Working at Essex
Starting at Essex
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Employment policies, procedures and guidance
Managing people
Pay, rewards and benefits
Pensions
Taking leave
Grading and reviews
Professional development and training
Recruiting staff
Working flexibility
Information and data
UECS and Wivenhoe House staff
Forums and networks
Teaching and learning
Academic standards and quality
DBS checks for students
Department student support roles
Developing student success
Exams and assessment
Heads of Department
Learning technologies
Reading lists
Staff awards and funding
Student feedback
Student wellbeing support and signposting
Supporting students with disabilities and health conditions
Supporting and welcoming new students
Timetables
Research
Funding sources
Making a funding application
Research impact
Promoting your research and research visibility
Research governance
Take part in research
Managing an award
Planning and assessment
Knowledge exchange and commercialisation
Research systems
Repository and publishing
Research management information
Celebrating Excellence Awards
Services and facilities
Buildings, grounds and maintenance
Crowdfunding
Childcare
Design, print and copy services
Events, meetings and conferences
Faith Centre
Finance, planning and data insight
Food and drink
IT services
Marketing and communications support
Media Centre
Parking
Post and property services
Professional Services teams
Sport and recreation
Strategic project delivery
Student work experience and volunteering
Theatre and arts on campus
Travel, transport and accommodation
Web support
Health, safety and wellbeing
COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Emergencies, security and safety
Activities health and safety
Equipment safety
Health and safety support
Fire safety
Reporting health and safety incidents or concerns
Risk assessment
Safeguarding
Work and study environments
Working with physical agents
Working with substances
Your health and wellbeing
University of Essex Campus Services (UECS) employees
University of Essex Campus Services (UECS) Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary company of the University, providing high-quality facilities and services for students and staff.
Salaries
- UECS salary scales (.pdf)
- UECS salary scales for 43hrs contract (.pdf)
- UECS salary scales for 46hrs contract (.pdf)
- UECS Gender pay report 2022 (.pdf)
Contracts
If you were employed after December 2017, the standard UECS contract will apply (subject to local variations – please check your signed individual contract of employment).
Policies and procedures
- Absence policy (.pdf)
- Bereavement policy (.pdf)
- Capability procedure (.pdf)
- Performance Improvement Plan (PiP) (.docx)
- PiP record of review meetings (.docx)
- Disciplinary procedure (.pdf)
- Equality and diversity policy (.pdf)
- Family leave policies (.pdf)
- Keeping in Touch (KIT) and Shared Parental Leave in Touch (SPLIT) completion form (.docx)
- Maternity/adoption curtailment notice form (.docx)
- Maternity/adoption leave application form (.docx)
- Maternity/adoption leave return to work form (.docx)
- Notice of entitlement and intention to take shared parental leave form (.docx)
- Notice to book shared parental leave form (.docx)
- Paternity leave application form (.docx)
- Unpaid parental leave application form (.docx)
- Flexible working policy and reasonable adjustment requests (.pdf)
- Grievance procedure (.pdf)
- Health and safety policy (.pdf)
- Social media policy (.pdf)
- Special leave policies (.pdf)
- Staff search policy (.pdf)
Further support
Contact the UECS Employee Relations Adviser.
Contact us
General enquiries