Pay and benefits

Falkirk Council sets the pay structure, grades and number of spinal column points (SCP) within each grade and determines the appropriate grade for each post.

This is based on spinal column points which are set nationally.

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Grade and annual salaries

The Craft and Scottish Joint Council (SJC) grades and salary scales are set out below and are based on a full time employee working 37 hours. An employee working less than 37 hours a week will be paid pro rata to the hours worked.

Annual salaries (2022)

Salary scales for SJC employees effective from 01 April 2022. Based on locally agreed arrangements these salary scales will also apply to Craft employees within Falkirk Council.

Grade A

SCP	Hourly	Annual
18	£10.82	£20,874

Grade B

SCP	Hourly	Annual
20	£11.11	£21,433
21	£11.25	£21,703

Grade C

SCP	Hourly	Annual
22	£11.41	£22,012
23	£11.55	£22,282

Grade D

SCP	Hourly	Annual
24	£11.70	£22,571
25	£11.81	£22,784
26	£11.96	£23,073
27	£12.11	£23,362
28	£12.26	£23,652
29	£12.42	£23,960

Grade E

SCP	Hourly	Annual
30	£12.59	£24,288
31	£12.76	£24,616
32	£12.88	£24,848
33	£13.09	£25,253
34	£13.25	£25,562
35	£13.45	£25,947
36	£13.61	£26,256

Grade F

SCP	Hourly	Annual
37	£13.80	£26,623
38	£13.98	£26,970
39	£14.15	£27,298
40	£14.33	£27,645
41	£14.36	£27,703
42	£14.52	£28,012
43	£14.78	£28,513
44	£14.96	£28,861

Grade G

SCP	Hourly	Annual
45	£15.17	£29,266
46	£15.36	£29,632
47	£15.58	£30,057
48	£15.80	£30,481
49	£16.02	£30,905
50	£16.24	£31,330
51	£16.45	£31,735
52	£16.69	£32,198
53	£16.91	£32,622

Grade H

SCP	Hourly	Annual
54	£17.16	£33,105
55	£17.38	£33,529
56	£17.64	£34,031
57	£17.88	£34,494
58	£18.13	£34,976
59	£18.40	£35,497
60	£18.65	£35,979
61*	£18.93	£36,519

* Overtime limit SCP 61

Grade I

SCP	Hourly	Annual
62	£19.15	£36,944
63	£19.47	£37,561
64	£19.71	£38,024
65	£20.00	£38,584
66	£20.26	£39,085
67	£20.57	£39,683
68	£20.86	£40,243

Grade J

SCP	Hourly	Annual
69	£21.14	£40,783
70	£21.44	£41,362
71	£21.75	£41,960
72	£22.07	£42,577
73	£22.20	£42,828
74	£22.53	£43,464
75	£22.88	£44,140

Grade K

SCP	Hourly	Annual
76	£23.21	£44,776
77	£23.54	£45,413
78	£23.93	£46,165
79	£24.28	£46,840
80	£24.64	£47,535
81	£25.01	£48,249
82	£25.37	£48,943

Grade L

SCP	Hourly	Annual
83	£25.77	£49,715
84	£26.17	£50,487
85	£26.54	£51,200
86	£26.92	£51,934
87	£27.32	£52,705
88	£27.76	£53,554
89	£28.18	£54,364

Grade M

SCP	Hourly	Annual
90	£28.57	£55,117
91	£29.01	£55,966
92	£29.46	£56,834
93	£29.89	£57,663
94	£30.37	£58,589
95	£30.79	£59,399
96	£31.25	£60,287

Grade N

SCP	Hourly	Annual
97	£31.73	£61,213
98	£32.17	£62,062
99	£32.70	£63,084
100	£33.14	£63,933
101	£33.66	£64,936
102	£34.16	£65,901
103	£34.65	£66,846

Grade O

SCP	Hourly	Annual
104	£35.21	£67,926
105	£35.71	£68,891
106	£36.28	£69,991
107	£36.83	£71,052
108	£37.39	£72,132
109	£37.93	£73,174
110	£38.49	£74,254

Where an employee has 6 months service in grade, as at 1st October, annual increment(s) will be awarded where applicable. Two increments will be awarded each year, unless only one increment remains at the top of the scale, at which stage, the one remaining increment will be awarded.

Employees who start between 1st April and 30th September will receive their first increment with effect from the day following the completion of 6 months service after their appointment, promotion or re-grading. Thereafter they will, where applicable, receive an annual increment on 1st October each year.

Apprentices

Craft Apprentices will receive an increase on the basic wage each year as follows:

• Year 1 – 50% of full time rate
• Year 2 – 70% of full time rate
• Year 3 – 80% of full time rate
• Year 4 – 85% of full time rate

This is based on the first point of each relevant grade. No increments will be awarded to Apprentices during the training period.

Salary scales for Teachers and associated professionals

The SNCT salary scales can be found on the SNCT website. These are based on a full time teacher working 35 hours. A teacher working less than 35 hours a week will be paid pro rata to the hours worked.

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Living wage supplement

We currently apply a living wage supplement to all employees who earn less than the living wage (which is agreed with Living Wage Foundation).

