College in top 30 of best places to work

BRIDGEND College has placed 24th place in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Not For Profit Organisations to Work for 2020 – the highest ranked educational establishment in the category listing.

This is a jump from 28th position in 2017.

The college says it has made significant improvements to workplace engagement and staff are striving to be the best.

It has achieved twostar “outstanding” status from Best Companies, the specialists whose recognition programme is the standard for workplace engagement.

The accreditation is the second-highest standard of workplace engagement.

Bridgend College was awarded this accreditation for its Best Companies Index score from the Best Companies “b Heard” survey, which measures how engaged people are at work and how they feel about their employer.

Results showed 93% of staff agreed they can make a valuable contribution to the success of the organisation. 87% also agreed people in their team go out of their way to help one another.

Director of people at the college Samantha Morgan, said: “It is great to see that we have further improved our overall score on the index and that once again we have been commended for our excellent levels of colleague engagement.

“It is clear from the feedback that our colleagues feel a great sense of pride working for Bridgend College and are committed to a common

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The college holds five professional development days each year, which are themed across various strands of its strategic plan.

On these days, staff come together to learn, share and reflect on practice.

In addition, the college holds a “back to industry” day for employees to discuss innovative working practices in other organisations and reflect together on what could be adopted or improved in their own department or across the wider organisation.