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Training and Development update
The Leadership Competency Framework
Your Human Resources Team
Welcome to the second edition of the CHSS
Human Resources Newsletter!
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In our last Newsletter we advised colleagues
that a new Training and Development programme
was being established in the College, and
we can now update you on the progress that
has been made during the initial months
of the new arrangements being in place.
The numbers of staff registering for the
sessions were initially quite modest, but
in the run up to Christmas, the numbers
have steadily increased. Where numbers have
been lower, we have still continued to run
the sessions, because colleagues have had
a clear need for the advice at the time,
and it was easy to adapt the courses to
suit the needs of those attending on the
day, running shorter sessions, and focusing
on the particular concerns of each group
– and colleagues very much appreciated
that degree of flexibility on our part.
So far there has been more demand for places
on topics like appraisal, project management,
customer service, and managing difficult
people situations, but the numbers are steadily
picking up on the other topics in the Programme.
True to our original commitment, the advice
sessions have been short, with most of them
lasting only a couple of hours. They have
been very practical, focusing on the particular
concerns of the group in question and colleagues
have also fed back to us that the work involved
has actually been enjoyable as well as useful
to them in their own work situations.
An additional development in these initial
weeks has been a direct involvement with
some of our Schools, where someone has attended
a session in the College office for example
on appraisal, and then invited us to work
with colleagues in their own School, to
give short sessions to staff about to be
appraised, or to give advice to staff who
are doing appraisals for the first time.
Furthermore, going to the School to provide
these short sessions has worked really well
because we are covering the material quickly,
on site, and at times that have suited the
staff involved. If you are interested in
running some sessions in your own School,
just contact your relevant HR Advisor (Lyn
Adams
Lyn.Adams@ed.ac.uk or Lisa Sutcliffe
Lisa.Sutcliffe@ed.ac.uk)
or Alan Taylor (Alan.Taylor@ed.ac.uk)
to discuss the options.
More sessions are running from January
through to June 2008 and we would very much
look forward to seeing you at these forthcoming
events which are all being run in Room G1
in the College Office at 55 George Square.
Information on all of the advice sessions,
including course outlines, dates/times and
registration details can all be found on
the College website: http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/hr/index.htm.
We hope to see you at some of these advice
sessions in the near future.
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Over the past few weeks a number of initial
briefings, including one for CHSS staff,
have been held around the University explaining
a draft Leadership Competency Framework,
initially targeting all senior support staff
in Schools, Colleges and Support Services
(grades 8, 9 and 10). The Framework, which
describes the attitudes and behaviours which
are likely to result in successful leadership
in the University, should provide a consistent,
co-ordinated and transparent approach to
leadership and leadership development for
all senior support staff across the University.
Lorna Sinclair, Director, Leadership Development
Programme, and Alex Jones, Organisational
Development Co-ordinator, would like to
thank all those who have been to a briefing
and for their valuable input.
The Framework is a tool which has been designed
through consultation with a variety of key
people across the University. It takes into
account the University’s Grade profiles,
strategic plans, frameworks from other Universities
and the public and private sectors and will
support and integrate many of the University’s
people management processes, eg recruitment,
induction, appraisal or development review,
succession planning, career development
and project team selection and development.
A menu of development options is also being
collated which is designed to suit individual
learning needs and styles.
The use of the Framework is being piloted
in a number of areas during December, January
and February, and feedback from the pilots
will be valuable in refining the Framework
and providing guidance on how to make best
use of it with the various people management
processes. It is anticipated that the Framework,
including short training sessions on using
it, will be rolled out across the University
next semester.
Any comments are welcome, please email
alex.jones@ed.ac.uk
or lorna.sinclair@ed.ac.uk
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Head of Human Resources
Sarah Adam
Human Resources Advisors
Lyn Adams (Senior HR Advisor)
(Divinity; Education; Health in Social Science;
History, Classics and Archaeology; Management
School and Economics; Social and Political
Studies)
Lisa Sutcliffe
(College Office; Arts Culture and Environment;
Law; Literatures, Languages and Cultures;
Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences)
supported by
Human Resources Assistants
Cat Fraser
Anne Walker
Clare Williams
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Christmas closure:
The University will be closed from Friday
21st December 2007 until Thursday 3rd January
2008.
Advertising deadlines
2008:
The first dates for placing advertisements
in the New Year will be week commencing
7th January 2008.
Staff leave and absence
record 2008:
Please find the form at the following link:
http://www.humanresources.ed.ac.uk/forms/Pform32_08.doc
Public holidays 2008:
1st January
2nd January
21st March
21st April
19th May
20th May
15th September
25th December
26th December
Academic contribution
points timetable:
Staff on Grades UE06 to UE09 are eligible
for the award of additional increments;
the policy can be found at: http://www.humanresources.ed.ac.uk/policies/pols/Contribution_Reward_Policy.htm
Any member of staff who believes they meet
the criteria for an award should, in the
first instance, discuss their case with
their line manager. The deadline for submission
of recommendations to the Head of School
is 21st January 2008; these will be required
to be forwarded to HR for 31st January 2008
and decisions will be implemented from 1st
August 2008.
The Support Staff timetable will be published
around February 2008 with an implementation
date of 1stAugust 2008.
And finally……..
Merry Christmas!
Lisa Sutcliffe
Human Resources Advisor
December 2007
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