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At Glasgow Kelvin College we are committed to providing excellence in learning, supporting progression opportunities for our students and developing an enterprising spirit within our College. Here we offer a supportive and inspiring culture to allow our students to thrive and fulfill their ambitions.

We welcome applications from all candidates who share these values and are committed to delivering the best College experience for our students and communities.

Staff Benefits & Well-being

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Glasgow Kelvin College proudly participates in the Disability Confident Scheme, demonstrating our commitment to fostering an open, inclusive, and enjoyable workplace for everyone.

This initiative aligns with our ongoing dedication to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts, aiming to create a diverse workforce and a welcoming environment.

We actively strive to eliminate discrimination and remove barriers for staff with disabilities or long-term health conditions, ensuring equal opportunities and fair treatment across all aspects of our policies and activities.

We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role and provide reasonable adjustments throughout the process.

Pension Scheme

The two pension schemes offered by the College are:

The Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) administered by Strathclyde Pension Scheme for support staff; and

The Scottish Teachers' Superannuation Scheme (STSS) administered by the Scottish Public Pensions Agency for teaching staff.

The College makes an employer's pension contribution which you will lose out on should you opt out of joining the relevant scheme.

Please click on the icons below for more information on the scheme(s) and details of the key benefits of membership.

The LGPS is one of the best pension schemes going. It delivers:

a pension based on your final pensionable pay;
a pension that increases each year in line with price inflation;
the flexibility to exchange some of your pension to provide a tax-free lump sum;
a permanent ill health pension paid from any age for those with two years' service who are unable to work in their present job;
lump sum death in service protection of three times your final pensionable pay; and
a pension payable to your surviving spouse, surviving registered civil partner or surviving nominated cohabiting partner on your death in service or on your death after retirement.

For more information contact the Human Resources Team or visit www.spfo.org.uk

The STSS is a defined final salary scheme and is one of the most important and valuable benefits available to teachers.

The STSS not only provides you with a lump sum choice and regular income after you retire but may also provide your family or other dependants with financial protection after you die.

Reasons for being a member of the STSS:

You get a guaranteed pension;
Your pension is index linked;
You can choose to receive a tax free lump sum by giving up some of your pension or to increase your lump sum;
Your employer contributes towards the cost of your benefits;
All periods of reckonable service before retirement are added together to work out your benefits;
If you are too ill to work, you can apply to receive your benefits early;
A lump sum benefit is payable if you die before you retire;
When you die, children's and dependants' pensions may be payable;
You are able to pay extra contributions for additional pension benefits; and
You may be able to transfer pension credits from another scheme into the STSS.

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Privacy Statement

Being transparent and providing accessible information to individuals about how personal data is used is a key element of the Data Protection Act and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In line with the legislation and associated Codes of Practice, the College, as Data Controller, is required to advise you about the use of your personal data or information, including sensitive personal information (also known as special data), which you are asked to provide.

GDPR define Personal Data as data that relates to a living individual who can be identified:

a) from those data; or

b) from those data and other information which is in the possession of, or likely to come into the possession of, the data controller,

and includes any expression of opinion about the individual, and any indication of the intentions of the data controller or any other person in respect of the individual.

We collect details such as your name, address, telephone number, date of birth, qualifications, employment history and contact details of referees. You will be asked to provide consent on your application form for us to contact the referees for whom you have provided details.

Certain data we collect are classified under the GDPR as sensitive personal data or special data. This data includes:

race or ethnic origin
religion or other beliefs of a similar nature
disability - physical or mental health or condition
sex
sexual orientation
gender identity
age
marriage and civil partnership

When used this data is anonymised and solely for reporting purposes, for further information refer to the section on ‘How we will use the information about you?’

The College will process, that means collect, store and use the information provided in a manner that is compatible with the General Data Protection Regulations.

Your information in relation to your application will be used for corresponding with you in relation to the recruitment process and for assessing your suitability for the position for which you have applied for and for employment.

The College acknowledges the right of individuals to withhold personal sensitive information and respects their right to privacy. The sensitive personal data provided by you will be used solely for monitoring purposes. We are committed to equality and diversity in employment. In order to monitor the operation of our equality policies and practices relating to recruitment and selection and in employment it is necessary for us to collect certain key information. This will be used exclusively for the purposes of monitoring and to assist us to continually improve our recruitment and selection strategy and employment policies, procedures and practices to advance equality and diversity.

The College is legally obliged to keep data secure and use them only for the purposes indicated above.

If you are successful in your application and are offered a positon with the College your personal data will be transferred electronically to the HR and Payroll System. The College will process your personal data as necessary for the performance of the contract or for the purposes of the College’s legitimate interests. As an employee you have access to this information through our self-service portal. Only authorised HR and Payroll staff have access to this system.

Your data is held on the Recruitment system for a period of 6 months after which it is removed. Your equalities data will be extracted after the closing date for the post and stored against the post title. The information is anonymised when stored and cannot be linked back to you personally. The data is solely required and used for reporting purposes. See the section on ‘how we will use the information about you’.

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). Your information is amalgamated to produce anonymous data and published in our equality reports. We are required to publish a Mainstreaming Report in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, Public Sector Equality Duty. A copy of our equality documents are available on our website.

You may request that your application, and therefore your data, is held on the Recruitment system for as long as you wish, if for example you wish to be notified of similar vacancies that may arise in which you may be interested. You may also remove your information at any time using the ‘Delete my Account’ button on the Online Recruitment System.

The information we hold about you is solely the information you have provided in your application form and you can access this through your account using you log-in-name and password.

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