Pay & Conditions Steering Committee

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. 

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

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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