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Working at Manchester Met

People are at the heart of everything we do. The right people, drawn from diverse backgrounds and experiences, are central to the realisation of our ambitions.

We are proud to directly employ colleagues at every level across the University. We look to colleagues to collaborate and contribute sharing their ideas, making their voices heard, and working together across teams.

We are student-centred, and people-led, championing an inclusive and diverse community, and celebrating our colleagues’ successes and achievements.

Feel supported and valued as a member of our community.

Benefits

These are just some of the benefits, rewards and opportunities available to you as a member of our community.

Pay and reward

Pay and
reward

Pension

Pension

Recognition

Recognition

Health and wellbeing

Health and
wellbeing

Holiday entitlement

Holiday
entitlement

Work-life balance

Work-life
balance

Career development

Career
development

Discounts and perks

Discounts and
perks

Travel

Travel

Pay and reward

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.

Living Wage Employer
We are proud to be an accredited Living Wage Employer. All staff employed directly and indirectly by the University are paid the Living Wage Foundation's accredited rate, which increases each year.

Contribution Zone Scheme
There is a contribution zone scheme open to all colleagues at the top of their pay grade to recognise going above and beyond within their role. The use of contribution zones of pay grades is an important feature of the University’s reward strategy, which gives all staff an equal opportunity to receive an additional increment to recognise exceptional achievement.

Staff Bonus Scheme
To recognise staff whose exceptional performance and contribution is helping the University’s strategy there is a staff bonus scheme.

Pension

Build up a guaranteed pension for life and have the peace of mind of life cover of three times your salary. By opting into our pension schemes, you will receive an average 22% employer contribution.

Recognition

Staff Awards
Our annual staff awards recognise outstanding contributions from individuals and teams. This peer-led programme showcases the talent and commitment of colleagues and is an opportunity for us to come together and celebrate as one community at our live awards ceremony.

Long Service Award
Colleagues who have completed twenty years of continuous service with the University will receive an award in recognition of their commitment and loyalty to the organisation.

Health and wellbeing

Access to free and confidential counselling and wellbeing support 24/7, 365 days a year through our employee assistance programme. Receive occupational health support through our external provider Optima.

Holiday entitlement

Enjoy 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 after 5 years’ service) at Grades 1-7 and 35 days for Grades 8 and above (pro rata for part-time staff) plus bank holidays and 3-4 discretionary Christmas closure days.

Work-life balance

We recognise that the world of work is ever changing, technology is advancing, and people have busy lives, with different hobbies, interests, and commitments outside of the workplace. We are proud to offer and support many different flexible working arrangements. 

Many academics already have flexibility built into their working arrangements where some aspects of academic work may be undertaken remotely. This flexibility extends to our Professional Services colleagues, offering the opportunity for some roles to be worked partly on campus and remotely from home.

Professional Services is a diverse group with different functions, stakeholders, sizes and working practices, so hybrid working is not applied as a ‘one size fits all’ approach. Our guidance outlines four different hybrid working categories used to determine the extent to which hybrid working can be applied to different roles, prioritising the needs of the University and the team.

Decisions about the suitability of hybrid working are made locally and guidance may change from time to time such as when services, priorities, technology, processes, and procedures change and evolve. If hybrid working is suitable for a role, it will be available to colleagues whether they work full or part-time. More details can be found here.

Career development

Whether you are 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.

Discounts and perks

We have an employee membership program with access to a range of discounts including gym membership, physical therapy, travel and a wide range of retail offers.

Travel

Our campus is easily accessible by public transport, and we offer staff discounted loans and passes for travel on buses, Metrolink and trains across the region. We also have an Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme and our discounted Cycle 2 Work scheme, plus use of campus cycle shelters, bike stands and shower facilities.

Pay and reward

Pay and reward

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.

Living Wage Employer
We are proud to be an accredited Living Wage Employer. All staff employed directly and indirectly by the University are paid the Living Wage Foundation's accredited rate, which increases each year.

Contribution Zone Scheme
There is a contribution zone scheme open to all colleagues at the top of their pay grade to recognise going above and beyond within their role. The use of contribution zones of pay grades is an important feature of the University’s reward strategy, which gives all staff an equal opportunity to receive an additional increment to recognise exceptional achievement.

