Training, Development and Benefits
We have made significant investments in the first-rate training and development that we offer. We encourage all our staff to use these resources to build their business attributes and personal skills. At our national residential training centre at Bradenham Manor near London, we deliver technical training and management skills courses, which are available to all staff.
I’ve had the best training of any firm I’ve worked at. The training facility at Bradenham is really good for technical courses and soft skills such as selling, networking and personal skills for managers. It has everything you need to develop your management skills.
Simone, Manager
Our culture and structure enable you to make your mark and progress to senior positions quickly. There are opportunities to work on secondment with specialist teams to broaden your skills and experience. We can also arrange secondments to clients, banks, government departments and intermediary organisations, which can offer an insight into the wider world of business from an external perspective.
We have a unique electronic appraisal system to facilitate bi-annual, one-on-one feedback and objective setting directly with your line manager. If you have the potential and appetite for accelerated development, you'll be given help and support at our development centres to unearth and develop skills that could take you to the highest positions in the firm.
Some of Grant Thornton's standard benefits include:
- Holiday - You'll start with a minimum of 20 days' leave plus bank holidays, rising to a maximum of 27 days plus bank holidays as you move up the career ladder. You can also buy up to five days of additional holidays.
- Flexible working - We appreciate the need to achieve a balance between home and work. That's why, where practical, you can arrange your working week around hours that suit the firm, clients, colleagues, your workload and your individual needs. And we'll provide you with the technology and the flexibility to work from home, or on the move.
- Life assurance - From the moment you join us, you'll be covered by a death in service benefit of four times your annual salary.
- Stakeholder pension scheme - All new staff are eligible to join one of our defined contribution stakeholder pension schemes.
- Discounted Corporate Gym Membership
- Employee assistance programme - A 24-hour confidential help line means that trained counsellors are on hand to offer help and advice with, for example, family, legal, emotional and health problems.
- Private health care - Subject to eligibility, you may qualify for our comprehensive private health care scheme.
