Gender Equality Scheme - Swansea University

monitor EP throughout Swansea University, and show if the pay gaps are
closing/increasing.
• Selection process for senior management posts to be reviewed, to include criteria
for selection and job descriptions. An open, transparent and more valid process
should be introduced that clearly demonstrates that the best person is appointed to the
role. This would be a step towards a greater aim of having a senior management group
that is more balanced and better reflects our employee base.
• Review of amounts paid as additional payments for senior management posts.
Following the review, the payments can be demonstrated to reflect the responsibilities
and duties of the roles.
• Review of Red-circled salaries to be carried out in line with advice from the EOC.
HERA
The equal pay review was carried out in readiness and preparation for HERA. HERA is a job
evaluation scheme designed to analyse all roles found in Higher Education. Standing for Higher
Education Role Analysis, it is a competencies based, computerised role analysis system which
can be applied to all roles in Higher Education, and which can assess their relative value in a
consistent and equitable manner.
HERA analyses roles using a questionnaire which contains 14 elements and 50 questions.
These were identified during field research involving staff from all types of universities and
colleges of Higher Education and were extensively tested to ensure they adequately capture all
roles and reflect the values of British Higher Education.
HERA produces a total points’ score which is used to assess the relative value of the roles in a
consistent and equitable manner. This score can be used to assign roles to appropriate grades
or bands in a salary structure.
Single Pay Spine
For some years UCEA (Universities Colleges Employers Association) has been committed to
pay modernisation for all of its members, which is most of the British Higher Education
Institutions. As a result of this UCEA in partnership with the Trade Unions have developed the
Pay Modernisation Framework Agreement
A key part of the agreement is the Single Pay Spine:
The introduction of a 51 Point Pay Scale will result in staff, whose salaries are nationally
negotiated, being transferred from their current salary scales to the new single pay spine. The
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