Working with us

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.