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  1. Meet the Team

    Meet the People and Organisational Development Team

  2. Advertising

    The aim of advertising is to generate interest from potential applicants by attracting a sufficient number of applicants who possess the necessary skills, experience and qualifications to do the role effectively.

  3. Interviews

    The main goal of the interview is to establish information on the candidate’s capability to successfully perform the duties of the role and ensure the best person is hired.

  4. Shortlisting

    Shortlisting is the process of identifying candidates from the applicant pool who best meet the essential (and sometimes desirable) criteria set in the Person Specification for the vacancy they are recruiting to.

  5. HERA

    HERA is an analytical job evaluation scheme which has been specifically designed to support the analysis of the roles found in Higher Education.

  6. Generic job descriptions

    A number of generic job descriptions have been developed to assist departments in writing job descriptions for frequently occurring roles and to enable swifter grading turnaround times for these posts.

  7. Your LJMU, Your Voice staff survey

    LJMU carried out an exercise in the spring of 2023 to learn more about the experiences of staff working for the university. Your LJMU, Your Voice was a survey of all staff to find out how factors like our culture and values help them to do their job and feel part of the LJMU community.

  8. LJMU Health and Wellbeing Champions - staff wellbeing hub

    After pledging our support and involvement in the Liverpool Active Workplaces Programme and a call for volunteers, 12 Health and Wellbeing Champions were appointed and received experienced specialist training to fulfil their role. See who the champions are and how you can get in contact with them.