Staff Bonus Scheme
To recognise staff whose exceptional performance and contribution is helping the University’s strategy there is a staff bonus scheme.

Pension

Pension

Build up a guaranteed pension for life and have the peace of mind of life cover of three times your salary. By opting into our pension schemes, you will receive an average 22% employer contribution.

Recognition

Recognition

Staff Awards
Our annual staff awards recognise outstanding contributions from individuals and teams. This peer-led programme showcases the talent and commitment of colleagues and is an opportunity for us to come together and celebrate as one community at our live awards ceremony.

Long Service Award
Colleagues who have completed twenty years of continuous service with the University will receive an award in recognition of their commitment and loyalty to the organisation.

Health and wellbeing

Health and wellbeing

Access to free and confidential counselling and wellbeing support 24/7, 365 days a year through our employee assistance programme. Receive occupational health support through our external provider Optima.

Holiday entitlement

Holiday entitlement

Enjoy 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 after 5 years’ service) at Grades 1-7 and 35 days for Grades 8 and above (pro rata for part-time staff) plus bank holidays and 3-4 discretionary Christmas closure days.

Work-life balance

Work-life balance

We recognise that the world of work is ever changing, technology is advancing, and people have busy lives, with different hobbies, interests, and commitments outside of the workplace. We are proud to offer and support many different flexible working arrangements. 

Many academics already have flexibility built into their working arrangements where some aspects of academic work may be undertaken remotely. This flexibility extends to our Professional Services colleagues, offering the opportunity for some roles to be worked partly on campus and remotely from home.

Professional Services is a diverse group with different functions, stakeholders, sizes and working practices, so hybrid working is not applied as a ‘one size fits all’ approach. Our guidance outlines four different hybrid working categories used to determine the extent to which hybrid working can be applied to different roles, prioritising the needs of the University and the team.

Decisions about the suitability of hybrid working are made locally and guidance may change from time to time such as when services, priorities, technology, processes, and procedures change and evolve. If hybrid working is suitable for a role, it will be available to colleagues whether they work full or part-time. More details can be found here.

Career development

Career development

Whether you are 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.

Discounts and perks

Discounts and perks

We have an employee membership program with access to a range of discounts including gym membership, physical therapy, travel and a wide range of retail offers.

Travel

Travel

Our campus is easily accessible by public transport, and we offer staff discounted loans and passes for travel on buses, Metrolink and trains across the region. We also have an Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme and our discounted Cycle 2 Work scheme, plus use of campus cycle shelters, bike stands and shower facilities.

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.

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Your development

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We believe that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes us a stronger University, providing better outcomes for our students, research, and business partners.

Staff Equity Networks

We are advancing equity, 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 Equity Networks - Disability, Gender, Rainbow (LGBTQ+), Race and Working Parents & Carers. The staff equity networks provide a voice for University staff to engage with and consult on equality and diversity-related matters, policies and procedures.

Athena Swan Charter Bronze Award

We are proud to have received an institutional Athena SWAN Bronze award showing our commitment to gender equality. The charter aims to advance gender equality in HE and specifically seeks to advance the careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. In May 2015 the charter was expanded to recognise work undertaken in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Business and Law (AHSSBL), and in professional and support roles, and for trans staff and students. The charter now recognises work undertaken to address gender equality more broadly, and not just barriers to progression that affect women and makes explicit acknowledgement of intersectionality in its remit.

Race Equality Charter Bronze Award

We have been awarded a Bronze Race Equality Charter Award by Advance HE. The award recognises our work to identify and commit to actions we will take to improve the representation, progression and success of Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff and students.

Disability Confident Leader

We have an accreditation as a Disability Confident Leader, which is a government scheme designed to support in the recruitment and retention of disabled people and those with health conditions. We also hold the Gold award in the Business Disability Standard (now the Disability Smart Audit) being the first university to secure this.

If you are considering making an application, further FAQs for disabled candidates can be found here.

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.

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A campus at the heart of the city

Rated as one of the UK's top three sustainable universities (People and Planet University League), we aim to be a beacon of sustainable development practice, making a positive difference to our society, the environment, and the economy through our campus.

Our campus provides our students and staff with access to excellent facilities, including inspiring workspaces, purpose-built teaching and research areas, landscaped green space, and several food and drink outlets.

A home for our community.

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