Recruitment

An effective and professional recruitment and selection process is vital to recruiting and retaining the quality staff that the University needs to remain successful in the future. Here you will find all the information you need to successfully undertake this process in partnership with Personnel Services, including:

• Practical advice on the four key stages of the recruitment and selection process;
  
• Additional guidance on a range of specific areas, including the Immigration and Work Entitlement, Document checking and Senior Appointment recruitment;
• Key Information to support managers and recruiters in the recruitment and selection process.

The recruitment and selection process has been been divided into four separate stages:

• Stage 1: Preparation
• Stage 2: Advertising and application
• Stage 3: Selection process
• Stage 4: Appointment 

Please see HR post deadlines which you will need to take into account for your timescales.  HR Post deadlines

Senior appointments

For information on employing Professors, Readers, Senior Lecturers, Research Professors and Grade 9 posts please refer to Senior appointments.

Lecturer appointments

For information relating to the recruitment process for Lecturers, please see the guidance note and checklist below.  This guidance is designed to assist Heads of School/Department with the appointment process.

• Guidance notes on Lecturer appointments (PDF 131KB)
• Checklist for Lecturer appointments (Word - 221KB)

Employing students

For information on employing students please refer to Employing students.