What we offer
You will be well supported throughout your career to achieve a work–life balance and you will have access to a comprehensive benefits package. Read below for some of the benefits that you can expect.
Annual leave and financial benefits
- Annual leave – our employees are entitled to 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after five years in the service, plus 10.5 days public and privilege holidays. Additional leave of up to 10 days can be bought within the calendar year.
- Pension – we offer a generous pension scheme, which gives you a guaranteed pension based on career average earnings.
- Loans and money saving – we offer an interest-free season ticket loan, interest-free relocation loan and access to a rent deposit scheme loan, as well as a Cycle to work scheme.
- On-site facilities and clubs – you'll have access to our on-site restaurant, coffee bar, gym and fitness classes.
Your development
- Development opportunities – we offer a range of opportunities for staff to undertake professional accreditations, coaching, mentoring and secondments to other government departments.
- Degree scheme – we offer access to a sponsored degree scheme.
- Language classes – employees can access to free language classes.
You and your family
- Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave – we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, 7 weeks paid paternity leave and 6 months Adoption leave.
- Flexible working – our employees can make use of flexible working including part-time hours, compressed hours and job shares. More information on flexible working is given below.
- Childcare vouchers – we offer childcare voucher schemes and access to additional carers grants.
- Family Day – we run Family Day events where we showcase our work to our supporters at home.
Your wellbeing
- Menstruation, menopause and IVF support – we offer bespoke support to women and eligible trans and non-binary colleagues that experience menstruation and menopause symptoms, as well as those undergoing IVF.
- Prayer room – a multi-faith prayer room is available for quiet contemplation for staff of all faiths.
- Counselling and therapy – employees have access to wellbeing and financial counsellors, an Ethics counsellor and physiotherapy.
Flexible working
At MI6 flexible working arrangements vary by role. Due to the sensitive nature of our work, we are unable to offer home working, but that does mean that you really can leave your work at work. Any flexible working arrangements are always subject to business need. We encourage you to review the specific flexible working options listed in each job description.
Types of flexible working we can offer
- Flexible working: a catch-all term to describe a range of work arrangements that allow employees to adjust their working hours or patterns.
- Remote working: an arrangement where employees perform their duties outside the main office, but excluding home working.
- Flexitime: a system that allows employees to vary their start and finish times, in accordance with business area policy, as long as they complete a set number of hours per week.
- Compressed hours: working the same number of hours in fewer days, such as a 4-day working week with longer daily hours.
- Job sharing: an arrangement where two or more employees share the responsibilities of one full-time role.
- Part-time working: an arrangement where employees work fewer hours than a full-time schedule, often spread across fewer days.
- Hybrid working: a blend of office-based and home-based working, where employees spend part of their time working from the office and part from home, as set out by MI6 in accordance with business need.
- Term-time working: an arrangement where employees only work during term-time.
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