New College Durham offer a wide range of benefits to enhance your professional development, take care of your health and well-being and help you maintain a healthy work-life balance.
On top of this, our flexible benefits scheme lets you choose from a comprehensive selection of benefits and rewards to meet your individual needs.
Our family friendly policies include:
Adoption Policy & Procedure
Flexible Working Policy
Hybrid Working Policy (subject to role suitability)
Maternity Policy
Remote Working Policy (4 weeks maximum (pro rata'd) at any one time and subject to role suitability)
Shared Parental Leave Policy & Procedure
Special Leave Policy - Paternity Leave & Parental Activities
At New College Durham, all staff members are entitled to a generous annual leave package, which varies depending on your role and length of service. In addition to this, staff receive eight bank holidays or public holidays and are granted additional leave for the college’s operational closure during the Christmas period.
Teaching Staff | 44 days |
Support Staff | 27/29/32 days (based on length of service) |
Management | 35 days |
We are also proud to offer an excellent flexible benefits scheme, designed to support a healthy work-life balance. As part of our flexible benefits staff can purchase up to three additional weeks of annual leave through a salary sacrifice, providing even more flexibility for personal time off.
In addition to our flexible benefits, we have several policies in place to help employees have a healthy work-life balance this includes, our flexible working, hybrid working, special leave and maternity/adoption policies which are designed to meet your individual needs.