Salary, pension and holidays

Goldsmiths is aligned with other similar institutions in the how salary, pensions and holidays work.

Salary

Goldsmiths offers an incremental salary scheme with annual cost of living increase reviews. We use a job evaluation scheme to ensure equal pay for work of equal value across all staff.

We review and publish our gender pay gap annually.

Payday falls on the 24^th of each month, but if the 24^th falls on a day when the university is closed or it's a bank holiday weekend, it'll be the last working day before that.

If you are paid via submission of pay claims, hours can only be included on the payment claim up to the payroll deadline. Therefore, you will need to submit any hours worked after the deadline on a new payment claim for the following month's payroll. 

For more information contact HR.

Pension

When you start at Goldsmiths, you'll be automatically enrolled into a qualifying pension scheme – either the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) or the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA), depending on your grade.

Grades 1-5: London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA)

Grades 6 and above: Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)

Annual Leave

Goldsmiths offers a generous annual leave entitlement on top of College closure dates (public holidays in England and two extra days at Easter, four at Christmas).

Grade	Length of Service	Number of Days
1-5	Less than five years	22
	Five years or more	27
6 and above	On appointment	28