At UCOL you're supported to do your job.
Whether you’re an academic or professional member of staff, you are warmly welcomed to UCOL as part of our whānau.
To mark the start of each year, UCOL holds a Staff Welcome Day event – It’s a great way for new kaimahi to meet colleagues, share some kai, and hear about the direction for the year ahead.
The middle of the year brings staff together again for a collective development day, an opportunity to share projects and research and to celebrate our colleague's mahi.
We provide purpose-built, modern teaching environments with innovative technology and specialised equipment.
Join us at UCOL and be part of an organisation committed to inspiring our students, businesses, and communities to succeed.
Professional Development
We provide an environment where individuals can develop their lives and careers:
- All staff receive 10 days per annum for professional development.
- Regular professional development sessions.
- Regular Te Atakura Communities of Practice {insert link: https://www.ucol.ac.nz].
- Attend a welcome event at the start of each year
- A kaimahi development day mid year.
- Academic kaimahi have the opportunity each year to apply for academic promotion.
- Free access to LinkedIn Learning, develop critical skills with content & experiences and relevant skills with business, creative, and tech courses - dozens of courses added each week.
Annual Review, Leave and Recognition
- Participate in He Waka Eke Noa, a mana-enhancing process where power is shared with the aspiration of uplifting wairua (things spiritual) to unleash individual and collective potential.
- Salaries are reviewed annually in accordance with performance criteria, separate from any general wage increase.
- Additional annual leave, above legal minimum requirements, plus additional UCOL Institutional Holidays.
- Financial recognition for employees obtaining relevant qualifications during their employment.
The Workplace
- Car parks are provided for all UCOL kaimahi members.
- Free bus services are available to all UCOL kaimahi within Palmerston North and Whanganui.
- Cafes on our campuses in Palmerston North, Wairarapa and Whanganui.
- Access to libraries and their collections.
Experiences Unique to UCOL
- Opportunities to book with student Beauty, Nail Technology and Hairdressing clinic days in the UCOL specialist facilities.
- Opportunities to dine at the UCOL training restaurants.
Wellbeing
- Access to the services of an occupational health nurse for workstation assessments, hearing and eye tests, and cholesterol and blood sugar monitoring.
- Flu injections are available to kaimahi free of charge.
- The UCOL, Southern Cross ‘Group Scheme’ offers kaimahi affordable benefits, including a special premium discount and special medical concessions.
- Financial contributions towards eye exams and eyewear.
- EAP services provide counselling, guidance, coaching, and support.
- Synergy Wellbeing – a digital platform that helps create healthy habits.
Study
- Eligible kaimahi may apply for a fee’s concession on either their UCOL studies or that of their partner and their dependent children.
Local Business Offers
UCOL kaimahi enjoy discounts from many local businesses including cafes, restaurants, theatres, retailers and automotive businesses. Kaimahi can find a list on our Intranet.