in the UK's first co-owned mutual Housing Provider. As a member, you have the right to stand for, or vote for someone to stand on your behalf, for the Representative Body which along with tenant members approve what RBH does, how it does it and its long term legacy.
  • Maternity, paternity and adoption leave - enhanced pay
  • Sickness Benefit Scheme on rising scale according to service, with 6 months full pay and 6 months half pay after 5 years
  • Flexible working to enable colleagues to combine work with other responsibilities and activities outside work
  • Discounts at numerous a variety of supermarkets and popular retailers through our Sodexo Engage website