From 1 April 2023 employees on SCP 18 will be paid a supplement on top of their hourly rate to bring their earnings to £10.90 per hour.

The rate of the living wage supplement is subject to regular review and may be removed or changed at any time.

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Allowances

The allowances page has information about sick pay, overtime payments, standby payments and more payable allowances.

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Additional increments for qualifications

Chief Officers in consultation with the Head of People, Technology & Transformation can consider awarding employees, with at least 12 months service, a maximum of 2 additional increments within the relevant salary band for achieving a further level of qualification, which was not held at the time of application for employment and which has a direct relevance to the post.

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Methods and periods of payment

Craft and SJC employees will be paid over 12 months, on the 28th of each month, by credit transfer to a bank account.

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Job evaluation/grading request

All Craft and SJC jobs will be graded using the SJC National Job Evaluation Scheme. Grading requests must be approved by the relevant Chief Officer and meet one of the following criteria:

• Implementation of an approved Council or Service review/restructure.
• An approved vacancy management recommendation (such as the creation of a new post).
• A substantial or material change in duties/role. Managers should refer to the Job Evaluation Questionnaire and SJC 3rd Edition Scheme (see Job Evaluation Scheme section) before submitting paperwork for Grading.

• Job Evaluation policy

Downloads

Grading Request Form

DOCX file, 37.5 KB

Questions about the process should be forwarded in the first instance to the Reward Team:

Grading group

There are 2 grading groups. One group deals with the grading of SJC/Craft posts and the other deals with the job sizing of SNCT (Teaching) posts.

The SJC/Craft Grading Group meet to consider the grading of SJC/Craft amended posts or new posts created within the Council. This Grading Group is made up of members from Human Resources and Trade Unions. Grading Group members have received training on the job evaluation scheme operated by Falkirk Council. The group will meet at least 8 times a year. Future dates for the Grading Group (SJC) will be notified to managers on enquiry.

The Job Sizing Panel meets to consider the grading of promoted/amended teaching posts or new posts created within the Council. This panel is made up of members from Human Resources, Senior Officers within Children's Services and Teachers Union Representatives and generally meets on a quarterly basis.

Job Evaluation Scheme

The job evaluation scheme in operation for SJC/Craft posts, is the national SJC Job Evaluation Scheme. The job evaluation scheme in operation for SNCT posts is the national SNCT Job Evaluation Scheme.

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Job Sizing

Job Sizing is conducted for promoted teaching posts within Children's Services. Job Sizing is a national process agreed by SNCT, applied locally. Further information can be found on the SNCT website.

Guidance

HR, in conjunction with Children's Services and Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), have developed the following guidance to support Headteachers/Managers through a Job Sizing process. This is based around the SNCT guidance and should be referred to prior to initiating a request for Job Sizing.

Downloads

Job Sizing procedure

PDF file, 153 KB

Considerations

Before advertising a promoted post you should consider the following and also take into account Job Sizing timescales:

• Have the responsibilities of the post changed? If yes, Job Sizing may be required
• Has the post met a trigger under the SNCT Job Sizing guidelines? If yes, Job Sizing will be required
• Is this a newly created promoted post? If yes, Job Sizing will be required for this post and potentially for other posts within the school management structure

Documents

The following document should be submitted to start a Job Sizing request:

Downloads

Job Sizing proforma

DOCX file, 20.8 KB

If it is agreed that Job Sizing is required for your post, you will be asked to provide the following information:

• Job Sizing Questionnaire for each post
• A summary of the responsibilities of promoted posts within the establishment
• A staffing summary showing which promoted post each member of staff within the establishment reports into
• Secondary schools should provide a timetable showing timetabled teaching commitments.

All of the above documents should be submitted to jobsizing@falkirk.gov.uk.

The following documents are useful to refer to whilst completing the paperwork:

• SNCT guidance
• SNCT FAQ's

Further information

Please contact the HR Reward Team: jobsizing@falkirk.gov.uk.

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Flexible and voluntary benefits

We have a range of voluntary and flexible benefits available to employees.

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Trade union and other deductions from pay

You can pay your recognised Trade Union subscription directly from your salary.

You should contact Payroll to request this: payroll@falkirk.gov.uk.

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Payroll timetable

Payroll Group	Frequency	Contractual Pay Day	Latest date into Payroll (guaranteed processing)
Monthly salaries SJC	Monthly	28th of month (*)	10th of month
Monthly salaries Education claims Councillors	Monthly	28th of month (*)	10th of month
Weekly payroll	Weekly	Friday	Preceding Monday 2pm
Permanent teachers	Monthly	Last working day of month (*)	10th of month
Temporary teachers	Monthly	Last working day of month	20th of month

* Please note that in the cases of the monthly payrolls highlighted, the contractual pay date is shown. Employees should not make financial commitments that rely on payment before the contractual pay day as the Council is not bound to make payments prior to the contractual pay day.

All HR Forms should be authorised and with Payroll no later than the 10th of the month. This includes hours changes, payroll related changes and leaving posts/terminations.

All new appointments will be processed up to and including the 17th of the month.

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