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Recruitment and selection of staff
Governing strategies
- HR Strategy
- EO Policies and Action Plans
- University Recruitment and Selection Policies and Procedures
- Statutory requirements on employment contracts and discrimination
- Research Council Strategies and Research Careers Initiative
- Agreed Terms and Conditions of Employment.
Level of service (for appointments other than Research Staff)
Human Resources will:
- Advise Colleges on the recruitment of staff to meet agreed business plans.
- Provide advice on recruitment process.
- Support the recruitment process as defined within the University Policy.
- Provide advice on advertising, with costings, and place advertisement.
- Send a contract of employment/letter of appointment to all new appointments.
Level of service (for Research Staff appointments)
Human Resources will:
- Advise Colleges on submitting bids for staff for Research Grants.
- Provide advice on recruitment process.
- Provide advice of advertising, with costings, and place advertisement.
- Prepare an application pack (including job description, person specification and application form) for the College to undertake the recruitment exercise.
- Send a contract of employment/letter of appointment to all new appointments.
Key indicators
Key indicators for this activity are:
- Successfully appointing suitable applicant.
Performance targets
Subject to the Dependencies below:
- For 95% of approved posts, a recruitment schedule will be sent to the College within one week of receipt of the approved SR1.
- 95% of requests for further particulars and application forms will be sent to prospective applicants within two working days of receipt of request.
- For 95% of vacancies, copies of applications will be sent to panel members within two working days of the closing date.
- For 95% of vacancies, interview invitations will be sent within three working days of receipt of accurately completed forms PD62 and PD63.
- For 95% of vacancies, an appointment letter will be sent within four working days of receipt of accurately completed forms PD02 and PD61.
Key contacts
- HR Business Partners
- HR Recruitment and Administration Manager/HR Advisor (Administration & Recruitment)
Redress
Complaints about aspects of the service should be made to the HR Recruitment and Administration Manager in the first instance. In the event that the customer/client remains dissatisfied following informal discussion with the HR Recruitment and Administration Manager, the issue should be raised in writing with the Head of Employee Services who will normally respond within 5 working days.
Dependencies (Colleges)
To operate effectively in this service area, Human Resources requires:
- Colleges submit, for each post for recruitment, a completed and authorised SR1 form, with electronic text for advertisement and electronic text for further particulars, and (with the SR1) a completed PD68 form, identifying a liaison person within the College and providing media and account code for advertisement and hospitality arrangements.
- Colleges submit details of shortlist and interview programme (on form PD62 and form PD63) for each post for recruitment in reasonable time prior to the interview date(s).
- Colleges submit an accurately completed and appropriately authorised appointment form (PD02), with completed PD61 (Interview Analysis) form, within two working days of the interview.
Dependencies (external and other Professional Services)
Human Resources goals in this area may be affected by:
- the availability of resources from other Professional Services (including CaP, Finance Services, Campus Services, TCS) to support this process – including the availability of rooms and accommodation and catering services.
- the funds for both the post and recruitment process not being available.
- Additional, post-appointment approval required by Research Accounting in accordance with the details of the grant.
- the post not falling within UK employment law and University agreed Terms and Conditions.
- publishing restrictions imposed by media advertising.
- availability of applicants who meet the person specification.
