Salary
Your offer will be to a fixed point on the senior manager pay band. (Pay increases are considered annually and based on personal performance). Should you receive a pay increase your level of performance must be sustained for three years in order for the increase to become permanent.
Hybrid Working
Recognising that allowing staff to work remotely for a proportion of their time helps support a healthy work/life balance, we are currently trialling hybrid working. Whilst ensuring you/your team still deliver a vibrant campus for people to work, study and visit, you can elect to work up to 50% of your time from home.
Employee Performance Review
You will be required to maintain your expertise and professional membership (where relevant), to undertake programmes of personal development, and to participate in objective setting during twice yearly performance reviews.
Annual Leave
You will be entitled to 36 days annual leave with pay per annum in addition to 10 Public and Statutory Holidays, fixed or variable at the University’s sole discretion.
Pension
We operate under the Scottish Teachers and a Legal and General scheme. Contributions are made by employer and employee. The schemes are both widely recognised as excellent schemes.
Form of Contract & Notice Period
The contract offered is expected to be a normal substantive contract. The notice period is negotiable but we would expect it to be not less than 6 months. However, there may be candidates for whom other forms of contractual arrangement would be beneficial and, at this stage, we are open minded as to the final outcome.
Sick Pay
Sick Pay entitlement is generous (up to six months full pay and six months half pay) as would be expected under public service scheme arrangements, however, in the event of long term ill-health, we reserve the right to seek early medical evaluation.
Conflict of Interest, Confidentiality & Intellectual Property Rights
We will expect that all other paid or unpaid appointments or employments are declared as a part of the appointment process. We encourage appropriate external activity within the higher education community and beyond as this can enhance the University’s influence and reputation. However this can also lead to conflicts of interest and it is in the best interests of all stakeholders if other activities are declared, reviewed and properly approved. An annual declaration is also required by the Principal, Executive Group and most other senior managers. Our contracts include appropriate clauses that preserve for the University the right to confidentiality of its legitimate commercial interests and other rights over material property in its ownership.
Relocation
We will agree with the successful candidate relocation assistance appropriate to his/her particular circumstances (subject to Inland Revenue conditions) but normally 12% of basic salary at appointment. You will be required to reside in Aberdeen or within 30 minutes travel to work distance of it.
Other Benefits
You will have access to a range of voluntary and salary sacrifice benefits, including personal healthcare, dental plans, health cash plans, childcare vouchers and cycle to work schemes, as well as an onsite sports centre and nursery. We are keen to ensure that your career move is appropriately rewarded and if circumstances dictate, we will discuss the terms of the overall package with the successful candidate. We do not offer car, car loan or leasing arrangements. Find out more:
Medical
A pre-employment medical will be required of the successful candidate.
Disclosure Scotland
A satisfactory outcome from Disclosure Scotland will be required of the successful candidate.
Full Terms and Conditions of Recruitment and Employment can be found in our policy documents: