Voluntary Redundancy Scheme
Following consultation with UCU, Liverpool Hope, in line with its Redundancy policy and in an attempt to minimise and mitigate against the possibility of having to make compulsory redundancies, has developed the following Voluntary Redundancy (VR) scheme.
Please make sure to read the below documents.
Voluntary Redundancy Scheme Overview - 2025 - provides all relevant scheme details.
VR Application Process - Workflow
FAQs - Voluntary Redundancy Scheme - 2025
Brief Overview
The scheme continues to be open to at risk. It has also been extended to staff who are not themselves at risk but who are in the at-risk areas affected by potential redundancies i.e. where colleagues currently remain at risk of redundancy.
Liverpool Hope reserves the right not to accept all applications for VR, particularly if there are more applications than the proposed number of redundancies or it considers that it is in the long-term interests of Liverpool Hope to retain certain employees. Liverpool Hope may still have to make compulsory redundancies if it does not receive a sufficient number of appropriate volunteers.
The individual employee should request a VR quote from People Services by emailing HR@hope.ac.uk please use the subject line “Voluntary Redundancy Query”. The individual will then receive an illustrative quote. The quote will provide details outlining the enhanced VR and also an equivalent figure for a compulsory redundancy.
Timescales
The scheme will be reopened from 22nd July 2025. The final date for receipt for a request to be considered for VR will be 12pm on 1st August 2025. Consultation with UCU and at an individual level with employees will continue.
The VR scheme will close in advance of any required selection process.