Pay & Conditions Steering Committee
Information about the Pay & Conditions Steering Committee, its meetings and activity
Steering Committee members
Established in spring 2023, the Pay & Conditions Steering Committee reported directly to the Vice-Chancellor and Council. Its membership included staff from across the collegiate University and drew on expertise and perspectives from other Higher Education Institutions and other sectors.
- Professor Dame Kay Davies (Chair), Dr Lee’s Professor of Anatomy (Emerita) and former Head of the Department
- Charles Alexander, Finance Bursar, Merton College
- Duncan Brown (external), independent pay and reward professional (committee member until Sept 2023)
- Professor Sir Rory Collins, Head of the Nuffield Department of Population Health, Member of Council
- Professor Matt Jarvis, Professor of Astrophysics, Associate Head (People) for MPLS Division, Member of Personnel Committee
- Dr Markos Koumaditis, Human Resources Director
- Professor Catherine Law (external), Emeritus Professor at UCL
- Rupert McNeil (external), former Government Chief People Officer, and Group HR Director of Lloyds Banking Group
- Bob Price (external), a former HR director and former Leader of Oxford City Council
- Lucinda Rumsey, Supernumerary Fellow in English and Senior Tutor, Mansfield College
- Professor Tim Soutphommasane, Chief Diversity Officer
- Dr Ignacio Torrecilla, Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist
- Professor Anne Trefethen, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, People & Digital
- Adrian Walcott, independent workplace culture consultant (joined Sept 2023)
The project team supporting the committee was made up of members of the University's Human Resources and Internal Communications teams, supported by members of the Finance Division.
Steering Committee meeting dates and papers
Minutes from each Pay & Conditions Steering Committee meeting were made available on SharePoint for colleagues to access using the links below, within three weeks of each meeting, along with the relevant agenda.
Blog posts written by committee members, to keep staff updated on their progress and activity, can be found on the Pay & Conditions news and updates webpage.
Review timeline
October - Complementary Mental Health Training made available to University staff.
September - Implementation of pay and reward measures in September payroll, backdated to 1 August 2024.
August–September - Ongoing implementation of review outcomes; new project team members joining
July–August – Initial preparation work and implementation underway, including pay and reward measures taking effect on 1 August 2024 (pay actions actioned in payroll from September and backdated)
June–July – Scoping and planning by teams delivering specific review outcomes; recruitment of fixed-term project team to manage ongoing delivery of review response
w/c 24 June 2024 – Outcomes of the review shared with all staff
13 May 2024 – Council met to discuss a plan of action in response to the review
April/early May 2024 – Discussion with divisional and college leadership, and through University committees; further discussion as part of the Week 1 Council meeting of Trinity term, on 22 April
March 2024 – Review findings and implications discussed by Council
February 2024 – Review findings reported to Council
January 2024 – Steering Committee met to agree recommendations to progress to Council
December 2023 – Initial findings shared with the Vice-Chancellor
November 2023 – Staff feedback form closed
October 2023 – All-staff Town Hall meeting on Pay & Conditions; nine staff focus groups convened
September 2023 – Pay & Conditions FAQs launched
August 2023 – Staff feedback form opened
June 2023 – Benchmarking and data analysis work began
June 2023 – First Steering Committee meeting
May 2023 – All-staff Open Forum on people, pay and conditions
May 2023 – Pay & Conditions webpages launched
April 2023 – Steering Committee formed and Project Charter agreed
February & March 2023 – Project team and administrative resource assembled
January 2023 – Report commissioned in the Vice-Chancellor’s Admissions Speech
Contact us
Email payandconditions@admin.ox.ac.uk with any questions about the review or feedback on this webpage
