Senior Professional Staff terms & conditions
Salary
There is no salary scale for Senior Professional staff and the salary for the appointment will therefore be negotiated on the basis of skills, experience, qualifications and the achievements of the successful candidate.
Hours of work
No fixed hours of work are specified for senior professional staff. Because of the nature of their work, senior professional staff are considered to be exempt from the provisions of the Working Time Regulations 1998 governing maximum weekly working hours.
Place of work
Your normal place of work is the University premises in Bath. However, you may be required to work on either a temporary or permanent basis at any other University of Bath premises, or at any other location at which the University provides services. Wherever possible we will discuss any change with you, and endeavour to give you reasonable notice of any such change.
Annual leave
For full-time staff there are 26 days of annual leave, plus the (eight) Bank Holidays, and a further five days when the University is closed. Three of these days normally fall at Christmas, when the University is closed for normal business from Christmas Eve until the New Year. Entitlements for part-time staff are calculated on a proportional basis.
Superannuation
Staff may join Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), for which the employee’s contribution is 9.6% of salary (from October 2019), whilst the University contributes a significantly higher amount.
Probation
Appointments are subject to a probationary period of 12 months.
Notice
Appointments may be terminated by either side by the giving of three months’ notice expiring on 31st January or at a date thereafter when all assessment and marking for the semester has been completed, three months’ notice expiring on 30th June, or four months notice expiring on 31st August. Notice should be in writing and addressed to the Director of Human Resources.
Health & medical matters
Appointments are offered subject to the University receiving a satisfactory report on your health from the University’s Occupational Health Department. This is normally undertaken on the basis of a review of a confidential medical questionnaire.