Rewards & Benefits

Our rewards don't just come in the form of the usual benefits - though you get plenty of those:

• Competitive salary
• Between 20 and 35 days holiday (depending on your type of role), 47 days for academic positions, plus bank holidays
• Holiday Purchase Scheme (for support staff)
• A career average pension scheme
• Life assurance for pension scheme members
• Time to Talk - a 24 hour confidential telephone helpline for counselling, information and support.
• Christmas Club savings scheme
• Flexible working
• Free membership for our onsite gyms
• Fit for Life health and wellbeing programme of events
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Salary sacrifice schemes for Go North East and Metro travel
• Botanica salon discounts
• Employee Volunteering Scheme
• Online employee discount scheme
• Reduced cost Microsoft software
• Discounted Bupa health care
• Discounted legal services
• Book, DVD and CD lending service
• Gateshead College Course Loan Scheme
• Costco wholesale membership entitlement