We ask that you:

• Provide complete and accurate information concerning the vacancy. (See our Top Tips Guide).
• Ensure all vacancies meet employment and equality legislation, including compliance with National Minimum Wage and Health and Safety regulations. Following the October increase in the adult national minimum wage to £6.08 per hour, the annual salary offered to a graduate  for a 35 hour week should be no less than £11,000.
• Identify a website or contact where candidates can learn more about the vacancy.
• Clearly state how applicants should apply for your opportunity
• Provide the successful candidate with full contractual information prior to the start date
• If you are a recruitment agency, we ask that you provide details of the employer you are recruiting for we will not make this information available to students. For more information please see our Policy towards Recruitment Agencies.
• Employers wishing to place opportunities for unpaid work experience or internships should consult our Guidelines for Advertising Unpaid Work Experience.
• Unless part of an academic programme, unpaid placements will only be accepted if less than one month in duration and are flexible in terms of hours and duties. Reasonable out of pocket expenses should also be met by the employer.
• Recent guides to best practice on structuring internships and work placements can be found on the BIS & CIPD websites.
• If you wish to advertise volunteering opportunities within the not for profit sector, please see our Voluntary Organisation Guide.
• Let us know if the vacancy is filled so we can remove it from our database.

The University reserves the right to edit vacancy adverts for purposes of:

• Brevity and clarity.
• Equality legislation, where the University has a legal responsibility not to advertise vacancies which may be construed as discriminatory. The University may contact advertising organisations, where appropriate, to clarify wording and details of adverts, or to obtain reassurance of exemptions from equal opportunities legislation.

We reserve the right not to advertise vacancies or other opportunities which we reasonably believe not to be in the best interests of our students and graduates. In particular, vacancies which:

• Appear not to meet the requirements of equality or other employment legislation.
• Promote or endorse illegal activity.
• Have company information which is incomplete, e.g. nature of company, missing address.
• Are placed by organisation which we cannot independently trace or verify.
• Have misleading, incomplete or inaccurate job descriptions.
• Are placed by private individuals, particularly where the role provides care for others.
• Do not pay the legal minimum wage (except for voluntary opportunities with a registered charity, not-for-profit organisation, or community group, or an opportunity deemed to be 'work shadowing').
• Pay on a commission-only basis.
• Advertise courses with commercial training providers.
• Pay ‘in kind’ rather than being salaried, e.g. gig tickets, vouchers, CDs, meals
• Require an up-front financial investment by the student/graduate, e.g. franchises
• Are partnership or equity only opportunities with set-up companies
• Are connected with a ‘pyramid’ (or similar style) selling scheme.
• Could in our opinion be exploitative or may not be a genuine opportunity, e.g. a scam or fake advert.
• Represent an undue health and/or safety risk to the student.
• Involve students writing or sharing academic related material for use by other students.
• Ask for personal banking details prior to appointment.
• Suggest the use of personal bank account to process purchases, sales or deposits.
• Register as self employed/work on a free lance basis. However, where it appears appropriate, we will forward details to tenants of MMU’s graduate incubator, Innospace.

Best Practice Statement

We work to ensure that all work based opportunities advertised to students and graduates do not discriminate against, disadvantage or endanger them in any way, and work to the Codes of Practice relating to the recruitment of students and graduates that have been put into place by the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) and the National Association of Student Employment Services (NASES).

MMU staff also has a duty of care to the University and will not in their work with employing organisations compromise the good name of the Manchester Metropolitan University.

In discharging our Duty of Care we will consider each request to advertise on its individual merits and will contact you if there is doubt about the suitability of your vacancy. The Careers and Employability Service will endeavour to assist in making changes to vacancies or working practices that will enable compliance with our policy. However, in all cases, we reserve the right not to process, promote or circulate information, events or vacancies which appear to be discriminatory or unsuitable in any way.

Service Disclaimer

It is the employer’s responsibility to undertake pre-employment checks prior to appointment. The Careers and Employability Service provides an advertising service only. It cannot be deemed to have made recommendations for candidates and cannot accept any liability for the actions of students or graduates recruited from MMU.

The Careers and Employability Service also assumes that you:

• Have full employers’ liability cover in place (see the HSE website).
• Will issue a contract of employment, specifying the tasks to be undertaken, hours of work, salary and holiday entitlement.
• Will provide a full induction, including a health and safety briefing.

Feedback

We always welcome feedback on the services we provide. We are keen that you complete our employer evaluation surveys which we conduct periodically throughout the year, but appreciate your comments at any time.

We are happy to provide further information about any of our services and how the work we do can help make your business more successful.

You are always welcome to discuss any queries that you have about placing your opportunity with us by contacting our Employer Liaison Team on 0161 247 3483 or by e-mailing careers@mmu.ac.uk