Our staff groups

Our staff groups also allow us to engage and consult directly with both our employees and customers.

They all work to broaden our knowledge around equality and diversity, including giving advice and feedback to the organisation on employment policy and services to ensure we continue to respond to the needs of our diverse customers.

We currently have 4 staff groups:

Aspire (formerly Greenhouse)

We are a formally recognised staff group representing the interests of younger employees. The group is open to all younger employees aged 30 and under and we welcome any member of staff who can actively contribute to the aims of our group.
We aim to promote the value that younger colleagues bring to the workplace as well as providing them with the tools and skills to progress and develop within the Council. We plan to do this by providing training opportunities, professional development and networking events.
By offering these opportunities and experiences, we believe we can help support and develop younger people to realise their potential. We are also keen to raise the profile and importance of staff groups to all employees and managers.

Level Playing Field

Level Playing Field (LPF) is made up of disabled staff and friends and is open to all KCC employees who consider themselves to be disabled or who have an interest in disability issues.

The provision of equal access to employment within KCC and the support of new staff are key priorities for LPF, together with the retention of existing staff through better understanding of reasonable adjustments.

Rainbow

Rainbow supports members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) staff community, as well informing and assisting others who have a personal or professional interest in issues of sexuality, including other public sector organisations in Kent.

The group gives advice on the services that KCC provides to ensure that all aspects of the organisation’s work are accessible and appropriate to all Kent residents, regardless of sexual orientation. 

UNITE

UNITE welcomes and supports Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff in all directorates and provides an invaluable reference point for KCC on issues relating to ethnicity and colour.

As Kent is becoming increasingly culturally diverse it is vital the Authority understands how it can develop and extend its services to respond to that diversity.

Unite offers a support network to its members and assists, along with the other staff groups, in the development of service delivery and employment policy.