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As a great place to work, we strive to attract, hire, and retain top talent and provide a wide range of appealing benefits to acknowledge our outstanding staff contributions, including financial rewards, family-friendly benefits, flexible work options, wellbeing support and career development opportunities. 

We understand that each staff member has unique priorities and lifestyles, so our diverse benefits are designed to suit everyone. 

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Financial rewards

We offer progressive financial rewards to recognise and reward your valuable contributions. 

  • Pay: We offer competitive salaries with increments awarded annually until the top guaranteed point is reached, along with opportunities to receive additional reward in relation to your contribution for exceptional performance
  • Pension: To protect your financial future, we offer a defined benefit pension scheme giving you a guaranteed income for life on retirement. You can also make additional voluntary contributions into our defined contribution part of the scheme. Further details regarding the pension scheme we offer to all staff (under age 75) can be found on the USS Pensions page
  • Life Cover: While you are contributing to the pension scheme, you will also receive life cover. This provides a lump sum payment of three times your annual salary to your beneficiaries in the event of your death. The cost of this life cover is fully borne by the University 
  • Relocation: If you are moving from a distant location, we will reimburse the cost of removals and resettlement to help make your move easier. Please refer to the relocation policy for further details

Work-life balance

At Strathclyde, we understand how busy life can get, so we provide a range of leave options and working arrangements to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance.

  • Holidays: From the moment you join Strathclyde, you’ll enjoy 31 days of annual leave per year, plus a further 11 public holidays
  • Additional Holiday Purchase: Each year, through our holiday purchase scheme, you can also buy an additional one or two-weeks extra holidays, giving you even more flexibility
  • Flexible working: We support flexible working arrangements that fit your life and your role. You can make a formal request to change your hours, pattern, or location from your very first day. This includes options such as working part-time, compressed hours, or a term-time schedule. You can also request a formal hybrid working arrangement to split your time between the office and home, if it's suitable for your role. We normally request that staff are on campus at least three days per working week (pro-rated for part-time staff) but recognise that certain circumstances may require you to request home working more often
  • Agile working: Even if you don’t want or need a formal change to your working arrangements, we still encourage teams to think about ways to work in a more agile way, working at times and locations that are optimal to them
  • Career Breaks: For those times that you want or need to do something different, we offer career breaks for up to 12 months.
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Family-friendly benefits

We understand that balancing your career with family and caring responsibilities can be challenging, whether that involves becoming a parent or supporting and caring for a loved one, such as an elderly relative. That’s why we’re committed to being a family-friendly employer and supporting all staff throughout their journey, from becoming a parent to managing other caring roles.

Time off and support for you and your family includes:

  • 52 weeks maternity or adoption leave for pregnant parents/primary adopters, with 18 weeks at full pay (or nine weeks at full pay plus 18 weeks at half pay)
  • three weeks paternity leave on full pay for partners of pregnant parents/ secondary adopters
  • through our shared parental leave scheme, the option for pregnant parents/primary adopters to end their maternity/adoption leave early and share the balance of untaken leave and pay with their partner
  • up to five days fertility leave at full pay in a 12-month period, and 15 days in total for staff undergoing assisted fertility treatment
  • paid time off for antenatal, adoption and fostering appointments
  • temporary relief from teaching duties for our academic and teaching staff returning from maternity, adoption or shared parental leave, to allow them to focus on research and scholarship work
  • an on-campus nursery providing childcare at competitive rates for pre-school age children
  • up to five days paid carers leave each year for our registered carers
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Development opportunities

As a ‘place of useful learning’ we value personal and professional development and provide an excellent place to work and learn. Our Organisation and Staff Development Unit (OSDU) offer a wide range of innovative and engaging learning and development opportunities to help you continuously learn and grow including: 

  • Personal and Professional Development- from one off CPD courses to Leadership programmes accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM)
  • Academic Development – we offer a wide range of development opportunities and award-bearing programmes for our Academic, Research, Teaching and KE staff including such as our advance HE fellowships, our teaching excellence programme, and our postgraduate certificate in learning and teaching HE
  • Leadership development – our dedicated leadership hub provides a range of programmes, tools and resources to help you lead confidently at Strathclyde
  • Mentoring scheme and one-to-one coaching service to support you with your career development
  • Subsidised Courses: generous fee discounts are available if you want to undertake an award bearing programme/study here at Strathclyde
  • Secondment opportunities: once you join Strathclyde, there are lots of opportunities to move to other roles within the University. You’ll have access to all our vacancies through our jobs portal, giving you the chance to explore different departments, develop new skills, and grow your career
  • University Library: From cutting-edge research materials to cosy study spaces, this is a fantastic resource for staff.  Visit the Library webpages to find out how to access the library, opening times and more
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Health & wellbeing

Staff wellbeing is a priority at Strathclyde and we are committed to creating a Culture of Care where all staff can flourish and be their best at work and beyond.

  • Strathclyde Sport - With a swimming pool, state-of-the art gym, sports halls and courts, fitness studio and low membership rates for staff, the University’s sports centre offers everything you need to stay active
  • Colleague Wellbeing Hub – easy access to tools, guidance, and services that promote physical, mental, emotional, and financial wellbeing, including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides free and confidential counselling support to help with life's ups and downs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  • Occupational Health Service - provides support for health issues at work including an early access physiotherapy clinic
  • Cycle to Work - Take advantage of tax and National Insurance savings on the purchase of a bike, while keeping fit and contributing to a greener economy
  • City Bike Hire Scheme - Discounted annual membership to the city bike hire scheme. Enjoy unlimited rides of up to 60 minutes in Glasgow!
  • Time off for Voluntary and Civic Duties – we know our staff care about the communities they live and work in, so we offer time off from work to volunteer in the community, become a reservist, or undertake other public duties
  • Time Off During Critical Life Events – we provide our staff with paid time off if they experience a difficult life event such as the serious illness, injury or death of a loved one, pregnancy or baby loss, and other traumatic life events
  • Sick Pay – we provide generous sick pay provisions if you are unable to come into work due to illness or injury
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Recognition awards

The University has various occasions to acknowledge and celebrate the incredible accomplishments of our staff. 

  • Long-Service Awards: Special recognition and reward to colleagues celebrating long service at Strathclyde
  • Strathclyde Medals: We are proud to be a values-based organisation and our Strathclyde Medals (University login required) celebrate these values by recognising individuals and teams who put them into action and exhibit them in everything they do
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Staff networks

Staff network groups are a fantastic way to connect with colleagues who have similar interests, experience, or characteristics.  Run by volunteers, these networks are a great way to connect with people from all over the University and provide a supportive environment to share ideas, raise awareness of challenges and provide mutual support.

Some of our networks include:

  • Carers' Network
  • Disability and Neurodiverse Staff Network
  • Parent and Families Network
  • Race Equality Staff Network
  • StrathPride Staff and PGR Network
  • Women's Staff Network
  • Researchers Group