Employee Benefits - St Mary's University College

We offer an excellent benefits package which contains many features that are hard to find within the private sector:

Competitive salaries;
Participation within a defined salary pension scheme: support staff can apply to the Local Government Pension Scheme (NI), a defined benefit and contributory pension scheme with an employer’s contribution rate currently 19%. Academic staff can apply to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (NI) with an employer’s contribution rate currently 25.1%;
Generous leave allowances: staff in grades 1-8 are entitled to 25 days leave per year and staff in grades 9-11 (including teaching staff) are entitled to 35 days holiday per year;
Up to 18 public and discretionary holidays per year;
A full time working week of 35 hours per week for staff with defined working hours;
Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme;
The College is located on the Falls Road and accessible by bus, including the Glider service;
On-campus car parking;
Enhanced paid maternity leave, parental leave, paternity leave, and sickness benefit, subject to qualifying periods of service;
Access to training and development opportunities to support career development;
On-campus gym;
Flexible working right to request scheme and career break scheme;
Access to Inspire wellbeing services;
Membership to our newly refurbished library and academics can access Queen’s University McClay Library.