About Us

Suffolk County Council is proud to be an employer of choice. We offer a fantastic working environment, great flexible working options and many benefits, as well as the opportunity to improve the lives of Suffolk residents.

Find out more about working for Suffolk, including our inclusive policies and benefits

Our WE ASPIRE staff values

The WE ASPIRE values set behavioural standards which reflect the quality work that we do every day. It clarifies the behaviours the council expects from everyone, regardless of who they are, what their role or grade is or where they work. This also extends to our employees who volunteer within the Council, chosen charity and or wider community.

The WE ASPIRE values were refreshed and reviewed based on the feedback and input from the employees at Suffolk County Council - it has not been shaped by a management committee. They define us and help make us outstanding at what we do.

Our Customer Commitment sits alongside and reinforces these standards further by setting out our strong commitment to serving our customers.

Our WE ASPIRE values are:

• Wellbeing
• Equality
• Achieve
• Support
• Pride
• Inspire
• Respect
• Empower

Find out more about our values here

About Suffolk

Only an hour outside London, Suffolk is increasingly attracting talented people choosing to move away from London to live and work in a county that can offer lively and thriving urban and market towns alongside rural and coastal villages. Here is a lifestyle that offers choices and a great place to live, low cost housing across the county, good schools, plenty of opportunities for both cultural and outdoor activities and strong, safe communities.

Suffolk has beautiful villages, a stunning coastline, charming country houses and remarkable landscapes. Find out more about this picturesque county…

- Lowestoft is the first place in the country to greet the sun, being the most easterly point in the UK.

- Suffolk boasts 12 National Trust sites, 8 English Heritage sites and over 60 nature reserves (including RSPB Minsmere) for you to explore and enjoy.

- Suffolk is one of the UK’s greenest and safest counties. We boast competitively priced housing, quality local produce, food and drink festivals, plus many fine restaurants and historic country parks.

- Framlingham Castle, one of the many in Suffolk, was once a fearsome fortress, and where Mary Tudor was proclaimed Queen of England. It recently drew attention for inspiring Ed Sheeran’s chart topping single ‘Castle On The Hill’.

- We regularly host some of the best music in the UK. The yearly Latitude festival showcases the biggest names and is attended from far and wide.

- We have over 400 educational facilities in Suffolk – over half are currently rated as either ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.

- We have an estimated number of 137,053 living in Ipswich and 752,691 overall in Suffolk.

- Suffolk has a 50-mile stretch of heritage coastline and has many Areas of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB).

- As well as the cost, there is an untouched rural landscape across the county, excellent for walkers and cyclists. Did you know? Suffolk’s landscapes were the focus for many of artist John Constable’s most famous works.