What is the Career Framework?

The UofG Professional Services Career Framework aims to support you in identifying your career aspirations, have meaningful career conversations (both with your manager or as a manager), plan your development, and experience a fulfilling career at the University of Glasgow.

‌‌Our Career Framework provides a comprehensive suite of tools and resources to help you progress in your career, including:

  • Getting Started - Understand your readiness for your next step and identify what is important to you in your career.
  • Identifying Your Career Pathway – Explore and document where you want to take your career by examining illustrative career pathways and learning about how our colleagues have built successful careers at UofG.
  • Planning Your Career Pathway – Create your career plan and navigate your next steps.
  • Developing Yourself – Develop through on the job learning, formal learning, and learning from others. 
  • Progressing Your Career - Prepare yourself for career progression, including finding your next role, building your CV, and honing your interview techniques.

‌In addition to the wealth of resources, articles, videos, and assessments, as well as additional guidance for line managers supporting their team members’ development.

‌We encourage you to engage actively with the platform, explore the available resources, and use the career assessment tools. This resource will continue to grow with more illustrative career pathways and further linkages between pathways and development opportunities.

Background

The Career Framework was launched in June 2024 in response to feedback from our Colleague Engagement Surveys highlighting a desire among our Professional Services colleagues for more opportunities for career growth.

The Career Framework is designed to enable colleagues to drive their own development and career, with full support and guidance from their line managers, within an enabling landscape at the University of Glasgow.

Aligned with the World Changers Together: World Changing Glasgow 2025 and the People & Organisational Development Strategy 2020-2025, the Career Framework supports the University’s commitment to fostering a supportive environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their role or career stage.

Resources for Line Managers

As a senior colleague of the University of Glasgow, you play a crucial role in helping the University achieve its goals and embody the University’s values.

Our Ethos for development at UofG emphasises that colleagues should lead their own development. However, this journey is a collaborative one, and the support you provide as a line manager is essential. 

At the University of Glasgow, we strive to create an environment where colleagues can actively pursue their development and career goals. Your role in the process is to offer guidance, support and to highlight relevant resources.

As such, in addition to the comprehensive suite of tools and resources to support colleagues drive their own career, the Career Framework includes guidance for managers on:

  • Supporting career development
  • Having effective career conversations
  • Using coaching approaches
  • Managing secondments

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to frequently asked questions are outlined below. For any other questions or feedback about the Career Framework Portal please contact the Organisational Development Team at org-dev@glasgow.ac.uk.

How do I access the Career Framework Portal?

You can access the Career Framework Portal using your university credentials (i.e. email and password) and single sign on.

How do I navigate the Career Framework Portal?

To find out where all the resources are hosted, watch the video for a short demonstration and walk through of the portal.

What is a Career Pathway?

A career pathway is a series of jobs and development opportunities that share common transferable skills and behaviours. It is a path that colleagues can navigate to achieve their desired career goals, driven by their own ambition.

Rather than simply moving from job to job, a career pathway provides a strategic approach to advancing a colleague’s career by intentionally seeking out roles and development opportunities that build upon their skills and experiences. By actively navigating a career pathway, colleagues can gain the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to achieve their desired end goal.

Who will have access to my data?

The Career Framework Portal is developed using a technology platform provided by Access UK Limited trading as Abintegro.

The Career Framework Portal processes information about you provided by the University of Glasgow or provided by you when using the portal. This includes:

  • Information provided by the University as part of your account profile (e.g. name, email address, GUID).
  • Information uploaded or entered in the Career Framework by you (e.g. uploading your CV, completing a career assessment etc.).

The Career Framework Portal also processes usage and log data automatically collected when you visit the site.

Information uploaded or entered in the Career Framework by you is confidential. As such, administrators of the Career Framework Portal in People & Organisational Development cannot access your personal data. However, please note that administrators can view usage and log data.

For more information, please review the Career Framework Privacy Policy or contact the Organisational Development Team at org-dev@glasgow.ac.uk.