1. The benefits of working at QMUL
Training and development
Family friendly
Health and wellbeing
Why is QMUL special?
Retirement
Money & travel
Work life balance

2. Health and wellbeing Employee Assistance Programme
Q-motion discounted gym/health club
Cycle to work
Wellbeing days/initiatives/workshops
Occupational health
Sickness pay
Employee Asst Programme – open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Can contact by Freephone number of . They offer face to face counselling on personal of family issues and up to 6 face to face counselling sessions.
Q-motion – on Mile End site. Great cardio/classes/table tennis/badminton/football/kickboxing - turn up and pay options as well as monthly 10% discounted options. Try for a month.
Cycle to work - pay for a bike/accessories through monthly instalments whilst saving on tax/NI. Find retailers near you by putting in your postcode on cyclescheme.co.uk website. Receive a voucher for your bike. Remember it’s a hire agreement.
Wellbeing – we have days/ initiatives/promote resilience/managing stress/smoking clinic
Occupational Health - offers advice about your health and welfare at work, such as vaccinations (including travel), your working environment or the impact of health on work or work on health. 
Sickness pay – excellent package of 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay in first 3 years, 6 months full pay/6 months half pay after that

3. Work life balance
Annual leave – 30 days pro rata; 4 closure days, 8 statutory leave days
Flexible working arrangements (local department arrangements apply)
Sabbatical leave/special leave
Time off for training
Flexible working-  There are several types of flexible working opportunities available, for example working from home, term-time working, compressed hours and annualised hours but see Manager as local arrangements apply. You do need at least 26 weeks service.
Free legal advice from LAC – contact via online webform. They offer preliminary not representation but do offer full legal advice on the query.
Sabbatical leave/special leave/time off for training – please see policies.

4. Family Friendly benefits
Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave
Shared Parental Leave
Dependants leave
Compassionate leave
Childcare vouchers
On site nursery
On site nursery there is a waiting list.

5. Money saving and travel
Season ticket loan
NUS card
Financial support (Austin Chapel)
Legal Advice Centre (QMUL Students)
Relocation expenses
Free parking
Salary exchange
(childcare vouchers/nursery, pensions, cycle to work)
Season ticket loan up to £
UCS card at £12 per year – discounts such as Coop,
This is a preliminary advice service.  This means that we do not offer representation but we do offer full legal advice on the query. It is undergraduate law students who provide advice in writing following the client appointment.  They are supervised by qualified barristers / solicitors during client appointments and before the final written advice is sent out to the client.
Relocation expenses up to £4k, but budget beware
Free parking – but spaces are limited

6. Salary exchange
Pay less national insurance so take home pay goes up, without affecting income tax
Pay reviews, bonuses, allowances and
overtime not affected
Pension builds up based on salary before any adjustment for salary exchange

7. Training and Development
CAPD offer:
E-learning
Leadership and management development
Researcher Development
Educational Development
Personal effectiveness courses
Coaching, mentoring and mediation
Leadership development/Managerial development with qualifications available
Personal effectiveness – train the trainer/coping with change/time management
E-learning tool called QMPlus
Check out their website!

8. Pensions
You will be able to join one of the below defined benefit schemes:
USS, Saul or NHS Superannuation Scheme but terms and conditions of employment determines which scheme you are entitled
All offer excellent employer contributions
Life assurance in all schemes
Retirement planning at CAPD
Defined benefit schemes, promise a specific income based on your salary an service, whereas the income you might get from a defined contribution scheme depends on factors including the amount you pay in, the fund’s investment performance and the choices you make at retirement

9. What makes QMUL special?
Comprehensive package
Reputation, Russell Group, Values
Commitment to diversity, equality and disability (Athena Swan, Women’s mentoring, B-MEntor mentoring Scheme )
Location, location, location
Running club, cycling club, free lectures, choir, faith groups
You!
Comprehensive package – defined benefits pension schemes, great annual leave; great work life balance polices and opportunities to develop at CAPD
QMUL has partnered with leading London institutions to set a mentoring scheme where senior academics from the 3 institutions mentor Black and Ethnic Minorities (BME) academic staff. The scheme is in its 2nd year and you can apply to take part or nominate colleagues.
Athena SWAN is a programme by the Equality Challenge Unit to advance women's careers and promote equality in Science, Engineering, Maths and Medicine. Queen Mary University currently holds a bronze award for its achievement. Find further information on this page.
Location At Mile end – the Curve, Ground, Drapers Bar, Muccis.-local places to eat Nandos; Golden Bird Chinese; Greedy Cow; Places to visit - Regents canal. Victoria Park. Mile End Park.
Sainsbury's, Coop, village shop.; subway. Shopping local market at Whitechapel, Sports Direct, Asda, Halfords, Currys/PC World. The Genesis Cinema near Whitechapel. Jack the Ripper tour, V & A Museum of Childhood Bethnal green; Ragged School museum. Brick Lane. See Trip advisors. Box noodle has 10% discounts for staff. SANTANDER have offers.