Staff Development

Support for Staff Facing or Considering Career Transitions

We have put together a guide to a range of resources which may provide help or guidance for staff facing change or who may be considering their career options.

This includes advice on dealing with uncertainty, help if you are leaving us, ways of changing your career path or enhancing your career potential from internal and external sources.

We hope you find this helpful but if you want to talk to someone in person, call us (ext 2746) or email us at: staff.development@canterbury.ac.uk and we will try to help.

Internal Resources:


Enhancing Career Prospects Workshop


Regular workshops offered by Staff Development to help with career planning, job applications, interviews.


The Professional Development Toolkit
 Appraisal Support Toolkit
Need a quick way to update skills, find out more about your strengths, a guide to career management? 
You will find it all here.


The Blackboard Employability tab
 Blackboard

Available to all staff via Blackboard, contains advice and information on interviews, CVs, job search etc

Employment Opportunities

Internal and external opportunities.



Other useful links within the University
Student Support & Guidance Employability Team - while mainly aimed at students, much of their advice is also relevant for staff as well.

Professional Updating - Staff Development offer a wide range of activity to help with personal and professional updating or you may wish to consider a further qualification.

One to one support - Staff Development can help with tailored mentoring or coaching support if needed, email: staff.development@canterbury.ac.uk

Employee Assistance Service - The University is able to offer staff (and their immediate family members) a confidential telephone employee assistance service which is provided by the University's Liability Insurers. The service is free of charge and entirely confidential with no information being passed to the University: click here for contact details.