Pay, reward and progression

Most staff are on the University of Leeds pay and grading structure.

Associate Professor title

University Senate has agreed the use of the Associate Professor title for grade 9 academic staff. From1 March 2012, new academic appointments and promotions to grade 9 will have the title Associate Professor and from 1 April 2012 current grade 9 academic staff can transfer to the new title:

- If you are currently a Senior Lecturer or Reader you can either keep your existing title or you have the choice to move to the new Associate Professor title.

- If you are grade 9 and in a research focused role you may be able to transfer to the Associate Professor title by demonstrating that you have made a sufficient contribution to learning and teaching.

- If you are grade 9 and in a teaching focused role you may be able to transfer to the Associate Professor title by demonstrating that you have made a sufficient contribution to research or scholarship.

Full details of the process and associated forms are available below.

For clarification purposes, the Associate Professor title is linked to the role and isn’t an individual or personal title.

If you have any comments or queries please contact your Faculty/Service HR Manager or e-mail David Brett, Senior Staff Recruitment and Administration Officer at d.j.brett@adm.leeds.ac.uk

Promotions Grades 3 to 9
Information on the procedures for promotion to Grades 3 to 9, including details of how to apply, the 5 stages of the promotions process, the promotions criteria and interpretation guidance, and information about key roles within the process can be accessed via the link to the promotions website to the right of this page.

If you have any comments or queries please contact your Faculty/Service HR Manager or e-mail the promotions team at promotions@leeds.ac.uk

University of Leeds pay and grading structure
If you work for the University, you are on the University of Leeds pay and grading structure. The latest salary scales are available here.

Staff on this structure can expect to progress regularly within their salary band, and this may be accelerated to reward special effort, skill or experience. The salary increment page contains more information on how this works.

Medical Clinical Staff
Medical Clinical staff have their own salary scales in line with the NHS pay and grading structures. Take a look at the latest Medical Clinical salary scales to see where you fit in on the scales.

Teaching assistance, demonstrating and tutorial assistance
See the current teaching assistance, demonstrating and tutorial assistance rates of pay and grading criteria for more information.

Please also find available generic job descriptions for Demonstrators, Tutorial Assistant, Seminar Tutors, Teaching Assistants and Tutors.

Trainee Technicians
This section contains useful information regarding the special pay and progression arrangements in place for Trainee Technicians.

Staff costs calculator
SiriusWeb is an online staff costs calculator, which will help you cost a new appointment. You can use it to calculate the full employment costs for a chosen grade, including employer's pension and national insurance contributions, increment and pay awards for a specific contract duration.

Equal Pay Review
The Equality Act 2010 emphasises the need for organisations to ensure pay equality amongst its workforce.

An equal pay review is the most effective way of establishing precisely what measures organisations need to take and of assessing whether they are rewarding employees equitably. It also provides an effective demonstration of action to promote equal pay under the terms of the gender equality duty.

This report presents the results of the equal pay review carried out by Capita for the University of Leeds using data correct at July 2009.