HR teams

Ensuring the University meets the requirements of legislation.

The Compliance Team ensures compliance with UK legislation and deals primarily with right to work and work permission issues and supports our systems and processes for the hiring, management and payment of casual workers.

A centre of advice and guidance on equality, diversity and inclusion matters.

• Act as a centre for advice and guidance on equality, diversity and inclusion matters.
• Provide advice to faculties/departments, services and committees.
• Provide publicity, promotion, engagement and events for staff networks and forums.

Learn more:

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webpages
• About the Equality and Diversity (E&D) Office team

Supporting the Director of HR and the HR Leadership Team.

Staff in the HR Director's office work closely to support members of the HR Leadership Team in their everyday work and with projects.

Our senior management team.

The Department is currently led by Rachael Millhouse, Director of Human Resources.

Assisted by Susan Kane and Helen Selvidge, the HR leadership team identify our strategic goals and oversee our efforts to meet them.

The HR Director's Office provides administrative support to the team.

Support for people managers from our HR Advisers and Officers.

The HR Operations team support staff and managers with issues such as:

• departmental restructuring
• people management issues such as disciplinary, managing ill health, capability and grievance redundancy situations
• overseas working and hybrid working queries
• matters relating to employment law.

Every department has the support of a team of HR practitioners.

• Find your named HR Adviser/Officer on the Google Doc linked: see who your HR Adviser/Officer is.
• You can email your HR Adviser/Officer colleague at hr-operations@york.ac.uk.

Our casework service agreement outlines the roles and responsibilities of line managers and HR colleagues when working together to address issues under HR procedures.

Everyday enquiries, recruitment and HR administration.

HR Services are your first port of call for any general HR issues, including:

• recruitment
• annual leave
• HR policies and procedures
• employee benefits (Rewards Extra)

Supporting and preventing ill-health.

Occupational Health work to:

• minimise the risk of ill-health as a result of work
• find ways to allow people to work despite health problems or disability
• to promote a healthy and productive workforce

For more information, see the occupational health pages.

Pensions information and administration.

The Pensions Team administer the University of York Pension Fund and the membership of staff in the USS, NHS Pensions and The People's Pension.

Award-winning skills, organisation and leadership development.

Our vision

To be a catalyst for positive change, enabling the University to realise its strategic ambitions. Through our interactions we will support:

• staff and students to achieve their full potential and take ownership of their own learning
• teams to excel and continuously improve
• leaders to empower staff through a dynamic and inclusive approach.

What we offer

People and Organisational Development offer development and learning opportunities for everyone at the University of York, from individual staff, teams, departments to students through our diverse range of programmes.

Staff development:

• Courses and events
• Statutory and compliance training
• Learning resources
• Apprenticeships for existing staff

Organisational development:

• Leadership programmes
• Coaching and mentoring
• Bespoke team development
• Project and change management
• Talent and succession planning
• Diagnostics

Principles of working

When you work with People and Organisational Development, be it through any of our open programmes, leadership programmes, bespoke work or one-to-one interventions, you can expect a service that follows these principles of working:

• We will be outcome focused and evidence driven to ensure the interventions we offer are aligned to the institutional strategic ambitions and departmental priorities.
• We will co-create in collaboration and partnership to ensure we are culturally sensitive.
• We will deliver our services in a flexible and inclusive way which is digitally enabled where appropriate.
• We will adopt a facilitative approach to maximise learning and enhance best practice.
• We will evaluate the impact of our provision against the agreed outcomes.

Overseeing HR's strategic projects.

The Programmes Office support the planning and implementation of HR strategic projects. The team also lead on HR communications.

Support and advice on remuneration, recognition and employee benefits.

The Reward Team work on pay and benefits policy and administration. Contact them with enquiries about employee benefits.

The Safety, Health, and Wellbeing at Work Office provides an impartial and independent institutional-wide advisory and assurance service on all aspects of workplace health and safety within the University.

Learn more about the team:

• Safety, Health, and Wellbeing at Work Office