Employee Benefits and Reward Package
• Competitive Salary • Annual leave entitlement of 35 days plus bank and public holidays. The University’s annual leave year runs from 1st August to 31st July. • Eligibility to participate in the University’s private health scheme, subject to the rules of the scheme. • All professional services staff are entitled to participate in one of these schemes. The University operates two pension schemes for support staff: o The default scheme is the Higher Education Defined Contribution Scheme (HEDCS), which is administered by Aviva. o The Cheshire Local Government Pension Scheme, to which the University is an admitted body. • Employee Benefits Platform: The University of Chester has partnered with Sodexo Ltd to launch a benefits platform. Employees can access a range of exclusive benefits including the Cycle2Work salary sacrifice scheme, Salary Finance financial wellbeing, plus discounts at high-street retailers, cinemas tickets, holidays and much more. • Equality and Diversity: The University is committed to the promotion of diversity and equality and the elimination of discrimination
in all its forms. The University will ensure that all job applicants and members of staff are treated as individuals, fairly and with respect. Selection decisions will be made solely on the basis of a candidate’s aptitude, competence and potential to fulfil the requirements of the role, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital, partnership, parental or carer status, or socio-economic background. In accordance with the Disability Confident award, all applicants with a declared disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) and meet the essential criteria as detailed in the Person Specification will be short-listed for interview. • Family Friendly Policies - The University recognises the importance of supporting its staff. We have a range of family- friendly policies to help support work-life balance, including generous maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement, as well as carers leave and parental leave. We also have parents and carers networks, in addition to other networks, for staff to share ideas. • Flexible Working - The University has adopted a hybrid approach to working, so
work can be carried out both at home and in the office, as and when necessary, however the postholder will be expected to be on site for the majority of each week and to show flexibility in working arrangements to ensure the directorate delivers the required level of service. • Health and Wellbeing - The University of Chester aspires to become a Healthy University which is committed to “creating a learning environment and organisational culture that enhances the health, well- being and sustainability of its community and enables people to achieve their full potential’. The University’s Sport and Active
Lifestyle team offers staff and students discounted gym membership and access to its facilities. Various events are carried out for staff to attend to actively promote physical and mental wellbeing. The University also offers an Occupational Health and an Employee Assistance Programme. • Learning and Development - The University of Chester recognises that its employees are the most valuable asset and actively encourages, enables and supports staff to obtain further qualifications, training and experience in order to carry out their roles more effectively and to assist them in developing their future careers.
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