Our Benefits

We can offer you the opportunity to pursue a fulfilling and rewarding career where you can be confident that you are making a real difference.

We offer a competitive reward package to attract and retain our team of professional, talented and enthusiastic people.

• Competitive pay levels - We regularly review pay to ensure that our salary levels remain competitive.
  
• Pension - We operate a group personal pension plan where Breakthrough Breast Cancer will match any contributions which you pay, up to a maximum of 7% of your gross salary. That means we’ll be helping you to build up your own ‘pension pot’ which you’ll use to buy a pension when you retire. Furthermore, if you join the salary exchange scheme, you will make savings on your income tax and National Insurance contributions.
  
• Life insurance - You will have life insurance cover of four times your gross salary, an extra bit of peace of mind for you and your family.
  
• Loans - To assist with the cost of travel to work, we offer interest-free loans for buying a season ticket or a bicycle.
  
• Thank you awards - ‘Thank-you’ awards are paid in recognition of a job exceptionally well done or for work undertaken outside of your normal remit. These are usually in the form of gift vouchers.

• Employee development programme - We offer a range of learning and development opportunities which support your personal and professional development. Our development offerings include formal training programmes, mentoring, coaching and stretch opportunities to develop you in your role.
  
• Professional membership - Breakthrough Breast Cancer will pay recognised professional membership fees.
  
• Further education - If you undertake any job-related professional studies, Breakthrough Breast Cancer will pay your tuition fees. In addition, you will be given paid time off for study and exams.

• Childcare vouchers - We run an approved childcare voucher scheme which offers income tax and National Insurance contribution savings when paying for child care.
  
• Family leave - You will receive enhanced benefits, above the statutory minimum, if you are absent from work on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental leave.
  
• Maternity leave - If eligible, you will receive enhanced maternity pay of 20 weeks full pay and a further 19 weeks pay at the appropriate statutory rate.
  
• Flexible working arrangements - Anyone at Breakthrough Breast Cancer can request a flexible working arrangement, such as part-time or compressed hours.

• Flexible hours - Our working arrangements are flexible around the core hours of 10am to 4.30pm.
  
• Home working - We will also consider requests to work from home if the need arises. 
  
• Annual leave - Annual paid leave entitlement is 28.5 days a year plus Bank Holidays. This increases to 30 days after 2 years and 32 days after 5 years service.
  
• Compassionate leave - Up to five days paid leave per year can be taken if it is agreed that you have to be away from work for personal reasons.
  
• Sabbatical - Once you have worked for Breakthrough for three years, you may apply to take a three months’ unpaid sabbatical.
  
• Graduated retirement - When you get close to retirement, this can be phased in over an agreed period. In addition, we will help you plan for your retirement by providing and paying for a session with an Independent Financial Adviser.

• Employee Assistance Programme - You have access to a free confidential 24-hour counselling and advisory service.
  
• Cash Health Plan - Provides cash payments towards your every day health costs from dental to optical to chiropody or physiotherapy etc. Coverage includes an additional adult and all children under 18.
  
• Discounted gym membership - You qualify for a 20% discount on membership of the Fitness First centre in High Holborn.
  
• Eye care vouchers - We provide eye care vouchers entitling you to a free annual eye test.
  
• Sick pay - You will receive sick pay, above the level of the statutory entitlement, if you have to be off work because of ill-health.