Support
Staff Pay Policy
INTRODUCTION
It is
the responsibility of the Board of Governors to establish and review
periodically a whole school pay policy, which includes non-teaching staff,
observing all statutory and contractual obligations. This policy covers all
staff employed by the board of governors and paid for from the delegated budget.
Centrally
funded staff must raise staffing issues related to pay with SEELB. The principal
will assist the staff in these deliberations.
It is
the aim of the Board of Governors to maintain and improve the quality of
education within the school by introducing a pay policy which supports the
school’s development and contributes to the morale of all staff.
The
Board of Governors seeks to ensure that all staff (teaching and ancillary) are
valued and receive proper recognition for their work and their contribution to
the school.
2. PROCEDURES
The
pay policy will be administered by a sub committee of the Board of Governors,
called the Pay Policy Sub Committee.
The
sub committee, consisting of three voting members of the Board of Governors will
determine the points score of each person employed at the school.
It
would be inappropriate for the teacher representative on the Board of Governors
to be a member of the Pay Policy Sub Committee. Neither should the Principal be
a member of the sub committee but the sub committee will want to invite the
Principal to attend for the sole purpose of giving information and providing
comment on the duties performed by individual members of staff.
In
deciding on each person’s salary, the sub committee must:
·
observe
all statutory and contractual obligations;
·
apply
the criteria of the pay policy in determining the salary of each member of staff
·
minute
the reasons for all decisions
If
dissatisfied by the statement, an employee may appeal to an Appeals Sub
Committee of the Board of Governors, consisting of three voting members of the
Board of Governors who are not members of the Pay Policy Sub Committee. Neither
the Principal or the teacher representative should be members of the Appeals Sub
Committee.
NOTE:
It may be that an independent appeal procedure beyond the Governor’s own
appeal procedure will be agreed between employers and teacher unions.
Any
member of staff may ask for a salary review at any time but only in exceptional
circumstances will a review take place at a time other than at the annual
review.
CONSULTATION & REVIEW
The
Pay Policy Sub Committee will review the whole school pay policy annually and
will consult the staff as part of that review through the usual school
structures for staff involvement in the decision making process. It will then
make recommendations to the Board of Governors which will take decisions. All
members of staff and each Governor will be given a copy of the current whole
school pay policy.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
The
Board of Governors will provide equal opportunities for all staff and will
comply with legislation on equal opportunities. It will seek to avoid
discrimination on the grounds of gender, marital status, sexuality, race,
colour, creed, nationality or disability.
CRITERIA
On the
recommendations of the pay policy sub committee, the Board of Governors will
decide criteria for awarding salary based on those agreed by SEELB and relevant
unions. Re-grading will be carried out as part of the centrally agreed process
and will not be part of the remit of the board of governors.
APPOINTMENTS
The
Board of Governors will advertise all permanent posts in the
JOB DESCRIPTIONS
Job
Descriptions will be provided for all staff, teaching and non-teaching, and they
will be consulted individually or collectively over content. Job Descriptions
will be reviewed annually. Those
classroom assistants employed by SEELB Special Needs Department will be bound by
the rules that govern centrally funded staff.
STAFFING STRUCTURE
The
Board of Governors will review and determine the staffing structure of the
school annually and in time to inform the Pay Policy Sub Committee before its
deliberations prior to the commitment of finance.