A-Z Guidance
- 10 tips for employee engagement
- 10 tips for great job adverts
- 10 tips for Hybrid successful working
- 10 Tips for Successful Hybrid Working
- 10 tips to a better hire
- 2019 Christmas Recruitment Guidelines and Deadlines
- About Hirecracker
- Academic Leave Guidance
- Academic Promotion FAQs
- Academic Promotions Criteria to Lecturer grade 6
- Academic Promotions Criteria to Lecturer grade 7
- Academic Promotions Criteria to Research Associate
- Academic Promotions Criteria to Research Fellow
- Academic Promotions Criteria to Senior Roles
- Adoption Leave Policy and Procedures UMC
- Advances Claims Guidelines
- Advice for staff on furlough leave
- Agency Worker Guidance for Managers
- Agency Worker Rights from Day One
- Annual leave calculations for part-time staff
- Annual leave calculations for term-time only staff
- Appendix - Jobtrain Candidate Statuses
- Approvers FAQs: online vacancy approval
- Background briefing and figures on UCU dispute, working conditions, pay, USS pension
- BAME Group Co-Chair Duties March 2023
- BAME Group Co-Chair nomination form
- BAME Staff Network Group: Process for Election of Co- Chairs
- Breastfeeding at Work - Guidance for Managers
- Career Conversation Guide for Managers
- Casual Managers Guidance for completing ID Checks
- Casual Pay Spine 1 May 2026
- Coronavirus: Guidance for staff
- Corporate Bee Card Account Step by Step Guide
- Creating a Vacancy - Advertised and non-advertised guide
- Criteria for Promotion to G7 Research Fellow November 2019
- CRM keywords
- Cycling to work FAQs
- Domestic Abuse - Guidance for Managers and Staff
- Domestic Abuse - Guidance on staff safety
- Employee Assistance Programme - Accessing the Online Portal
- Employee engagement reading and resources
- Employee FAQ'S - Personal Relationships Policy
- Employee Volunteering FAQs
- Employment contracts in higher education 2022
- Employment Status - Frequently Asked Questions
- Employment Status - Guidance for Managers
- eu settlement for staff faqs
- EU settlement scheme briefing pack
- External recruitment panel members guidance
- External Secondment Delegation Plan
- External Secondment Guidance
- FBMH Academic Promotions Timetable 2026-27
- FBMH CV Guidance
- FBMH Expectations for Research, Teaching and Learning and Social Responsibility
- FBMH Guidance on setting objectives for Academic Probation
- FBMH Non-clinical Professorial Salary Review Timetable
- FBMH P&DR Notes for Reviewers
- FBMH P&DR Process for Academic staff
- FBMH Research staff involvement in teaching guidance
- Fit Notes Guidance
- Five stages to recruitment
- Fixed Term Contract - Guidance
- Flexible Working Policy & Procedure UMC Sept16
- Flexible working process flowchart
- Flexible Working Request Guidance and FAQ's for Employees
- Flexible Working Request Guidance and FAQ's for Managers
- Flexitime and Annualised Hours Schemes Guidance
- Full Occupancy Type Matrix
- Furlough FAQs
- Goals Template
- Grievance Procedure - Managers Guidance Notes
- Guidance - rail and teacher strikes
- Guidance Document for P&DR on Teaching Objectives
- Guidance for employees on UCU industrial action
- Guidance for Managers - supporting wellbeing during return to campus
- Guidance for Managers affected by rail strikes and travel disruption
- Guidance for managers on hybrid working and supporting disabled staff
- Guidance for managers whilst staff are on furlough leave
- Guidance for staff with caring responsibilities
- Guidance for the use of RRE output grades in schools
- Guidance Note for Academic Roles and Recruitment Documentation
- Guidance note on 'action short of strike'
- Guidance Notes for Appointing Managers - Casual Appointment Form (CAS1)
- Guidance notes for creating a vacancy & sending for approval
- Guidance notes for creating a vacancy & sending for approval
- Guidance notes for job applicants
- Guidance notes for the completion of the re-grading application form
- Guidance on Managing Flexible Workers and Teams
- Guidance on payment of visiting or occasional lecturers
- Guidance on process for committee members and Heads of Department
- Guidance on process for promotion candidates
- Guide to the online Vacancy Creation Approval Form.
- Guidelines for Approvers
- Guidelines for approvers to approve - reject via email
- Guides for creating a vacancy & sending for approval via Jobtrain
- Handy Guide to Outside Work and Consultancy
- HERA Role Elements
- HERA Role Profile Explained
- HERA Role Profile Statements
- Higher Education Classification of Subject (HECoS) Codes
- HM Guide to Panel Preperation
- Homeworking Guidance
- How to - conduct a video interview
- How to assess a role for hybrid working
- How to communicate with a hybrid team
- How to complete a Personal Relationship declaration form on Oracle Fusion
- How to effectively induct hybrid workers
- How to hold effective meetings with hybrid teams
- How to manage a resignation
- How to manage flexible and hybrid working requests during recruitment
- How to Manage Medical Appointments
- How to manage performance in hybrid teams
- How to Onboard New Starters during Campus Closure
- How to support a member of staff with an eating disorder
- How to support the wellbeing of hybrid workers
- How to talk about wellbeing in the P&DR
- How to write SMART Goals
- HR advice: coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Hr guidance coronavirus
- HR Services Statement of Professional Standards
- Hybrid Conversations Guidance
- Hybrid Working - Managers FAQs
- Hybrid Working - Staff FAQs
- Hybrid working charter team exercise
- Hybrid working framework
- Hybrid Working Principles
- Hybrid working resources
- Hybrid:Manchester - Workbook
- Immigration guidance for new starters
- Industrial Action FAQs: February 2023
- Interest Free Loan Terms and Conditions
- International visitors (non-EEA), roles and resonsibilities
- Interview question bank
- Introducing hybrid working into your team - questions to help you
- Introducing hybrid working into your team - questions to help you
- JobTrain - Creating a vacancy and sending for approval.
