Human Resources Relaunch Message from Carol Burns, Registrar and Secretary Message from Natasha Hussain, Acting HR Director

About Human Resources
Contacts for information

 

About Human Resources

Human Resources is responsible for the development of the university’s HR policies, strategies and procedures on all aspects of people management, including staff planning, recruitment and selection, pay and conditions of service, management development, employment relations and works with the university’s Equality and Diversity team to ensure equality of opportunity for all staff. Human Resources aims to provide a well integrated, professional and cost-effective service to the university.

The department’s achievements over the past few years include major strategic developments such as senior leadership and management development programmes, support for occupational health, enhanced staff welfare and counselling services, implementation of modernised pay and grading structures affecting all staff underpinned by job evaluation, and a staff survey that showed that the overwhelming majority of staff felt that the university was an excellent place to work.

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Departmental Management Team

The HR Director advises the Senior Management Team, is a member of the university’s management group and attends a number of university committees, including the Research Strategy Committee, Learning and Teaching Committee, Business and Community Committee, Safety Committee, Promotion and Regrading Panels and the formal trade union Common Interest Groups and the Joint Negotiating Committee. The HR Director is a member of the Board of Governors’ Nominations Committee and presents reports to the Board’s Finance and Employment Committee.

The Director manages the overall strategy and work of the department and is supported by senior managers who have specific responsibilities for divisions of the department and specific aspects of work. The Departmental Management Team meets monthly and manages the work programmes of the department, ensuring collaboration on projects which cut across team/division boundaries, and is responsible for developing ideas and formulating plans for future HR/staffing strategies.

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HR Advice and Organisational Development

The Deputy HR Director of is responsible for this service, and this is a new team which is critical to the organisational development of the university and will be a key partner in the delivery of the university’s strategic people management objectives.

The HR Manager (Advice and Organisational Development) role manages the Department’s operational interface with the university through the provision of a high standard of guidance and support in developing and progressing people management solutions. The manager  leads a team of professionally qualified HR Advisers who provide a solution-based advisory service to university managers in faculties, schools and departments, in organisational development, non-standard case management, and undertake policy development, as well as coaching and training managers on HR procedures, re-organisations, etc.

The Advisers operate a service based on the concepts of business partnering and understanding of the organisational and people requirements, which will enable customer focused and professional relationships to be established with faculties, schools and departments. The expectation is that the Advisers will deliver commercially orientated and responsive solutions to managers to facilitate the delivery of their corporate objectives.

The Manager is also supported by a Staff Development Adviser and a Staff Development Administrator who are responsible for the co-ordination of a suite of management development and training programmes as well as staff induction.

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Employment Relations and Framework

The HR Manager (Employment Relations and Framework) works closely with the Director and senior managers of the university to manage the university’s negotiating and consultation framework with its trade union representatives, which currently consists of two common interest groups (one for lecturers, and one for support staff groups) reporting to a Joint Negotiating Committee chaired by the Vice-Chancellor. All major contractual changes are negotiated through this framework. Formal meetings are supplemented by frequent informal communications. Pay negotiations are undertaken nationally under the auspices of the Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff (JNCHES) and through the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association (UCEA).

The HR Manager is responsible for developing the university’s reward policy, including pay, pensions and other terms and conditions of service, future employment policies and approaches to terms and conditions of service, monitoring developments in employment legislation and ensuring that departmental policy and practice is updated accordingly. The Manager is supported by an HR Adviser.

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HR Administration

This area is led by the HR Manager (Transactions) and the administration services are delivered by two transactional teams. The teams undertake recruitment and HR administration, and provide advice on contractual matters to a group of faculties, schools and departments. The types of activity undertaken by the teams include organising advertisements and recruitment processes, issuing contracts, advising on terms and conditions of employment, dealing with payroll related issues, sickness, maternity and other leave of absence and processing resignations and retirements.

The service is predominantly customer focused and is informed by the needs of the business and the teams have a clear understanding of business and client needs and undertake the delivery of an efficient and professional transactional service to the university.

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Information and Communication

The HR Manager (Information and Communications) acts as systems manager for the integrated HR/payroll system, and is responsible for the production of reports and information, e.g. the annual HESA return, staff details, vacancies etc. This role is responsible for maintaining an overview of strategic information, communication and data needs across the department and the university, including the development of the staff intranet and the HR Department web site, Data Protection and FOI issues. The manager is also responsible for a number of HR Information initiatives and strategic university wide projects and is supported, in these areas of work, by an HR Information and Systems Adviser.

