Employee benefits
Our Culture
We believe that the way we do this work is as important as its end results. Mary’s Meals is dedicated to nurturing an organisational structure and culture which puts our deeply held values at the heart of everything we do; draws strength and inspiration from our origins; excludes no-one; and prioritises building meaningful and long-lasting relationships with everyone involved in our work.
As we work to a remote-first model, in order to encourage our connection, we have many staff engagement activities available for all our people.
Compensation
We offer a transparent, fair and equitable approach to compensating our paid staff. We recognise the challenge brought by cost of living pressures, whilst our focus remains on keeping our costs low to feed as many children as possible.
Our compensation and benefits include:
Annual salary review
Annual cost of living review
8% employer pension contribution
Life assurance 3x annual salary
34 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays), increasing each year, up to a maximum of 5 additional days
Option to purchase up to 5 days annual leave each year
Family friendly
We respect and value the dignity of every individual and their family life. We understand the pressures of balancing home and work life and offer flexible working and family friendly supportive policies to support you.
Our family friendly policies and offerings include:
Flexible working
Miscarriage and stillbirth policy
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Menopause group
Carers group
Staff Engagement
Staff engagement activities include:
Annual all staff conference
Annual December all staff day
Virtual Funtime Friday quizzes
Virtual tea breaks
Virtual book club
Social and engagement group
Volunteer day to give back to the community
Visit to The Shed in Dalmally to see where the story began
Wellbeing
Mary’s Meals is committed to promoting positive mental health and promoting healthy behaviours. We offer various initiatives and benefits to support your overall wellbeing. These include:
Employee Assistance Programme
Access to My Strength mental wellbeing app
Access to We Care online GP service
Access to Toothfairy dental app
Access to Living Life to the Full cognitive behavioural therapy courses
Mental Health First Aiders
Wellbeing Officer
Wellbeing sharing sessions
Enhanced sickness pay
Annual flu vaccination
Optical benefits
Cycle to work scheme
Learning and Development
We strive to empower our employees, enabling them to carry out their role to the best of their ability. We recognise that employees’ continuous development is a very important part of our culture. Initiatives include:
Annual personal development review
Aspire, leadership acceleration programme
Internal recruitment, succession planning and secondment opportunities
Learning management portal
Shining Star awards
