New Starters

Where will I be working? 

Currently we have staff working in different locations; 

LUU Building 

There are some roles in LUU which are very operational, they tend to be the roles in our commercial areas and to do their work our staff need to be in the building. So if you are taking on one of our Bars and Venues roles, Facilities roles or Help and Support roles then the chances are you will be working in the LUU building all the time. 

LUU building and Remote Working 

We have some staff who are splitting their work week between being in the LUU building and being at home. Our senior managers are working in the building on rotation so there is always a senior manager present in the building ever day. Teams who are running a physical and digital service to students such as our Joblink and Advice team will also be working on a rota of some days in the building and some days remote working. This allows us to provide a physical service in the building but also keep staffing to a minimum. 

Remote workers 

We have several teams who are all working remotely currently to help to reduce the number of staff in the building, these are the teams who can operate their service digitally to our staff teams and members. It is expected at some point that these staff will return to work in the LUU building, as remote working was introduced in LUU during the Covid-19 outbreak. 

Glossary of LUU Terms

Ask Anything - We encourage all our staff to ask us anything they like they can do this through our online form or in the Virtual huddle each week. 

Celebrate Week - A week in May when we celebrate the achievements of our volunteers and societies.

Exec Officers - These are the 7 elected staff officers who fill the roles of Union affairs officer, Education Officer, Activities officer, Welfare officer, International officer, Community officer and the Equality and Diversity Officer 

Hero of the week - Our weekly shout out and celebration of our colleagues who deserve a bit of gratitude. Anyone can nominate anyone in our huddle or our online form. 

iTrent - This is our online HR system, all staff have access to the system. 

Key dates calendar - A calendar on outlook that has all our closed days,  term dates, team meetings and events that will affect all staff. 

Lead LUU - This is the exciting election of our 7 elected  Exec officers.  We all get involved in someway or another. 

Leave Leeds Tidy -Our community team lead the charge to up cycle anything our members no longer need or want when they move out of their accommodation. This helps reduce the waste in the heavily student populated areas of Leeds and keeps us on friendly terms with the neighbours.

Love to Learn - This is where all our online learning is housed and where you can sign up to classroom sessions, all staff have personalised access to the system. 

LUU Closed days - There are a number of days in the calendar when the building is closed and no-one has to work. Yay! 

People Team - In a lot of other organisations this is called the HR team.

Shining Stars - Our bi-annual celebration of our amazing staff who have been nominated by their colleagues for living our values.  They win £100 and some serious pride and respect. 

SLT - Our Senior Leadership Team, made up of our Chief Exec, Deputy Chief Exec of Student Engagement, Deputy Chief Exec of operations, Director of People and Quality, Director of Finance and Risk and Director of Digital.

SMG - Our Senior Manager Group made up of our senior managers across the organisation.

Staff Savvy- This is our online rota system that our commercial teams use and our clocking in and out system. 

Summer Staff conference - Our one day a year when we close all of LUU and get our whole staff team together for a meeting, food and fun. 

The Huddle - Our virtual weekly Wednesday catch up with all teams in LUU to find out what's happening that week. 

Varsity - A huge event when the sports teams of Leeds take on the sports teams at Leeds Beckett. 

Frequently Asked Questions: 

What should I wear?

Our front facing staff at LUU are allocated with a uniform and any staff working in our catering outlets are given suitable safe and hygienic clothing to keep themselves and our customers safe. For our office based staff LUU has a smart casual dress code, the best way we can describe it is that we dress for our diaries. If we have interviews or important meetings we dress quite smartly but if we have a day at our desk without any meetings then we might be more casual.

Who can I talk to about any Pay/Tax questions? 

If you have any concerns or questions about your pay then contact Hannah Jones the superhero who ensures we are all paid on time! For any tax enquiries we usually recommend that you talk directly to the tax office as we just do what we are told by them! But you can always check in with Hannah if you're not sure luupayroll@leeds.ac.uk 

What are you doing to ensure a Covid Secure work place?

We have a whole Intranet page dedicated to ensuring our people know everything we are doing to remain Covid Secure. We have very strict policies and procedures in place to ensure that our staff and members of the public using the building are kept safe. If your role requires you to work from the building you will complete a training module on Love to Learn before you arrive which gives you all the details you need about staying safe int he building. You will also receive local knowledge and training  for your area of work and role. Generally though we are asking staff who can work remotely to do so currently whilst we have a reduced capacity in the building.