Wessex Water

Our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant

The Wessex Water commitments are:

Promoting the Armed Forces:

• Promoting our work, activities and events through our own digital and social media channels
• Publishing our Covenant pledges on our website.

Veterans:

• Working with and advertising vacancies through Career Transition Partnership
• Welcoming Applications from and guaranteeing
• Recognising military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process. 

Service Spouses & Partners:

• Welcoming applications from spouses/partners
• Partnering with and advertising vacancies on Forces Families Jobs
• Endeavouring to offer a degree of flexibility in granting leave for services partners. 

Reserves:

• Supporting our employees who are already members of the Reserve Force
• Granting additional 10 days unpaid leave for annual Reserve Forces training
• Supporting any mobilisations and deployment. 

Cadet Organisations:

• Supporting our employees who are volunteers
• Granting additional unpaid leave of up to 5 working days to attend training
• Supporting local military cadet units
• Recognising the benefits of employing cadets/ex-cadets within the workforce. 

National Events:

• Supporting Armed Forces Day, Reserves Day, the Poppy Appeal Day and Remembrance activities. 

About us

We are a regional water and sewerage business serving 2.8 million customers across the south west of England including Dorset, Somerset, Bristol, most of Wiltshire and parts of Gloucestershire and Hampshire. The Bristol and Bath area in the north west has a population of around 750,000 and in the south east the Bournemouth and Poole area has about 300,000 residents.

The region’s landscape is varied, ranging from the Mendip Hills and the levels of Somerset to the cliffs of Dorset and Wiltshire’s Salisbury Plain. The two coastlines have a number of popular holiday resorts such as Weston super Mare and Minehead on the north coast and Bournemouth, Poole and Weymouth on the south coast.

Our purpose is to: 

• provide our customers and communities with excellent service and value for money
• protect and improve the environment
• provide our employees with the opportunity for personal development and a satisfying career
• provide our investors with a fair return for their investment.