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A message for staff from Christine Barr, Director of Human Resources

Dear Colleagues,

Our Inspiring People - Changing the World strategy places us at its heart, inspiring and empowering us to contribute to the achievement of University ambitions. Our People Strategy focuses upon enabling, developing and supporting us to deliver on the key strategic themes and objectives outlined in the Strategic Plan, to successfully operate in a globally competitive environment.

A conducive infrastructure and environment is fundamental to the attraction and retention of world leading talent, as is our capacity to offer appropriate and relevant learning, development and career opportunities for all who play a part in achieving our vision. Our Job Family Profiles provide the platform from which we determine the locus and nature of particular job roles within the University and represent one of a range of tools and frameworks available to us for this purpose. Job Family Profiles define groups of jobs which share similar characteristics and undertake similar work; while the level of skills, competency and responsibility differ between each level, the core nature of activities carried out is similar across all levels in the job family. Within each family, there are a number of role profiles (generic grade descriptors) against which individual jobs can be matched. Role profiles are used to match posts to levels within job families and, ultimately, to grades on the single pay spine.

The Job Family Profile concept originally came to fruition as part of the modernisation of terms and conditions of employment in higher education, and was formally introduced in August 2006. Working in partnership with our trade union colleagues, the Job Family Profiles have recently been reviewed and updated to ensure they are relevant, accurate and fit for purpose, and remain underpinned by a job evaluation methodology.

There are relatively minimal changes; the most significant change is an extension of the Technical & Specialist job family to take into account individuals who are the University’s leading experts in a technical, technological or specialised field. The profiles reflect various legislative amendments and relate directly to the new Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework along with the additional inclusion of examples of Representative Work Activities across all families and profiles.

These profiles provide a framework that is transparent, fair and demonstrates equality of opportunity for development, offering clear signposts for career progression. We are confident the profiles will continue to offer flexibility and consistency to inspire and empower us to maximise our contribution, whilst enabling us to develop and progress within the University.

You can view the new Job Family Role Profiles on the Performance, Pay and Reward webpages. Printed copies will be available shortly from the PPR Team.  

For further information, please contact the Performance, Pay and Reward Team at hr-ppr@glasgow.ac.uk. 

Christine Barr
Director of Human Resources  

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First published: 16 January 2017