People topics - recruitment

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Our recruitment pages have been designed to highlight our procedures, and offer guidance to University staff so as to ensure they are successful in all recruitment and selection activities. Our guidelines comply with all relevant legislation and equal opportunities best practice, and will result in the most suitable person being appointed to the vacant post.

View our recruitment guidelines

Any questions relating to the recruitment of new staff should be directed towards your School or Directorate Senior People Partner.

Factsheet

Academic recruitment guidance

Effective academic recruitment is integral to a high performance community. Some best practices are shared to help guide Schools.

Factsheet

Academic visitors

Information about entering the UK as an Academic Visitor if you are intending to work at the University.

Factsheet

Agency recruitment

Information for staff about the use of agency workers.

Form

Agency Worker request form

Form to be completed by Schools/Directorates when a new a temporary Agency Worker is required.

Procedure

Appointing procedure for academic staff (clinical and non clinical)

When an Academic position has been approved, this procedure should be followed by the Schools.

Factsheet

Appointment and review of Deans of Schools

The process for appointing Deans of Schools.

Procedure

Disclosure Scotland (PVG Scheme)

The Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG Scheme) is the membership scheme for staff who work with vulnerable groups.

Form

Equal opportunities data collection form

Form to be completed by job applicants, required for monitoring purposes.

Factsheet

Information for job applicants

Information about the University's recruitment procedure.

Form

Interview expenses claim form

Form for job applicants to be completed when claiming interview expenses.

Form

Post approval process and forms

The process for approving staffing requests and forms to be completed for all posts as part of the post approval process.

Rules and regulations

Procedural rules for nomination and appointment of honorary professors and readers

Rules from the Senate for nominating and appointing honorary professors and readers.

Factsheet

Recruitment guidelines

Standards that all recruiting managers should follow in order to ensure high-quality hiring decisions and practices.

Policy

Reimbursement of immigration costs policy

This policy describes the University’s approach to the reimbursement of immigration costs (visa application fee and the Immigration Health Surcharge) and applies to employees regardless of contractual status or grade.

Brochure/leaflet

School of Life Sciences Principal Investigator applicant pack

Recruitment pack for School of Life Sciences Principal Investigator applicants.

Factsheet