Welcome to Human Resources
The departmental mission of Human Resources is to support the University in the accomplishment of its strategic business objectives by providing a high quality, continuously improving and comprehensive service to clients.
The Human Resources Department have adopted the University’s dynamic working practices. Staff are present on campus, in Bryn Afon, on varying working days and also working from home. We would encourage that should you have any query or request for information that you continue to send these electronically. To assist you in directing your queries to the most appropriate team member please see the page titled ‘Staff Contacts and Office Location’.
Should colleagues wish to meet with a representative from HR in person, then this must be arranged in advance. HR staff are similarly available for meetings/discussions over TEAMS.
Thank you for your continued understanding and co-operation.
Review and update your personal equality, HESA and Welsh language ability data in iTrent
It’s been a few months since the iTrent Employee Self Service (ESS) function was launched and we’re now asking all staff to review their own equality monitoring, HESA data, and Welsh language ability data within ESS.
Equality Monitoring Information
Is the personal information we hold about you, for example your gender (sex identifier), ethnicity and whether you identify as disabled etc.
The personal information questions we ask in ESS are based on the protected characteristics within the Equality Act 2010 and we are required to ask you. It is voluntary for you to provide this information. However, doing so will enable us to better understand the composition of our workforce as part of our strategy for promoting inclusivity and increasing accessibility, and will help us assess the equality impact of policies and practices to inform the development of equality objectives and outcomes.
HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency) Data
HESA data is shared, in an anoymised format (does not contain your name or contact details but may contain your Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID.org) number if you have one), with the HE funding and regulatory body(s) who request HESA to collect it and require it to carry out their statutory and/or public functions. This data sharing is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in HESA and the funding and regulatory bodies.
Welsh Language Ability Data
Information is held in relation to your Welsh language ability (e.g. able to speak Welsh, able to speak some Welsh, not able to speak Welsh). We are keen to ensure that staff keep this information current on their record (e.g., after undertaking Welsh language training). This will ensure that the information that we hold for you reflects your own assessment of your Welsh language skills.
As well as being a statutory requirement for the University to collect data on staff’s Welsh language ability, the information also allows us to plan language support provision, Welsh medium academic provision, and bilingual service delivery across the University.
The answers you provide will be treated in the strictest confidence in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in line with our Equality Privacy Notice and . The information will only be used for internal data monitoring purposes, for example anonymous reporting within the Annual Equality Report.
These quick guides on the will tell you how to check and update your personal equality data, HESA data and Welsh Language Skills via ESS.
We ask that you review this information by the 31st of July, and thereafter we recommend you review your information at least annually as personal circumstances can change.
If you have any questions about providing your personal information or equality, diversity and inclusion matters generally please contact Nia Blackwell in HR via email: n.blackwell@bangor.ac.uk
If you have any questions in relation to HESA data please contact staffdata@bangor.ac.uk
If you have any questions in relation to information held on Welsh language ability please contact Lowri Hughes in Canolfan Bedwyr via email: l.a.hughes@bangor.ac.uk
°ÄÃÅ×î¿ì¿ª½±Ö±²¥ awarded Athena Swan Silver in recognition of gender equality work
°ÄÃÅ×î¿ì¿ª½±Ö±²¥ has been successful in achieving an Athena Swan Institution-level Silver Award. The University is only the second University in Wales to have achieved Silver, with fewer than 40 Universities UK-wide having progressed to Silver. Full details here.
HR and Payroll processing time-scales
A document has been developed which sets out and further define the monthly deadline in terms of HR and Payroll processing and the steps Academic Colleges and Schools, and Professional Services Directorates must complete to action a payroll change. If you therefore have responsibilities in this area, please take a few minutes to read this document.
New iTrent HR/payroll system update
We hope that colleagues are now familiarising themselves with I Trent and have begun to use the functionality system. As a brief reminder, this is what I Trent is currently being used for.
- All annual leave.
- All sickness absence episodes.
- Travel and Subsistence claims.
- Flexible Working requests, and all forms of family friendly leave (such as Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and so forth).
- All contractual changes submitted on behalf of staff members, for example any change in hours, extension of contracts.
- Recruitment into non-advertised roles, for example short-term appointments, named researchers, part-time lecturing staff.
A host of material has been developed to support colleagues on their journey in using i Trent. These range from ¹ó´¡²Ï’s, detailed user guides, to video’s providing an overview of the different functionality listed above. These can be accessed via this and these are regularly being updated to address queries that are received.
In addition to providing these resources that colleagues can access at their own pace and time, we also appreciate that at times there is no substitute for face-to-face interaction and providing hands-on support. With that in mind, a number of drop-in sessions are arranged, where colleagues can attend to ask questions, and receive the support required. The dates, times and location of those sessions are noted .
From October 2023 onwards payslips will no longer be e-mailed out. These will be posted to the Employee Self-Service portal (ESS) and again, the web pages highlighted above will outline how they can be accessed.
This is only the first step towards utilising iTrent, and more functionalities will be rolled out in due course (for example, recruitment – iTrent being the system by which applicants can apply for vacancies, record training and development activity).
Further updates and details on how iTrent will transform HR processes will be shared in upcoming staff bulletins.
Covid-19 reporting requirements
Colleagues will be aware that since March 2020 the University has had in place a process by which staff and students have been asked to report positive cases of Covid-19.
Covid-19 legislation has now been repealed, and as such, there is no longer a requirement for this central reporting to take place. The University however retains its duty to manage and mitigate risks in the workplace and we ask colleagues to be mindful of their possible impact on other people and not to come on campus or mix with others if they suspect they have Covid-19 or any other communicable disease. Although the central reporting of being Covid-19 positive is no longer a requirement, we would ask colleagues to follow normal sickness absence reporting procedures, and communicate with their Line Manger / Supervisor, in accordance with the Sickness Absence Policy and Procedure.
Further information can be found at
Staff Privacy Notice
Click here to view °ÄÃÅ×î¿ì¿ª½±Ö±²¥â€™s Staff Privacy Notice.