- Jobtrain Candidate Statuses
- KIT Days Guidance
- Know your unconscious bias
- Legal Briefing Note - Recruitment Documents and Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom
- LGB Staff - Guidance for Managers
- Line manager competencies for employee engagement
- Line Manager Guidance - Personal Relationships online declaration
- List of all Teaching Assistant (TA) posts @ September 2021
- Management of Stress at Work - Guidance for Managers
- Management of Stress at Work - Guidance for Staff
- Manager competencies for Employee Engagement
- Manager Guidance - managing teams working from home
- Manager Guidance - support staff wellbeing during return to campus
- Manager Guidance - supporting staff with long Covid
- managers essentials how to hold a probation review meeting
- Managers Essentials Managing Probation Periods
- Manager's Guidance - Supporting the wellbeing of staff returning from furlough leave
- Managing Capability - Guidance for Managers
- Managing Contracts - Guidance for Managers
- Managing Underperformance - One Pager
- Maternity and Fixed Term Contracts - Guidance for Staff
- Maternity Leave Policy & Procedure UMC
- Menopause at Work - Guidance for Managers
- Metrolink Terms and Conditions
- MyPay User Guide FINAL 23Oct
- MyView Expenses - Approval Process Stages
- MyView Expenses - Frequently Asked Questions
- MyView Expenses - Step-by-Step Instructions for Approvers
- MyView Expenses Approvals - Line Manager Role and Responsibilities
- MyView Expenses Approvals - Oracle Approver Role and Responsibilities
- Online vacancy creation: FAQs for Hiring Managers
- Pay increases and inflation
- Pay Scale - Grade 9 Academic-Related Staff 2019-20
- Pay Scale - Non-Clinical Professorial 2026/27
- Payroll - Termination Calendar for Pensions - 2015
- Payroll deadlines and pay dates 2026
- Payroll FAQ FINAL 23Oct
- Payroll FAQ FINAL 23Oct B
- PCM Changes Guidance Notes December 2023
- PCM guidance notes
- Pension and Voluntary Severance - FAQs for members of UMSS
- Pension and Voluntary Severance - FAQs for members of USS
- People & OD Operations - PR7 Fees/Expenses - Guidelines for claimants
- PGR External Examiner Guidance on Employment Status and Right to Work
- PGR External Examiner Appointment, RTW and Payment Flowchart
- PGR External Examiner Payment Procedure
- PGR External Examiners Guidance for completing Expenses/Fee Claim Forms (PR PGR EE)
- Policy and Procedure for the Engagement and Use of Casual Workers
- Presentation suggestions
- Principles underlying academic promotion
- Professorial Salary Exemplars
- Race Equality Policy Guidance for Staff
- Recruitment Identity Checks - Acceptable Documents
- Recruitment Roles and Responsibilities
- Re-grading roles and responsibilities
- Rehabilitation of Offender/Criminal Records Declaration Form Guidance
- Religious Observance - Guidance for staff
- REP Guidance Notes for Mgrs, Panels and Staff 2025-2026
- Request to stop USS contributions
- Requests for flexibility - Process Guidance
- Research and teaching volunteers / participants payment methods
- Research Staff Promotion FAQs 2021
- Resources for Managers - supporting wellbeing during Coronavirus
- Retention of Staff Records - Guidance for Managers
- Retirement - flexible retirement process flowchart
- Retirement - process flowchart
- Retirement & re-engagement process flowchart
- Retirement / Employment Options after age 55
- Revised impact of industrial action on pension benefits
- Rewarding Exceptional Performance Guidance Notes
- Rewarding Exceptional Performance Nomination Link
- School Governors - Guidance for Staff
- Setting communication principles for hybrid teams
- Shared Parental Leave pay examples
- Sickness absence: Return to work guidance for managers
- Sickness: Statement of Fitness to Work Guidance Notes
- Social Media Guidance for Managers
- Staff survey action plan guidance notes
- Staff Working Overseas Guidance for Decision Making
- Substance Misuse Guidance for Managers
- Support for FE or HE courses
- Supporting staff in times of crisis
- Supporting your wellbeing in times of crisis
- Talking toolkit guidance for an individual stress risk assessment
- Teaching Assistant / Demonstrator pay scale 1 Aug 2026
- Teaching Assistant Pay Explainer
- Teaching Assistant Template Job Descriptions
- Teaching Assistants - Process to Employ
- Team, Faculty, School, Directorate Wellbeing assessment_guidance_v1
- Temporary / Casual Staff Guidance for Managers
- Ten recruiting mistakes to avoid
- Ten tips to a better hire
- Thank You Scheme
- Thank You Scheme - FAQs for Managers
- The Five Stages to Recruitment
- Tips for managing hybrid teams
- types of contracts
- Ukraine conflict response - feeling anxious
- Ukraine conflict response - reducing anxiety
- UMC Payspine 2026
- Understanding your Payslip
- University and Colleges Employers’ Association (UCEA) Q&As on UCU’s planned strike action
- Unsuccessful candidate at interview letter
- Voluntary measures May 2020 - managers guidance
- Voluntary Severance FAQs for affected staff
- Work for Outside Bodies Guidance
- Working on Campus: Line Manager Guidance for supporting staff