Receive a competitive salary recognising your skills and experience and benefit from national pay awards and a pay increase each year until you reach the top of your pay scale.
You’ll join a university that’s proudly driving progress. We’re ambitious, future-focused and always looking ahead – and it’s our people, with their diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, who make that happen.
Here, you won’t just work alongside others – you’ll make meaningful connections. We value your ideas, encourage you to share your voice, and create opportunities for you to collaborate across teams and disciplines.
We’re forever bold in how we think and act. That means giving you the space, support and autonomy to grow, contribute and shape what comes next – for you, our students and the wider community.
And you’ll never do it alone. We are together as one – a supportive, inclusive community where you can feel valued, celebrated and proud of the difference you make.
Because when you bring your best here, we’ll support you to achieve more – for yourself, for others, and for the future we’re building together.
Our Benefits
These are just some of the outstanding benefits, rewards and opportunities available to you as a member of our community.
Pay and reward
Living Wage Employer
Staff Contribution Scheme
Pension
Staff Awards
Long Service Award
Health and wellbeing
Holiday entitlement
Work-life balance
Discounts and perks
Your development
Our commitment is to enable you to shape your career with us. You will have a personal development plan, opportunities for coaching and mentoring and access to our learning and development portal. Possibilities include our leadership talent programmes for academic and professional services colleagues (including leadership programmes for women and Black, Asian, and ethnically diverse colleagues), people management development built around our person-centred approach and carbon literacy training.
We put you in the driving seat in planning what your development will look like. We offer online and social learning options, you will have access to our fantastic library resources and to vibrant learning communities to challenge and stretch you to meet our ambitions and yours.
Career development
Whether you’re looking at a more traditional career pathway or are open to the possibilities offered by a squiggly career, we want you to shape your career with us. This could be through Advance HE fellowship, our Academic Career Pathways, our Professional Services Career Programme or our Career Mentoring Scheme.
Our career model enables you to focus on your character, credibility, capability and career realities to advance your career.
For our academic colleagues, we offer career progression through the Academic Career Pathways and support for progressing from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor through our promotions processes. We also offer a structured programme of development activities to support Early Career Academics in their first two years with us, setting them up for success and future career development.
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
At Manchester Metropolitan University, we are committed to creating an intentionally inclusive culture of belonging that promotes equity and celebrates diversity.
We are focused on strengthening our inclusive recruitment, to attract, support, and retain a diverse workforce at all levels, a core objective of our Inclusive and Diverse Culture Strategy (IDC). We believe that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes us a stronger University, providing better outcomes, addressing inequities and creating opportunities for everyone – including our employees, students, and visitors – to flourish.
Staff Equality Networks
We are advancing equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) for all of our communities, striving to create a positive culture of inclusion for all.
The University values its five Staff Equality Networks - Disability, Gender, Rainbow (LGBTQ+), Race and Working Parents & Carers. The staff equality networks provide a voice for University staff to engage with and consult on equality and diversity-related matters, policies and procedures. They support the University to raise awareness, develop behaviours, spaces and a sense of belonging where every single person can expect to feel safe, supported and treated with dignity.
Find out more about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Manchester Met
Athena Swan Charter Bronze Award
We are proud to hold an institutional Athena SWAN Bronze Award, demonstrating our commitment to advancing gender equality. We are actively working towards a Silver Award by 2028.
The Charter recognises our Athena Swan priorities, objectives, and action plan, which set out practical steps and measurable actions to advance gender equality for all staff and students, regardless of discipline or gender identity.
We are also proud of the progress achieved across the University, including:
- Two School-level Bronze Awards: Business School and Law School
- Two Faculty-level Bronze Awards: Science and Engineering, and Arts and Humanities
We are currently awaiting the outcome of a Bronze Award application from the Faculty of Health and Education, which was successfully submitted in March 2026. In addition, the Department of Psychology continues to hold a Bronze-level Athena Swan award.
Disability Confident Leader
Manchester Metropolitan University currently holds a Bronze Award in the Business Disability Forum’s Disability Smart Audit and has renewed its Disability Confident Leader status until 2028. The Disability Smart Audit reflects our ongoing commitment to creating an inclusive, accessible, and equitable environment for disabled staff and students, and aligns with our Inclusive and Diverse Culture Strategy.
The University also successfully renewed its Disability Confident Leader status in June 2025. The Disability Confident scheme, led by the UK Government, supports employers to attract, recruit, and retain disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, we not only meet the highest standards of the scheme but also actively support other organisations to improve their disability inclusion practices.
If you are considering making an application, further FAQs for disabled candidates can be found here.
Race Equality Charter Bronze Award
We have been awarded a Bronze Race Equality Charter Award by Advance HE. This award recognises our work to identify structural barriers and our commitment to taking action to improve the representation, progression, and success of Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff and students. We remain ambitious and proactive in our approach and are working towards a Silver Race Equality Charter submission in 2027.
Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme
We have been recognised for our outstanding support towards the Armed Forces community, giving support to members of the Armed Forces and veterans. Manchester Met is one of fewer than 20 universities to receive the Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award and offer an Armed Forces guaranteed interview scheme.
This is Manchester Met
Our campus sits at the centre of Manchester - a city known for innovation, creativity and change - and reflects the same spirit. It’s a place designed for collaboration, connection and impact.
As the UK’s number one sustainable university, our commitment to sustainability runs through our campus and how we operate. From our green spaces and buildings to the way we support our community and shape a better future.
With modern facilities, inspiring workspaces and everything you need in one place, it’s an environment where people can do their best work and transform lives together.
A place to belong and grow
We are proud to be an Outstanding Workplace, but more importantly, we are a place where people feel it. Our culture is inclusive, supportive and ambitious - where ideas are encouraged, contributions are valued and careers can thrive.
Take the next step
If you’re looking for a role where you can make an impact, be part of a university with real momentum and grow your career in a supportive, people-led environment, explore our opportunities and find out more.