Rewards and benefits

We offer a very generous annual leave entitlement for full time staff, which is the equivalent of 27 days. This is in addition to six University closure and eight bank holidays. As well as offering the opportunity to buy up to a further 10 days through our annual leave purchasing scheme.

The University has established a generous range of pension benefits that are available to its members of staff, provided by Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), Aviva Stakeholder Scheme and NHS Pension Scheme.

With over 4,000 staff, there are opportunities for career development across all specialisms. There are a range of training courses to suit the needs of all staff, a coaching and mentoring scheme and dedicated personal tutor training.

Our campus has a fantastic range of facilities, including purpose built shared work spaces and a range of restaurants and cafés. Our state-of-the-art fitness centres have gyms, pools, saunas, spas, health checks and tailored fitness plans.

We take a holistic, inclusive approach towards positive health and wellbeing.

There are a number of ways in which we achieve this, including offering a range of University events throughout the year, staff benefits, hybrid working (depending on the role), staff networks, training and development and a range of policies that specifically support you at significant points in your personal and working life. We also offer free and confidential 24/7 external employee assistance programme for staff and their immediate family members to support their emotional wellbeing and issues that can affect home-life, work-life and general wellbeing.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer. We are a Disability Confident Leader and our four Staff Fora (Disability, LGBT+, Multi-Ethnicity and Women’s) are open to all staff within the University who identify with the relevant equity group. The Fora create a confidential space for staff with shared identities and experiences to come together and generate ideas and provide support.

As part of our commitment to be an employer of choice with an international reach, we wish to support our international staff coming to the UK by reimbursing the cost of visa applications for employees on Skilled Worker or Global Talent visas.

In response to the climate crisis, it is our responsibility to lower our carbon footprint emissions as a university community. All schools and departments have dedicated action plans to reduce their carbon footprint and increase their positive environmental impact. Global biodiversity is also celebrated at our Botanic Garden and the Attenborough Arboretum.

No matter how you commute to work, there will be discounts to help. We offer a green car salary sacrifice scheme, SmartGo travel discounts, a cycle2work scheme and Arriva Travel Club bus ticket discounts.

We have a policy dedicated to volunteering that enables and supports staff as Citizens of Change to be proactive in undertaking voluntary activities that mutually benefit the individual, the University, and the community. Volunteering can have a positive impact on your wellbeing, as two of the five ways of wellbeing are staying connected and giving.