Chair of Panel:
Position title:
DBS Required? / Yes / No
School/Department: / Building:
Is this a new or existing post? If existing, please state who the role is replacing: / New / Existing
Replacement for:
Establishment Post Number:
(if available)
Recruitment process undertaken: Internal☐ or External☐
Rationale for direct hire (tick all that apply):
An identifiable pool of talent/individual with the necessary skills and
  1. ☐The role is of a specialised nature requiring specialist skills/technical knowledge that could not reasonably be expected to be found across the University’s wider workforceand/or
  1. ☐The role is of strategic importance/critical to the timely advance of the Institutional and related school plan;and/or
  1. ☐The role requires operational continuity and cannot sustain a gap in continuity without significant operational detriment;and/or
  2. ☐In the absence of a swift appointment there will be a detrimental impact on the delivery of service or business that could not be recovered in the short medium term.
OR -
  1. ☐Specialist skills required and role not able to be filled by any current staff at the University(for external recruitment only)

Contract Details - The information you provide will be used to form the basis of the employment contract.
Name of successful candidate
Salary to be offered:
For new recruits to the University, the bottom spine point of the grade should be offered. For existing staff moving to a new post within the University, their current spine point should be offered or, if moving to a higher grade, the bottom point of the new grade.
Offers outside of these guidelines should be discussed with your appropriate Resourcing Adviser prior to the verbal offer being made.
Please note that as soon as a verbal offer is accepted, it becomes a legally binding contract. / Grade:
Point:
£
Justification (if outside guidelines):
Cost Code (MUST BE COMPLETED)
Type of Contract:please provide justification/reason for fixed term (e.g. funding/maternity cover): / Fixed-term/Secondment
Start date:
Please note:For new appointments starting in the current month, all offer paperwork (including original eligibility) must be with Resourcing by the 5th of the month, and the contract signed and returned by the candidate by the 10th of the month, in order to meet payroll deadlines. All appointees whose paperwork or signed contracts are received after these dates will be paid the following month and candidates must be made aware of this.
End date:
FTE:
Working Hours: / No prescribed hours☐
Standard - 35per week☐
Other – please specify below☐
Working Weeks: / Full year☐
Set weeks - please specify below☐
Working Pattern: / No prescribed hours☐
Monday to Friday 9-5 with an hour for lunch☐
Other – please specify below☐
Line Manager:
Right to Work checks taken by an approved signatory and verified at interview stage? / Yes☐- name of individual who checked eligibility documents: ______
No☐
Are there any considerations that HR should be aware of?
Chair’s signature:
Name of individual completing form:
Date form completed:
Please complete and return this form along with the following documents to your Resourcing Adviser:
  • Authorisation of appointment given by Dean/Head of School or Department/ Senior Manager(this can be an email)
  • Copy of financial authorisation email from FPA Office
  • Panel Commentary Form/s
  • Copy of the Job Description
  • Application from the successful candidate (CV, cover letter & expression of Interest)
  • Hazard Identification Form
  • Right to Work checks taken by an approved signatory(if external)
Once all forms have been received, all paperwork will be passed to HR Ops Team for processing a formal offer.
HR USE ONLY
Date received: / Date offer pack to ops: / RA:
HR Systems
Post number on Staff Connect: / Date sent to Ops: / Systems team member:

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