Career Opportunities: Employee Benefits
At Thompson Rivers University we appreciate that there is a healthy balance to be achieved between your work and personal/family life. We offer a range of employee options including flexible work hours, compressed work week in some departments, job share/reduced workload arrangements for faculty, and phased retirement.
Compensation
Benefits
- 100% paid employer benefits for MSP, dental, extended health, sick leave, life insurance, AD&D
- Free family assistance program
- Confidential counseling, and preventative health programs
Pension Plans
Vacation & Days Off
- Tenure-track faculty: 40 days
- Administration: 25 days
- Support staff: 15 days
- 11 days of statutory holidays
- Christmas break each year between Dec 24th and Jan 2nd
Training and Development
- Tuition fee waiver for employees, spouses and children
- Leaves of absence for education
- Professional Development funding
- Educational loans for faculty
We Are Family Friendly
- Our work week is 35 hours a week
- Campus has an on-site daycare
- Flexible start/finish times
- Compressed work week for extra days off
- Open Learning Faculty Members work from home
- Job share/reduced workload & phased retirement program for faculty
- Maternity/parental leave top-up (faculty/admin)
- Maternity/parental leave provisions
- Compassionate care leave/paid leave