Science and Technology Facilities Council

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Q: Does Science and Technology Facilities Council have a pension plan?

Good environment, flexible conditions, good pension. Read More

Q: How are the career development opportunities at Science and Technology Facilities Council?

Flexible working, work variety, good career progression. Read More

Q: How are promotions handled at Science and Technology Facilities Council?

Promotions on merit are hard to come by. Read More

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2 October 2020

Does Science and Technology Facilities Council have a pension plan?

Pros

Good environment, flexible conditions, good pension.

Cons

Pay could be better. Pay progression within a band is difficult.

Good environment, flexible conditions, good pension.

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4 January 2021

How are the career development opportunities at Science and Technology Facilities Council?

Pros

Flexible working, work variety, good career progression.

Cons

Layed back atmosphere, can be lack of drive due to no profit incentive.

Flexible working, work variety, good career progression.

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8 April 2019

How are promotions handled at Science and Technology Facilities Council?

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Work on exciting projects using new and emerging technologies.

Cons

Difficult to progress to a senior level. Promotions on merit are hard to come by.

Promotions on merit are hard to come by.

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20 December 2020

What is the feeling of job security at Science and Technology Facilities Council?

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Contributing to cutting-edge science. Great colleagues. Flexible working. Good job security.

Cons

Being subject to public sectorpay restraint.

Good job security.

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15 December 2019

How are senior leaders perceived at Science and Technology Facilities Council?

Pros

Excellent pension, flexible working, lots of annual leave, site shut over Christmas without having to take leave.

Cons

Poor direction from leadership, lots of bureaucracy, pay progression is very limited

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We have recently launched our new Careers site, please come and take a look to see what it is like to work at STFC.
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When the COVID-19 crisis struck, people like you were able to harness their technical ingenuity to help to solve the ventilator shortage. STFC’s technicians, engineers, and scientists were able to more than double the stock of ventilators available to the NHS by helping to deliver 13,437 ventilators as part of Ventilator Challenge UK. “Our small but effective team of scientists, engineers and technicians volunteered to help with this urgent task and we were able to support, train, and, in some cases, lead parts of the testing and rework effort. We've made interesting connections outside the research community that will persist beyond the end of the Ventilator Challenge.” Dr Kristian Harder, STFC Particle Physics Department.
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