People and Culture
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What we do
We work to ensure staff are both committed to and equipped for achieving UEL's strategic objectives. We also play a key role in supporting positive cultural change.
We offer comprehensive support in the following areas:
- HR Operations and Policies
- Payroll
- HR Systems and Reward
- Learning & Development
- Organisational Effectiveness
- Equality & Diversity
Key Policies and Documents
- Recruitment and selection policy (PDF)
- Shared Parental leave procedure
- Maternity Leave procedure
- Adoption Leave procedure
- Paternity/Partner Leave procedure
- Carers' Leave procedure
- Personal Relationships policy
- Disciplinary policy (PDF)
- Grievance policy (PDF)
- Flexible working procedure
- Sickness absence policy (PDF)
- Trade Union Facility Time (PDF)
Equality and Diversity
Equality, diversity and inclusion are in our DNA. We continue to demonstrate our commitment to equality and inclusion by recruiting and supporting a diverse staff and student body, where everyone has the same opportunity to achieve their full potential and can contribute to making UEL the best it can be.
HR Operations and Policies
With a named HR Business Partner and HR Advisor allocated to each School and Service we provide dedicated support in the following areas:
- Employment advice
- Recruitment support
- Employment policies
- Organisational change
- Employee relations
HR Systems and Rewards
We provide systems support to, not just the HR team, but to all employees within UEL through our Employee Self Service and People Manager portals. In addition we support managers with key management information and details around HERA.
Learning and Development
UEL’s continuing success as a thriving modern university depends on recruiting, engaging and developing staff who have the skills, knowledge and experience to deliver our strategic plan and ensure both academic and service excellence.
The Staff Learning and Development policy builds on our achievement of Investors in People (IIP). The key principles of the policy are that it should develop staff, enhance communications and relationships, build UEL as an organisation and create supporting systems and processes.
Organisational effectiveness
We are responsible for a wide range of projects that relate to the continuous development of how we manage, develop and engage our staff. We also provide general HR support to each School and Service through consultancy and provision of bespoke solutions to staff issues at all levels.
Other areas of particular responsibility include: developing HR Strategy; facilitating staff engagement using annual Staff Surveys; promoting effective standards of management; taking the lead with our Performance and Development Review Scheme (PDR); and supporting Staff Induction and our Learning and Development team.
Payroll
We provide a payroll service which focuses on our customers and their needs, paying accurately and on time, within statutory and contractual regulations.
All employees have access to their payslips electronically and can make changes to their personal details using UEL's Self-Service application.
Terms and Conditions
Academic staff terms and conditions
Research staff terms and conditions
Contacting the HR teams
Management Office
- Director of People & Culture - Joseph Cooper - Email: dpc.mailbox@uel.ac.uk
- Executive Officer - Yasmin Miah - Email: Y.Miah@uel.ac.uk
- Head of Business Support and Special Projects – Chris Wood – Email: c.wood3@uel.ac.uk
- Employee Engagement & Communication Lead – Lewis Broughton – Email: l.broughton@uel.ac.uk
Talent Acquisition
- Associate Director Talent Acquisition – Robert Farace – Email: r.farace@uel.ac.uk
- Talent Acquisition Partner - Nikita Patel – Email: n.patel5@uel.ac.uk
- Talent Acquisition Specialist - Ronke Onalaja – Email: r.onalaja@uel.ac.uk
- Talent Acquisition Specialist - Monica Omoti – Email: m.omoti@uel.ac.uk
- Apprenticeships Partner - Alison Mulholland – Email: a.mulholland@uel.ac.uk
- Talent Acquisition Administrator - Kezia Amartey – Email: k.amartey@uel.ac.uk
- Talent Acquisition Administrator - Connie Hamilton-Hall – Email: c.hamilton-hall@uel.ac.uk
Learning and Development
- Associate Director Learning & Development - Laura Frey – Email: l.frey@uel.ac.uk
- Learning And Development Partner – Sanjeda Ali – Email: s.ali10@uel.ac.uk
- Learning & Development Operations Team Leader – Nina Harding – Email: n.harding@uel.ac.uk
- Digital Learning Specialist – David Thomas – Email: d.thomas2@uel.ac.uk
- Learning and Development Administrator - Sidorela Qato – Email: s.qato@uel.ac.uk
- Employee Experience Administrator – Manny Ngo – Email: m.ngo@uel.ac.uk
Operations, Systems and Services
- Associate Director Operations, Systems and Services - Catherine Atkinson – Email: c.atkinson@uel.ac.uk
Operations: Payroll and Pensions
- Payroll and Pensions Lead - Florence Alozie – Email: f.alozie@uel.ac.uk
- Payroll and Pensions Specialist – Paul Kinsman – Email: p.r.kinsman@uel.ac.uk
- Payroll and Pensions Administrator – Christine Deasy – Email: c.deasy@uel.ac.uk
- Payroll and Pensions Administrator – Janice Morten – Email: j.morten@uel.ac.uk
- Payroll Apprentice – Jane Lambert – Email: j.lambert@uel.ac.uk
Operations: Reward & Benefits
- Reward And Progression Specialist – Christopher Mullin – Email: c.mullin@uel.ac.uk
Systems
- Systems and Insights Lead – Julia Willis – Email: j.willis@uel.ac.uk
- People Systems Specialist (Analyst) – Katherine Lee – Email: k.lee1@uel.ac.uk
- People Systems and Insight Specialist – Sehran Aziz – Email: s.aziz@uel.ac.uk
- Insight Data and Reporting Analyst – Adam Gregory – Email: a.gregory1@uel.ac.uk
Services
- People Operations Team Leader - Angela Naidoo – Email: a.naidoo@uel.ac.uk
- People Operations Administrator - Caroline Wanjiru – Email: c.wanjiru@uel.ac.uk
- People Operations Administrator - Sandra Pierre – Email: s.r.pierre@uel.ac.uk
Employee Relations and Policy
Associate Director Employee Relations and Policy – Kemi Downer – Email: k.downer@uel.ac.uk
Policy
- Head of Strategic Policy Development – Lesley Haddow – Email: l.haddow2@uel.ac.uk
Employee Relations
Employee Relations Casework Lead – Andrea Diable – Email: a.diable@uel.ac.uk- Senior Employee Relations Advisor – Alicia Francis – Email: a.e.francis@uel.ac.uk
- Employee Relations Advisor – Mica Jones – Email: m.jones4@uel.ac.uk
- Employee Relations Advisor – Meera Visaken – Email: m.visakan@uel.ac.uk
- Employee Relations Advisor – Marlene McLeod – Email: m.mcleod@uel.ac.uk
Business Partnering
- People And Culture Business Partner – Chantal Benjamin – Email: c.benjamin@uel.ac.uk
- People And Culture Business Partner – Safiya Mukhtar – Email: s.mukhtar@uel.ac.uk