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Departmental Administration

The Departmental Administrator provides a reception and general enquiry service for the department. Other responsibilities include organising and maintaining the department's records, including financial records and administrative systems, and assisting the HR Director with the preparation and distribution of correspondence and other documentation.

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Contact Human Resources

Human Resources
Room 229, Mithras House,
Lewes Road,
Brighton,
East Sussex  BN2 4AT

Tel:  +44/0 1273 642837
Fax:  +44/0 1273 642848

24 hour recruitment answerphone: 01273 642849

Email:  humanresources@brighton.ac.uk

 

HR administration

For recruitment and selection and issues related to terms and conditions of employment, absence and leaving employment

Staff development

For staff development programmes and workshops, induction, course fee waivers and staff development review (SDR)

Department management

HR advice and organisational development

Human Resources administration

HR Assistants
Main contact for recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment, sickness and other absence for faculties and departments as allocated below.

Find your faculty or department in a box below for the person to contact.

Health & Safety
Human Resources
Information Services
Internal Audit
Occupational Health
Science and Engineering
UNISON
Vice Chancellor’s Office

Becca Eaton
r.j.eaton@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2846

EASE
Education & Sport
Estate & Facilities Management
Student Services

Karen Walsh
k.walsh2@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2942

Arts
Strategic Planning Office
University of Brighton at Hastings

Georgia Grayling
g.grayling@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2236

Brighton Business School
Cultural Informatics Research Group
Registry
Residential and Catering Services
Sport & Recreation Service

Jinanne Karkar
j.karkar@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2195

Development & Alumni
Finance
Health & Social Science
Marketing & Communications

Vicky Birks/Rachel Grant
(job share)
v.birks@brighton.ac.uk
rs201@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2842

HR Administrative Assistants
Recruitment and employment administration, maintenance of database and filing systems, general enquiries.

Leanne Allen
(Mon & Wed all day, Tue, Th, Fri 9.30am to 2.50pm)
la55@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 4135

Also IT systems and website administrator
Annette Goodman
(Mon to Thurs)
a.k.goodman@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2840

HR Team Managers

Debbie Sherman
d.a.sherman@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2897

Karen Scannell
k.scannell@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2841

HR Advice and Organisational Development

HR Advisers
Professional advice for managers on employment legislation and handling casework such as performance, grievance and sickness.

Faculty of Science and Engineering
University of Brighton Hastings
Vice-Chancellor's Office
Health and Safety
Internal Audit
Strategic Planning Office
Occupational Health

Louise Carr
l.e.carr@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2253

Faculty of Health and Social Science
Estate and Facilities Management

Rachel Housego
r.housego@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2843

Staff Development Adviser
Delivers, co-ordinates and advises on development programmes and events; central induction programme; and scheme for staff studying for qualifications

Brenda Aherne
b.aherne@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2898

Staff Development Administrator

James McElvaney
(Wednesday/Thursday/Friday)
jjm15@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 4113

Department management

Departmental Administrator
Department's records and administrative systems, general enquiries about the department

Jan Berry
(Tuesday to Friday)
j.b.berry@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2833

Deputy HR Director
Policy and strategy, staff planning, and organisational change. Training and advice on formal HR policies and procedures including grievance, performance, sickness, discrimination.

Natasha Hussain
n.hussain@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2836

HR Manager
(Employment Relations and Framework)
Manages the negotiating and consultation framework with the trade unions and develops policy and strategy for conditions of service including pay and reward

Nicky Hughes
n.j.hughes@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2834

HR Manager
(Information and Communications)
Responsible for communication, HR systems and production of management information.

Hazel Swift
(Tuesday to Thursday)
h.swift@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 4150

HR Manager
(Transactions)
Manages transactional, operations and recruitment processes.

Andy James
a.james2@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 2838

 

 

HR Information and Systems Adviser
Working with the HR Manager (Information and Communications) to produce management information for managers and external bodies also providing system administration.

Clare Davis
(Tuesday to Thursday)
c.davis3@brighton.ac.uk
Ext 1970

 

 

Acting HR Director

n.hussain@brighton.ac.uk

 

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