Yes, the Recruiting Manager (RM), delegate, Shortlister or Interviewer can change the vacancy from a Permanent Contract to a Fixed Term Contract (FTC).
All requests must be emailed to the HR Shared Services (HRSS) Query team or via a response to a Trac communication received to your outlook account, related to the vacancy.
When notifying HRSS of the change please provide one of the below reasons for the FTC;
- Maternity Leave
- Adoption Leave
- Shared Parental Leave
- Career break
- Parental leave
- Short-term vacancy
- Sickness absence
- Short-term time limited project
- Short-term project due to funding
- Approved flexible retirement request
If you are changing the contract type on a vacancy that has already received applications, you will also need to provide wording to be sent to the applicants to make them aware of the change.