Workplace benefits

An attractive range of competitive benefits is available to all staff for both work and personal life. For a comprehensive list, please visit Staff Benefits.

Visit the Staff Gateway page Living in Oxford for an extensive list of what’s on and available to University staff.

Visit the University page New to Oxford for a wide range of information to help you navigate your way in your role at Oxford.

The holiday entitlement is based on 38 days inclusive of eight public holidays for full-time members of staff. Please note that holiday entitlement will be pro-rata for part-time staff. 

The leave year runs from 1 October - 30 September, and a maximum of five days of any balance of the annual entitlement may be carried forward from one year to the next at your manager’s discretion.

Staff with five or more years of continuous service with the University are entitled to long service leave.

The HR team hold a centralised annual leave record, therefore please do email the team on recruitment@nds.ox.ac.uk once your annual leave has been approved by your line manager to enable this to be recorded on your leave record, please use the annual leave request form. 

Please contact HR if you have queries about your specific entitlement.

The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) actively promotes the provision of a family friendly working environment. The University of Oxford recognises the importance of work-life balance and offers a range of family friendly policies and practices:

Scheduling inclusive meetings within our core hours of 10:00-15:00

Family leave (including policies for maternity, paternity, shared parental, carers and adoption leave)

Flexible / part-time working and New Ways of Working (hybrid working)

The University’s Childcare Services provides comprehensive information and support to staff. They also work closely with various professional bodies to continue to enhance their provision. The following pages may be of interest to you:

Nursery information (nursery providers, waiting lists, FAQ and application processes)
Tax-free Childcare Scheme
Emergency Childcare Assistance
The Work + Family Space (support on family related issues)

The NDS Staff Training Fund (SSO required) was set up to support a greater level of external training for NDS staff to equip them with skills they might not otherwise have access to. The fund ensures our department has the best trained staff, allowing us to deliver the best academic, research and support activities. This involves the department paying for up to £1,000 towards the cost of training, although there may be cases where the department will pay the total cost of training.

Please click on the link below for the application form. Please note that you will need to upload a completed line manager statement of support within the application form. Applications are accepted through the year. For more information about the Training Fund, please see the Training Fund Guidance document.

The Reward and Recognition Scheme allows the University to recognise staff contributions to the work of NDS and the wider University, and to reward exceptional individual contributions. The Scheme has two elements:

AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE SCHEME

The purpose of the Awards for Excellence Scheme is to recognise staff contributions to the work of the University and to reward exceptional individual contributions. All eligible staff should be reviewed annually in the gathered field exercise, through which recurrent or non-pensionable non recurrent increments can be awarded for individuals between the grades 1-10.

RECOGNITION SCHEME

The Recognition Scheme will allow more timely, much smaller, awards (£200 before tax in all cases) can be made at departmental level to recognise 'one-off', outstanding contributions at any time of the year.

The University operates three generous pension schemes, your eligibility for the schemes will be determined by your job role and contract type.

For more information about your own situation and entitlement please visit the pensions pages.

All staff are eligible to apply for a TOTUM Discount card (formerly NUS student card), and are also entitled to 10% off at the University Press Bookshop, 10% off at the University of Oxford Shop and 10% discount at the Ashmolean and the Bodleian. You can also get free or cheap computing software through the University.

Every year, NDS recognises the individuals and teams, who continuously have proven themselves to be team players, role models and deliver excellence, through our NDS Staff Awards.

The winners are decided by the Staffing Committee and are announced during the annual NDS Away Day.

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