Family-friendly working
It can sometimes be a challenge to balance work and family, not only for those with children, but also for those with other caring responsibilities.
CHE is committed to providing a family-friendly work environment that is supportive and inclusive, considers caring responsibilities and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
We encourage the use of flexible working arrangements, including:
- Part-time working / change of hours
- Job share and job splitting
- Semester-time only working
- Unpaid leave
- Career breaks
- Flexitime
- Flexible retirement
To support family-friendly working practices, wherever possible meetings should be arranged to take place during CHE’s core hours of 10am to 4pm. We also support a variety of working arrangements for staff, as demonstrated in our case studies below.
University Policies
The University runs salary exchange schemes which offer employees a more flexible way to meet costs of childcare.
- Maternity/Paternity leave policy
- Family support leave policy (including shared parental leave, unpaid parental leave and adoption leave policies)
- Flexible working policy and Flexible work request form
- Student pregnancy, maternity, paternity and adoption policy