u can edit your personal details via your profile page whenever you wish.  We maintain a procedure in order to help you confirm that your personal information remains correct and up-to-date or choose whether or not you wish to receive material from us or some of our partners.

 In addition, you can object to processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information or request portability of your personal information. Again, you can exercise these rights by clicking on the 'Contact Us' page and following the instructions.

You may also update your personal information by logging into the Website and visiting the 'Edit User Profile' page. You may also email us at workforce.support@Hartlepool.gov.uk in order to access, correct, delete or update your personal information on our systems. We will answer every email as promptly as possible.

 Similarly, if we have collected and processed your personal information on the basis of your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time.  Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

 In order to withdraw your consent for the processing of your application please contact workforce.support@hartlepool.gov.uk

 You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information.  For more information, please contact your local data protection authority. (Contact details for data protection authorities in the European Economic Area, Switzerland and certain non-European countries (including the US and Canada) are available here.)

The Website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal information to these websites.

10.       Children

10.       We strongly believe in protecting the privacy of children. In line with this belief, we do not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of the Website is directed to persons under 13 years of age. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access the Website at any time or in any manner. We will take appropriate steps to delete any personal information of persons less than 13 years of age.

11.       Cookies

11.1    Resourcelink uses cookies to enhance your interaction with our site. The cookies in this website are n

WELCOME TO HARTLEPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL RECRUITMENT WEBSITE 

From 1st July 2025, all job applications will be processed via North East Jobs.  This applies to all vacancies advertised from 1st July 2025 onwards.  Any vacancies advertised prior to 1st July 2025 will continue to be processed via this site.

We are delighted that you are interested in working for HBC.  

Please take the time to read our Application Guidance notes above.  A range of our vacancies are shown below but to view all vacancies please click on "Search" and a complete list will appear. To apply for Council vacancies, you must first create an account by clicking on “Register”.  

We only accept online applications and all correspondence will be sent via the email address you provide to us. If you would like help or advice with your application, setting up an email account or registering to use our recruitment website, you can email us at workforce.support@hartlepool.gov.uk or reach us by telephone on 01429 401804 or 01429 523546.

Once you have completed a section of the applicot used to track users through the system if they are not logged in and when a user registers they are accepting these secure cookies to be sent to their devices.

11.2    For more information about cookies, including further details as to what they are and how to refuse them, please see our  Cookies Policy.

12. Research

12.1    We carry out research to ensure we are providing the best jobseeker  engagement across the population.

12.2    Research will always be conducted using information which has had identifiable details expunged from the data being looked at.

12.3                Data we would use in this research encompasses Equal Opportunities information, where you saw a vacancy and, on occasion, general geographical details such as the first section of a postcode (NE1 for example).

13.       Updating this Privacy Policy

13.1    From time to time it will be necation form, please click 'save' before proceeding to the 'next' section of your application to ensure the information enteredhas been saved.

Please ensure the 'Previous' and 'Next' buttons are used to navigate through the application form, do not use the 'Back' button on your browser as information may be lost.

Thank you for your interest and we look forward to receiving your completed application.

Please Note: 

If you have not received a response to your application within 3 weeks of the closing date please assume you have been unsuccessful. 

All successful applicants for jobs with the Council will be required to provide evidence of a right to work in the UK.  Applicants for jobs who are EU/EEA/Swiss nationals should be aware that the UK has left the EU and the transition period has expired.  This means that to apply for and undertake work in the UK after 1st July 2021 EU/EEA/Swiss citizens now have to provide evidence of a right to work in the UK, e.g. Settled or Pre-Settled Status.  https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families The new system will treat EU and non-EU citizens equally.  Currently HBC are not a Sponsor employer. 

Irish citizens and Crown Dependencies Jersey, Guernsey, or the Isle of Man are exempt from theessary to update our privacy policy. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will indicate that changes have been made on the homepage. This is in order to ensure our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

13.2    If at any point we wish to use personally-identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. 

14.       Contacting Hartlepool Borough Council

If you have any questions, comments or complaints about this Privacy Policy, please contact us using the details below:

Hartlepool Borough Council
FAO: Data Protection Officer
Civic Centre
Hartlepool

TS24 8AY

E-mail: dataprotection@hartlepool.gov.uk

 

 

Disclaimer

Hartlepool Borough Council (HBC) makes every effort to maintUK’s points-based immigration system and there will be no change to the arrangements for the Common Travel Area and assuch rights to work etc. continue. 

Be assured Hartlepool Council welcomes job applications from everyone who has the right to work in the UK.  Immigration information may change / be updated so please regularly check the government websites.

A GDPR privacy statement for Employee Candidates is available at https://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/downloads/download/882/privacy_notices

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