Rewards and Benefits

As a colleague at Northumbria University, you’ll enjoy a competitive salary, flexibility and will have access to a wide range of excellent benefits and discounts, some of which are highlighted below:

Competitive salaries

We offer competitive salaries, benchmarked against market factors and competitors.

Discounted travel

We offer a range of schemes to reduce the cost of rail, bus and metro travel.

Generous annual leave

You’ll receive a generous annual leave entitlement of 25 days in addition to public holidays and institutional closure days. This will rise to 30 days after 5 years service

Nurseries and childcare

We have an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ rated Nursery on site, along with salary sacrifice schemes to help reduce the cost of childcare.

Pensions

You’ll be eligible to join an excellent pension scheme, where employer contributions always exceed your own. the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), employer contribution is 18.8% and employee contribution would be around 9.9%.

Training and development

Continuing personal and professional development is as important to us as it is to you; that’s why we offer a comprehensive suite of learning and development opportunities.

Find out more about our Rewards and Benefits

Rewards and Benefits (northumbria.ac.uk)