Category: Latest HR Information

Revised Recruitment & Selection Procedure

The College’s Recruitment & Selection Procedure has recently been revised in order to provide more streamlined, user friendly guidance to staff involved in recruitment activities.

The revisions, which are in line with legislation and best practice principles, have been developed in consultation with colleagues from the Equality & Diversity Unit, Faculties and Support Services.

The new look web pages set out clearer requirements about each element of the recruitment process and include

a high level process summary checklist outlining responsibilities, actions and links to further guidance and templates for those who would like more information.

A further review of the recruitment templates and the academic and clinical appointments processes will take place shortly.

All staff involved in recruitment activities are expected to familiarise themselves with this procedure and to have attended a recruitment and selection training course. For advice and support on any aspect of this guidance or specific recruitment issues please contact your HR team.

 View the new procedure.

National Pay Award 2013/14

Following their rejection of the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association’s (UCEA’s) final pay offer, four of the five New Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff (JNCHES) trades unions remain in dispute over the offer.  As the formal dispute resolution procedure has been exhausted, UCEA has advised that institutions can now implement the pay offer.

The College’s national pay scales have therefore been uprated to incorporate a rise of 1% with effect from 1 August 2013 for those staff remaining on national non-clinical rather than local pay scales. Payment at the appropriate new rates will be made in December 2013 salaries and will be backdated to 1 August 2013.

Local Pay Award 2013/14

Local Pay Bargaining takes place on an annual basis at Imperial, involving negotiations between the College and the Joint Trades Unions (JTUs).

Following the last local pay bargaining meeting on 9 July, the JTUs have confirmed their formal acceptance of the College’s local pay offer of 2% effective from 1 August 2013.

The College’s pay scales and schedules of allowances have been updated to incorporate this increase. This applies to all staff on terms and conditions subject to local pay bargaining. Payment at the appropriate new rates will be made in August 2013 salaries.

For copies of the revised scales and allowances, please view the HR Salaries web page.

 To read further information from this year’s local pay bargaining negotiations, including the JTUs pay claim and the College’s responses and final pay offer, please view the HR Local Pay Award 2013/14 web page.

Staff who elected to remain on terms and conditions subject to national pay bargaining are advised that national negotiations are ongoing and the employers’ final offer of 1% has been rejected by the national trades unions.   Further information on the outcome of the national negotiations will be available in due course.

Staff Networks

Imperial College has a number of staff networks and groups that aim to encourage collaborative working, knowledge sharing, and opportunities for both development and social engagement.
For further information, and to get involved, visit the Learning and Development Centre’s Staff Network webpage: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/staffdevelopment/networks

 If you support a staff network that you would like to add to this list, or for advice about setting up a new network, then please contact Lindsay Comalie.

Adjunct Titles Review 2013

The next review of applications for promotion to an Adjunct Title will take place on 5 June 2013. The deadline for submissions is Monday 27 May 2013. For more information on Adjunct Titles and the procedure, please refer to Appendix K – the Adjunct Titles Criteria, which is available from:
www.imperial.ac.uk/hr/workingatimperial/career/promotion/academicpromo

Please e-mail applications to Anna Demetriades, Promotions and Senior Appointments Manager at a.demetriades@imperial.ac.uk

Imperial as One (IAO) survey

Imperial as One (IAO) is the College’s advisory group for race equality, with a focus on black and minority ethnic (BME) staff.  This group helps set priorities and advises the College, particularly by examining custom and practice, the traditions of the College, and identifying how these impact on staff.

The IAO would be grateful if you could take a few moments to complete a short survey, which will enable them to establish the key priorities for the year ahead, and also give you the opportunity to contribute to shaping the group and its direction.

The survey is available for completion until 30 April 2013, via this link: http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/imperial/iao

Should you have any queries relating to the survey, please refer these to Leyla Okhai, Staff Disabilities Adviser at: l.okhai@imperial.ac.uk

New ‘External Interests’ Policy

The Register of Interests and the Conflict of Interest Policies have been revised and amalgamated into one new policy, entitled the ‘External Interests Policy’.  In addition a summary of the aforementioned policy has also been introduced.  The expectation is that when staff complete their annual declaration of interests this year, they will be directed to the policy summary as the focal point of reference, with the policy itself only being referred to where the summary does not answer the query or further information is required.  We hope that this approach will aid staff, and make the annual return exercise as easy a process as possible.

The new External Interests Policy is available to view at: https://workspace.imperial.ac.uk/hr/Public/Procedures/ROI/external%20interests.pdf and the policy summary is available from: https://workspace.imperial.ac.uk/hr/Public/Procedures/ROI/external%20interests%20summary.pdf

Childcare Support Scheme meeting to be held on 21 March 2013

We will be holding an open meeting for staff who are interested in finding out more about our new childcare support scheme.  The meeting will take place on Thursday 21 March 2013, from 12.00 noon to 2.00pm at South Kensington Campus, SAF G34.  If you are interested in attending, please register your interest with Amy Austin  at a.austin@imperial.ac.uk  

Further information on the scheme along with a set of FAQs are available to view at: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/hr/workingatimperial/ccsupport