Appraisal Briefing Session

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Appraisal Briefing Session

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Agenda

• Review process
• Changes to the scheme
• - timetable
• - appraisal form/rating system
• - Competency Framework
• - Notes for Guidance
• - training and support

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Review process

• Gathered feedback from staff through the
  following
• sources
• - on-line survey to all staff
• - focus group meetings (eg Staff Development
  Group, HR Business Partners)
• - telephone calls to a number of staff from
  each School/Department
• - communications from individual members of
  staff
• - discussions with Senior Management
• Outcomes of the review discussed by Senior
  Management
• Changes to the scheme agreed and implemented

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Changes - timetable

• Completion date for appraisals has changed from
• 30th September to 31st October
• Appraisals to be carried out between August and
  October
• (wherever possible)
• Submission of paperwork to HR by the end of
  November
• Additional Appraisal Workshops and Briefing
  Sessions are
• being offered during April to July.

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Changes - appraisal form

• Part A Key Responsibilities/Objectives
• Form now includes RATE headings for Academic
  Staff.
• - Academic Staff appraisees to consider
  their performance/achievement against their key
  responsibilities using the RATE headings
  (Research and Knowledge Transfer
  Administration, Management Academic
  Leadership Teaching and Course Development
  External and Professional Contribution).

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Changes - appraisal form

• Part A Key Responsibilities/Objectives
• - Academic Staff - for details of the RATE
  criteria for each of the headings, please refer
  to the Supporting Definitions section in the
  RATE and Competency Frameworks - Supporting
  Definitions Document
• - Professional Staff appraisees to consider
  their performance/achievement against their
  individual objectives.

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Changes appraisal form

• Part A Key Responsibilities/Objectives
• All staff are required to make an assessment
  of
• how well they have achieved each key
  responsibility/
• objective using the rating system provided
  no longer
• optional. (Can either complete the Rating
  column before
• the appraisal meeting or make a note of it,
  depending on
• agreed approach with appraiser.)

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Changes - appraisal form

• Part B Core Competencies
• Staff are required to consider how they have
• demonstrated the core competencies (where
  relevant to
• role) and to make an assessment of how well
  they have
• demonstrated them using the rating system
  provided.
• (Can either complete the Rating column
  before the
• appraisal meeting or make a note of it,
  depending on
• agreed approach with appraiser.)

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Changes appraisal form

• Part C Other Achievements (Academic Staff
  only)
• An additional section for details of peer
  review and
• articles/books published has been included.

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Changes appraisal form

• Part H additional sections
• - Summary of Appraisal Discussion - to be
  completed by the appraiser (eg key points
  discussed any points that need to be actioned
  either by the appraiser/appraisee)
• - Appraisees comments for the appraisee to
  record their comments/feedback if there are
  any differences of opinion over the assessment,
  ratings, etc.

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Changes appraisal form

• Part H additional sections
• - Interim Review space provided for appraiser
  to a record summary of the Interim Review
  meeting.

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Changes Competency Framework

• Name of Competency Framework Document has been
• changed to RATE and Competency Frameworks
• Supporting Definitions Document (document now
  
• contains supporting definitions for the RATE
  criteria).
• Core behaviours have been taken out.

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Changes Competency Framework

• Competencies (Leadership/Management)
• Management competencies have been revised
• Managing People has been merged with
  Developing
• Individuals and Teams (now called Managing and
  
• Developing Individuals and Teams)
• A new competency supporting Facilitating
  Change has
• been introduced.

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Changes Competency Framework

• Competencies (Academic)
• Academic competencies have been revised
• - previous academic competencies (Teaching and
  Course Development Research and Knowledge
  Transfer/External and Professional Contribution)
  have been included as part of the RATE criteria
  in the RATE and Competency Frameworks -
  Supporting Definitions Document
• - two new competencies have been introduced -
  Creativity and Networking.

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Changes Notes for Guidance

• Additions to the document
• - guidance on how to use RATE within appraisal
  
• - suggestions for supporting examples for RATE
  criteria
• - more detailed definition of what constitutes
  a 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 rating with examples
• - guidelines for the Interim Review meeting.